Hot Jobs in Health Care

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Hot Jobs in Health Care

• Sheryl McLain, MS
• Executive Director
• Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center

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Todays Topics

• Why Health Care?
• Hot Jobs
• Shortage Projections
• How You Can Help
• Resources Available
• QA

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Why Health Care?

• Educational options
• Variety of jobs, settings, hours
• Marketable skills in high demand
• Meaningful rewarding work
• Opportunities for career advancement and
  growth

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Why Health Care?

• Seek a two-year degree, a four-year degree or a
  quicker certification
• Enjoy traveling or staying close to home

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Why Health Care?

• Prefer working as a team or individually
• Like working in direct patient care, or prefer a
  business office setting

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Why Health Care?

• Accounting
• Marketing
• Administration
• Food Service
• All other positions any business
  includes

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Is Health Care For Me?
...there is a job in health care especially for
YOU!
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Why Health Care?

• More than 200 health careers
• Many training opportunities shifts
• Make a difference in lives each day
• Every member of the team is important

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Why Health Care?

• Your skills will always be in demand
• Options of where and when to work
• Competitive pay, benefits, flexibility,
  and job security

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Why Health Care?

• Different educational choices
• Certification programs Phlebotomist Scrub Tech,
  LPN
• 2 Years Medical Lab Technician Radiographer
• 2-4 Years Registered Nurse Respiratory
  Therapist
• 4 years Medical Technologist Nuclear Medicine
  Technologist
• 6 Years Physical Therapist
• Pharmacist

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Why Health Care?

• Start at any level and can build your career
  based upon your interests
• Change the course of your career path, and can
  continue advancing with further education

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Need Assistance?

• There are many different scholarship financial
  aid packages available to help you pay for your
  education

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Explore Your Options

• There is no PERFECT career
• There are many EXCELLENT career choices each
  with positive and negative attributes
• RESEARCH your options

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Hot Jobs in Health Care

• Oklahoma Hospital Job Shortages
• Nurses
• Imaging Technologists (Ultrasound Tech,
  Radiographer, CT Tech, Radiation Therapist,
  Nuclear Med, MRI Tech)
• Physical/Occupational Therapists
• Pharmacists
• Respiratory Therapists
• Medical Technologists/Lab Techs
• Scrub Techs

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Selected Vacancies
Occupation Number of Vacancies Reported in 05 Number of Vacancies Reported in 08 As of Respondent Employment in 05 As of Respondent Employment in 08
Registered Nurses 1,129 1,354 10.1 10.5
Licensed Practical Nurses 221 308 8.4 11.6
Pharmacists 39 25 6.4 5.1
Physical Therapists 83 69 16.7 15.2
Occupational Therapists 38 25 18.9 11.9
Oklahomas Health Care Industry Workforce 2006
Report Governors Council for Workforce
Economic Development
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Selected Vacancies
(Continued)
Occupation Number of Vacancies Reported in 05 Number of Vacancies Reported in 08 As of Respondent Employment in 05 As of Respondent Employment in 08
Respiratory Therapists 57 89 6.7 10.1
Medical Tech (MT) 48 53 3.3 7.9
EMT N/A 68 N/A 53.1
Mental Health/ Psychiatric Tech N/A 51 N/A 9.6
Radiographer 35 26 4.9 4.0
Oklahomas Health Care Industry Workforce 2006
Report Governors Council for Workforce
Economic Development
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Projected ShortagesIf Trends Continue
Occupation Projected Shortage in 2012 Percentage of Projected Total Employment in 2012
Registered Nurses 3,135 12
Medical and Lab Technicians and Technologists 606 15
Occupational Therapists 171 16
Physical Therapists 432 20
Surgical Technicians 303 21
Oklahomas Health Care Industry Workforce 2006
Report Governors Council for Workforce
Economic Development
Oklahomas Health Care Industry Workforce 2006
Report Governors Council for Workforce
Economic Development
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Results Since 2006 Report

• Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center created
• CareerTech and State Regents working together to
  expand enrollment, retention, and graduation from
  nursing and allied health programs

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Qualified Applicants Admitted






100
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Nursing Allied Health Pipeline
(all Post-Secondary)
2008 Health Care Survey, 135 programs
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Registered Nursing Pipeline
Public and Private Colleges Universities
85 of BSN qualified applicants admitted into
programs
71 of qualified ADN applicants admitted into
programs
2008 Health Care Survey, 135 programs
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Current Job Outlook

• Oklahoma Health Care
• 2nd largest employing industry
• Higher than average pay
• RN jobs to increase 15 in next 6 years
• Allied health professions projected 24 growth
  from 2004-2012
• Oklahomas Health Care Industry Workforce 2006
  Report
• GCWED

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Current Job Outlook

• 3.1 million new health care jobs available by
  2010
• 2.2 million replacement jobs
• 15 of the 30 fastest growing occupations are
  related to health care
• Sources Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational
  Employment Projections to 2010
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly
  Labor Review

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Current Job Outlook

• August 27, 2008 CNN Story
• 15 Jobs that pay 70K per year
• Radiation Therapist
• Increased demand (25 by 2016)
• Source CNN.com

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Show Me the Money!
Licensed Practical Nurse 24,887-37,742 Surgical
Technologist 26,343-39,572 Cardiac Monitor
Technician 18,741-27,903 Source Oklahoma
Hospital Association Wage Salary Survey
January 2009
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Show Me the Money!
Phlebotomist 18,200-28,153 Medical Laboratory
Technician (MLT) 29,307-44,512 Medical
Technologist (ASCP) 35,256-53,664 Source
Oklahoma Hospital Association Wage Salary
Survey January 2009
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Show Me the Money!
Registered Nurse 37,440-60,570 Registered
Respiratory Therapist (RRT) 35,610-54,808 Phy
sical Therapist 51,168-78,374 Source Oklahoma
Hospital Association Wage Salary Survey
January 2009
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Show Me the Money!
Radiologic Technologist (AART) (Radiographer)
32,885-49,650 Nuclear Medicine
Technologist 44,262-67,954 Pharmacist 72,550-
108,846 Source Oklahoma Hospital
Association Wage Salary Survey January 2009
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Worker Shortage Challenges

• Baby Boomers will be retiring at an increasingly
  rapid pace for the next 15 years
• Oklahoma is expected to grow 154,000 new jobs by
  2,014
• The job growth rate is 50 larger than our
  populations growth rate
• The working populations will have to increase
  from 70 in 2005 to 91 in 2030 to meet the
  demand

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9th Graders in Oklahoma
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How You Can Help

• Career Planning/Direction (4-year plan)
• Intro to Health Care
• Career Exploration
• Talk to professionals/presentations!
• www.okhealthcareers.com
• www.okhighered.org
• www.okcareertech.org
• Job Shadowing/Interns/Teacher Externships
• Volunteer for a health care org.

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Resources

• Health professionals available
• Career Fairs
• Classroom Presentations
• Summer Camps
• After School Clubs Club Scrub/Health Explore
• Marketing Materials
• Web sites

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New Program Pilot
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Middle School Students

• After School Program
• Launch Spring 2009 OKC Area Hospitals Middle
  Schools
• Interactive, fun science education health
  career exploration
• Hands-on science demos
• Health care professionals
• What they do, where they work equipment they
  use
• Engages Students

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• Mission Nutrition
• Body Basics
• Build Your Bones
• Tobacco Cessation
• DNA
• UV Exposure

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• Contact
• Sheryl McLain, MS
• Executive Director
• Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center
• [phone]
• www.ohcwc.com
• www.okhealthcareers.com
• sheryl_at_ohcwc.com