As a woman, if you ever express an interest in working in the healthcare industry, most people will reflexively suggest that you pursue a career in nursing.
There aren’t many professions that are as revered as nurses, but nursing work isn’t for everyone. There are lots of women who would love to work in the healthcare industry, helping to make a real difference to the lives of their patients. Being averse to nursing shouldn’t prevent you from pursuing a career in this field.
Whether you are looking to start up your own business or join an existing organisation, there are opportunities around for any woman who wants to work in healthcare but not in nursing. Below are some of the most promising, secure, and rewarding career paths you can pursue. You might not work directly with patients, but you can still make an enormous difference in their lives.
Transcription Services
Speech recognition technology is much better than it used to be - anyone who has compared Google’s voice typing today to the best efforts just a few years ago knows that there has been a marked improvement. However, dictation is not 100% accurate and accuracy is very important when you’re dealing with medical notes.
One of the great things about providing transcription services is that you will often be able to work from home. Instead of taking notes ‘live’ while the doctor and patient are talking, they can simply send you an audio file for you to transcribe.
Translation Services
Having to go to the hospital unexpectedly when you are in a foreign country is always a scary experience. Even if you know that the healthcare system you will be entering is one of the better ones, all the usual anxieties that come with a hospital visit are amplified owing to the unfamiliar territory you are in. Throw in a language barrier as well, and you have the recipe for a very unnerving experience.
If you are able to speak another language, you could potentially help a lot of people by offering translation services. Today, there are businesses like Involve that provide video conferencing services to the NHS. This enables translators to help multiple patients scattered across the country from a single location. Involve also provide a range of other services to the NHS based around video conferencing.
Remote Monitoring
Remote monitoring of patients is a service that is gaining popularity as the NHS faces down the increasing burdens of a growing and ageing population. With technology improving to the point where we can easily transmit very high-quality audio and video, there are numerous simple conditions that can be diagnosed, potentially even treated, remotely.
Virtual clinics are becoming more commonplace as time goes on and we expect this trend to continue for a while yet. The next logical step in the evolution of this technology will be bringing those remote monitoring services into the home. This means that patients that need to be monitored can be monitored remotely at home instead of having to stay in a hospital. This is something you could get involved in if you don’t want to work with patients directly.
These are just a small selection of the many opportunities that are out there. If you want to work in healthcare but not directly with patients, there are plenty of suitable careers for you to choose from.
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