Health Care — Job Titles & Interview Questions

OVERVIEW: Interviews patients upon admission; records necessary personal information and secures required signatures; prepares and supplies patient data to various hospital departments.

OVERVIEW: Supervises and coordinates third-party billing and the application of payments for the hospital's business.  Responsible for training, evaluating, and initiating disciplinary action for all employees supervised.

OVERVIEW: Provides basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff.  Performs duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens.  Administers medications and treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, and massages, as directed by a physician or nurse.  Provides personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others, such as co-workers, customers, or patients.

OVERVIEW: Under the supervision of the designated department manager, performs clinical laboratory procedures, quality assurance, and instrument maintenance.  Also performs routine medical lab tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.  The medical/clinical technologist maintains cooperative working relationships with intradepartmental and interdepartmental personnel and ensures that all regulatory requirements are adhered to.

OVERVIEW: Responsible for performing a variety of duties to provide quality nursing care to residents and to coordinate their total nursing care; implementing specific procedures and programs; determining work procedures and expediting work flow; ensuring compliance with all operating policies and procedures, as well as Department of Health and Federal Health Care Administration regulations; communicating with and supervising appropriate personnel; providing daily reports and other periodic reports; and performing all the duties of a certified nursing assistant when required.

OVERVIEW: Plans and coordinates nursing services.  Participates as a member of the hospital's management team in planning, policy formulation, and administrative decision-making with particular reference to the roles, functions, and operations of the hospital's nursing services.  Responsible for patient care, resource management, and fiscal management.

OVERVIEW: Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill, injured, convalescent, and disabled persons.  Works under the supervision of a registered nurse and in conformance with recognized nursing techniques, procedures, and established standards based on the scope of practical nursing.  Maintains frequent and on-going contacts through care for patients.

OVERVIEW: Examines and treats chronic and acute episodic illnesses, minor injuries, accidents, and other injuries/illnesses.  Performs selected laboratory testing; makes referrals to physicians as needed; writes prescriptions and performs office procedures within the scope of expertise, protocols, and available equipment.

OVERVIEW: Cares for and treats patients, as directed by a physician.  Receives limited supervision and regular direction as to specifics regarding patient treatment.

OVERVIEW: Cleans teeth and examines oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease.  Educates patients on oral hygiene, takes and develops X-rays, and applies fluoride or sealants.  Carries out patient screening, charting, and medical history procedures and documentation.

OVERVIEW: Compiles, processes, and maintains medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with the medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system.  Processes, maintains, compiles, and reports patient information based on health regulations and standards.  Plans, develops, maintains, and operates a variety of health record indexes, storages, and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, and analyze information.

OVERVIEW: Responsible for directing, planning, coordinating, and administering the medical records program of the organization.  Also responsible for supervising and managing department operations, and managing the function of utilization review as required by public law and any regulatory agencies.

OVERVIEW: Manages the department in compliance with the philosophy, policies, procedures, goals, and budget of the department and hospital; oversees credit and collection functions.

OVERVIEW: Greets patients, activates patient files, and moves patients through a predetermined schedule of appointments in the physician's office.

OVERVIEW: Performs skilled professional work under the direction or general supervision of a physician.  Provides routine and some acute medical care and treatment to patients for physicals, illnesses, and injuries.  Formally trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as designated by a physician.  Works in primary care areas, such as general internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine.

OVERVIEW: Responsible for the design and implementation of staffing patterns for professional and non-professional nursing personnel, including both intermediate and residential care levels.

OVERVIEW: Responsible for hospital supplies within the central supply facility.  Provides distribution of supplies to departments as needed.

OVERVIEW: Assesses injuries, administers first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in pre-hospital setting.  Extricates trapped individuals, and transports injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

OVERVIEW: Provide routine, personal health care, such as bathing, dressing, or grooming, to elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in the home of those individuals or in a residential care facility.

OVERVIEW: Administers all aspects of the hospice care program, including staffing, financial management, interaction with patients and families, community relations, and regulatory compliance.

OVERVIEW: Responsibilities focus on providing medical care for and treatment of ill or critically ill and injured patients.  Paramedics typically are dispatched to the scene by a 911 operator and often work with police and fire department personnel.  Following strict rules and guidelines, they give appropriate emergency care and, when necessary, transport the patient.  Emergency treatments for more complicated problems are carried out under the direction of medical doctors.

OVERVIEW: Plans, administers, and directs operations of rehabilitation programs, such as physical, occupational, recreational, and speech therapies.

OVERVIEW: Provides diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients to help them reach maximum performance level.  Administers prevocational program to prepare patients to return to or enter a work setting.  Works under the general supervision of the occupational therapy director and according to established policies and procedures of the department.  May supervise certified occupational therapy assistant, occupational therapy aide, and intern students in patient treatment.

OVERVIEW: Assesses, plans, organizes, and participates in rehabilitation programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury.  Creates individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.  Responsible for developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

OVERVIEW: Under supervision of department manager, administers respiratory care and life support to patients with cardiopulmonary system deficiencies and abnormalities.  Trains and acts as a resource for other respiratory department technicians.

OVERVIEW: Provides counseling and support to patients suffering from drug or alcohol dependency.  Works with families of clients to help encourage the recovery process.  Works with both in-patient clients and those participating in out-patient programs.  Ensures that the medically-related emotional and social needs of the clients are met and maintained on an individual basis and in accordance with policies and procedures, and current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.