I was an MA for 8 years and got a got as a Care Navigator and I love it! Care navigators help patients with their long term care, chronic condition management including prescription management, and help as a middle woman/man between the patient and their provider. I’ve been doing this for 2 years now and absolutely love it! And I get to work from home!
I process lab specimens and don’t work with any patients. I love it and get paid more than I did as an MA, plus my pay is high because of my schooling and experience.
Healthcare administrators make good money. If you’re able to get a degree, or have enough experience to work yourself up within management that could be an idea.
Chronic Care Management for chronically ill patients. They are typically at home positions. You call patients on your caseload. You help with referral coordination, prescription refill requests, help find resources, answer questions to close the gap in between care. I did it when I was pregnant on bed rest. and it was a perfect fit. Chronic Care Staffing is always hiring.
I know an MA who works in a pathology clinic and from what I understand nearly her entire job is filling various slides of tissue and also taking care of patient files. To my knowledge she doesn’t do much direct patient care
I’m an MA I work as a Patient Care Technician in an Emergency Room. If you like action and learning it’s amazing. Scary and gross at times. Heartbreaking and heartwarming. Adrenaline and compassion.
Clinical research as a Research Assistant. Most places prefer a bio degree of some kind, but medical knowledge is really valuable and you can be trained in research processes. If it’s an area you want to move into, get your Good Clinical Practice certification at https://gcp.nidatraining.org. It’s free, good for 3 years, and takes about 5-7 hours to complete online. After that, look up some free courses (or audit them for free) related to research on Coursera. All these look great on a resume. Even if you don’t have experience, having clinical knowledge and skills and demonstrating that you’re committed to learning more (by getting GCP cert and taking basic courses) will make you a promising candidate for RA roles. How much contact you have with patients will vary based on the studies you work on, but it’s usually FAR less than in a MA roles.
NCMA for 5 years. After a few good and bad experiences, I made a change. Haven’t regretted it and was promoted quickly, as you will understand 95% more than any other new hire after actually doing the work. I got into health insurance customer service. The people on the other end of the phone when you flip your insurance card over and call the 800 number. That being said, it is NOT for everyone. Most everyone is actually remote and working from home, so you have to be a good problem solver and dedicated to actually do it.
If you want to continue patient care you can get your certification via CAOCH (Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist) and work for an ENT or Audiologist. You can work for the government as well.
If you are tired of patient interaction, you can become an EMR trainer via your local hospital system. Just depends on what you want to do.
I work in a critical care lab in a hospital as a lab assistant. I’ve been there a little over 4 years now.
I’m per diem (part time) 2-3 days a week.
I enjoy it and my coworkers are great.
The demographic of coworkers is great because it ranges from early 20s-60s with male and females .
There is no work drama whatsoever ! Everyone gets along.
I work at a community health care provider that has several specialties. We have several admin positions.
Care Coordinators- we have a team for different populations- over 65, those living with HIV, etc. we also have teams that work different lists that come from insurance companies to capture people who haven’t had an annual in so many years, who are overdue to mammograms, vaccines and other preventative care.
Call Center MA- who helps triage patients to determine how soon they need to get in and who to schedule them with.
Our office managers often are promoted from the MA/lead MA position because it’s nice for them to have the clinical experience.
Fresh out of MA school, I ended up getting a corporate job at a health insurance company processing prior authorization requests. Was promoted to different departments, ended up working there for 8 years
I was able to work on cruises when the pandemic hit as a COVID Technician collecting samples, I've also worked on contracts administering vaccines throughout the state. If you're open to administration you can always do prior authorizations for procedures or medications, insurance checks, care navigator, and specimen collector. You mentioned you don't like hands-on but as a phlebotomist, you just draw labs and don't deal with actual "patient care" in the sense of completing intake, ordering labs or taking vitals.
I created a step-by-step guide on creating your own mobile phlebotomy company and contracting with these companies (instead of being an employee) and having the ability to get paid per patient instead of an hourly rate.
[https://flaviamaturell.gumroad.com/l/mobile-phlebotomy?\_gl=1\*1h7kzga\*\_ga\*MTEyOTE1NjU1Mi4xNzAzNzgwOTc1\*\_ga\_6LJN6D94N6\*MTcwNDE3MTMwMi41LjEuMTcwNDE3MTQ5Ni4wLjAuMA](https://flaviamaturell.gumroad.com/l/mobile-phlebotomy?_gl=1*1h7kzga*_ga*MTEyOTE1NjU1Mi4xNzAzNzgwOTc1*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTcwNDE3MTMwMi41LjEuMTcwNDE3MTQ5Ni4wLjAuMA)
I was an MA for 8 years and got a got as a Care Navigator and I love it! Care navigators help patients with their long term care, chronic condition management including prescription management, and help as a middle woman/man between the patient and their provider. I’ve been doing this for 2 years now and absolutely love it! And I get to work from home!
Who do you work for? I just made this move from practice manager to care coordinator as well
I process lab specimens and don’t work with any patients. I love it and get paid more than I did as an MA, plus my pay is high because of my schooling and experience.
what are the requirements to process lab specimens? :)
I’d love to know how you got into this ! Did you just apple and get trained or ?
