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Diagnostic Services Careers

Learn about Diagnostic Services careers, qualifications needed, work settings, and future prospects. Discover technical and non-technical positions in laboratories and clinical settings.

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Diagnostic Services Careers

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  1. Diagnostic Services Careers By: Barbara MacKessy for

  2. What is Diagnostic Services? • Workers in this area help with the diagnosis of illness and diseases. • They may or may not have direct contact with the actual patient. • They plan services for the patient. • They plan and perform test on the patient. • Quality control is very important along with getting the test results in a timely manner.

  3. What areas are included in Diagnostic Services? • Audiology • Cardiology • Emergency • Imaging • Laboratory • Neurology • Optical • Pulmonary • Radiology • Respiratory

  4. How do I become qualified? • High School Pathway completer • OJT • Apprenticeship • Certificates • License • Associate Degree • Bachelor’s Degree • Master’s Degree • Professional Degree • State Certification • National Certification

  5. Where would I work in Diagnostic Services? • Acute hospitals • Ambulatory care units • HMO’s • Home Health Agencies • Cardiopulmonary Laboratories • Clinics • Community pharmacies • Local health departments • State health departments • Pharmaceutical manufacturers • Doctor’s Office • Billing Office • Private practice • Nursing homes • Assisted living centers • Industry • Community health nursing • General hospitals • Visiting nurse associations • Homes • Institutions • Government Agencies • Schools • Long term care facilities • Educational institutions • Mental health agencies • Day care centers • Special workshops • Psychiatric hospitals • Rehabilitation centers • Outpatient clinics • Research institutions • Public health agencies • Trauma centers • Chiropractic offices • Counseling offices

  6. Where are Technical Laboratory Positions Located? • Blood Banks • Biotechnology R&D • Centers for Disease Control • Clinical trials • Coroner’s office • Crime Laboratories • Department of Defense • Fertility Clinics • Government Research • Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) • Hospitals • Humanitarian agencies • Military facilities • National Cancer Institute • National Institute of Environmental Health • National Institutes of Health • Private laboratories • Public health laboratories • Physicians' office laboratories • Pharmaceutical R&D • Transplant services • Veterinary medicine

  7. Where are Non-Technical Clinical Laboratory Positions? • Director of laboratory marketing • Department of Agriculture • Education • Food and Drug Administration • Infection control officer • Inspectors • Laboratory billing specialist • Management, administration • Quality assurance director • Safety officers • Waste control officers

  8. What can you expect? • Pay depends on the particular position • Pay increases with training and education • Pay is competitive

  9. Future of Diagnostic Service Positions • Physicians use clinical laboratory test results to make decisions for diagnosis and therapy! • Aging Population will require more healthcare in the future. • Quality of Health Care Top Priority in US! • More health problems require more laboratory testing for specific diagnosis!

  10. Diagnostic Services • Cardiovascular Technologist • Clinical Lab Technician • Computer Tomography (CT) Technologist • Cytogenetic Technologist • Diagnostic Medical Sonographers • Electrocardiographic (ECG) Technician • Electronic Diagnostic (EEG) Technologist • Exercise Physiologist • Geneticist • Histotechnician • Histotechnologist • Magnetic Resonance (MR) Technologist • Mammographer • Medical Technologist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist • Nuclear Medicine Technologist • Nutritionist • Pathologist • Pathology Assistant • Phlebotomist • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technologist • Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer • Radiologist

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