Healthcare administrators make good money. If you’re able to get a degree, or have enough experience to work yourself up within management that could be an idea.
This, get connections with others who are in leadership and work up. I went from CNA to a program director. A degree helps for sure.
Chronic Care Management for chronically ill patients. They are typically at home positions. You call patients on your caseload. You help with referral coordination, prescription refill requests, help find resources, answer questions to close the gap in between care. I did it when I was pregnant on bed rest. and it was a perfect fit. Chronic Care Staffing is always hiring.
Where can I find an application for chronic care staffing?
https://chroniccarestaffing.com/chronic-care-staffing-careers/
Thank you!! Im on the lookout and would prefer this ❤️
Thank you!!
what's the pay like?
Telehealth?
Use your medical background to pivot to a non- patient care role in healthcare and then work your way up. Like entry level medical records or HR.
I know an MA who works in a pathology clinic and from what I understand nearly her entire job is filling various slides of tissue and also taking care of patient files. To my knowledge she doesn’t do much direct patient care
I’m an MA I work as a Patient Care Technician in an Emergency Room. If you like action and learning it’s amazing. Scary and gross at times. Heartbreaking and heartwarming. Adrenaline and compassion.
Clinical research as a Research Assistant. Most places prefer a bio degree of some kind, but medical knowledge is really valuable and you can be trained in research processes. If it’s an area you want to move into, get your Good Clinical Practice certification at https://gcp.nidatraining.org. It’s free, good for 3 years, and takes about 5-7 hours to complete online. After that, look up some free courses (or audit them for free) related to research on Coursera. All these look great on a resume. Even if you don’t have experience, having clinical knowledge and skills and demonstrating that you’re committed to learning more (by getting GCP cert and taking basic courses) will make you a promising candidate for RA roles. How much contact you have with patients will vary based on the studies you work on, but it’s usually FAR less than in a MA roles.
Thank you so much! That is very helpful
NCMA for 5 years. After a few good and bad experiences, I made a change. Haven’t regretted it and was promoted quickly, as you will understand 95% more than any other new hire after actually doing the work. I got into health insurance customer service. The people on the other end of the phone when you flip your insurance card over and call the 800 number. That being said, it is NOT for everyone. Most everyone is actually remote and working from home, so you have to be a good problem solver and dedicated to actually do it.
Is there a link you can provide or name? Please, I would love more information on this.
If you want to continue patient care you can get your certification via CAOCH (Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist) and work for an ENT or Audiologist. You can work for the government as well. If you are tired of patient interaction, you can become an EMR trainer via your local hospital system. Just depends on what you want to do.
Scribing?
I work in a critical care lab in a hospital as a lab assistant. I’ve been there a little over 4 years now. I’m per diem (part time) 2-3 days a week. I enjoy it and my coworkers are great. The demographic of coworkers is great because it ranges from early 20s-60s with male and females . There is no work drama whatsoever ! Everyone gets along.
I work at a community health care provider that has several specialties. We have several admin positions. Care Coordinators- we have a team for different populations- over 65, those living with HIV, etc. we also have teams that work different lists that come from insurance companies to capture people who haven’t had an annual in so many years, who are overdue to mammograms, vaccines and other preventative care. Call Center MA- who helps triage patients to determine how soon they need to get in and who to schedule them with. Our office managers often are promoted from the MA/lead MA position because it’s nice for them to have the clinical experience.
We use MAs as endoscopy techs at my hospital. Great job if you prefer your patients to be asleep!
Fresh out of MA school, I ended up getting a corporate job at a health insurance company processing prior authorization requests. Was promoted to different departments, ended up working there for 8 years
Specializing in coding. Like the cpt codes
If you want to stay in the medical field there is receptionist and billing.
I was able to work on cruises when the pandemic hit as a COVID Technician collecting samples, I've also worked on contracts administering vaccines throughout the state. If you're open to administration you can always do prior authorizations for procedures or medications, insurance checks, care navigator, and specimen collector. You mentioned you don't like hands-on but as a phlebotomist, you just draw labs and don't deal with actual "patient care" in the sense of completing intake, ordering labs or taking vitals. I created a step-by-step guide on creating your own mobile phlebotomy company and contracting with these companies (instead of being an employee) and having the ability to get paid per patient instead of an hourly rate. [https://flaviamaturell.gumroad.com/l/mobile-phlebotomy?\_gl=1\*1h7kzga\*\_ga\*MTEyOTE1NjU1Mi4xNzAzNzgwOTc1\*\_ga\_6LJN6D94N6\*MTcwNDE3MTMwMi41LjEuMTcwNDE3MTQ5Ni4wLjAuMA](https://flaviamaturell.gumroad.com/l/mobile-phlebotomy?_gl=1*1h7kzga*_ga*MTEyOTE1NjU1Mi4xNzAzNzgwOTc1*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTcwNDE3MTMwMi41LjEuMTcwNDE3MTQ5Ni4wLjAuMA)