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Health Care Career Trends

Health Care Career Trends. Clarissa M Craig, PhD Johnson County Community College Dean, Health Care Professions & Wellness Division ccraig@jccc.edu. Facts & Statistics. The population of Kansas is projected to grow 12% between 2000 and 2020.

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Health Care Career Trends

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  1. Health Care Career Trends Clarissa M Craig, PhD Johnson County Community College Dean, Health Care Professions & Wellness Division ccraig@jccc.edu

  2. Facts & Statistics • The population of Kansas is projected to grow 12% between 2000 and 2020. • The population of 65 and over is projected to be 46% in that time period. • This is expected to increase the demand for health care services. Source: HRSA State Health Workforce Profiles – Kansas

  3. Facts & Statistics Source: Health Care Employment Projections: An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Occupational Projections, 2006-2016. • Between 2006 and 2016, employment in the health sector is projected to grow at a higher rate than all other employment sectors • One in every 10 jobs in the U.S. is projected to be in the health sector by 2016. • Between 2006 and 2016, the fastest job growth in the health sector is projected for home health care. • Hospital employment is projected to grow at a much slower rate. • Home health care is projected at a 4.5% average annual growth. • Offices of health practitioners and nursing and residential care facilities are projected by have average annual growth of slightly more than 2% each. • Between 2006 and 2016, 5.5 million health workers will be needed to fill new jobs and to replace workers who leave their jobs across all employment sectors. The demand will increase 3.2 million with an additional 2.3 million workers needed to replace individuals who are expected to leave their jobs over that period. • One third of the total projected growth in the health sector employment will be in the offices of health practitioners.

  4. Facts & Statistics • More than half of the top 30 occupations projected to grow the fastest in the U.S. are health occupation. Seventeen of the top 30 occupations projected to grow the fastest from 2006-2016 are health occupations, including 12 of the top 20. Health occupations projected to have the biggest percentage increases in new jobs are: • Personal and home care aides (51%) • Home health aids (49%) (JCCC Program) • Medical Assistants (35%) • Physical therapists assistants (32%) (coop w/ MCC) • Pharmacy technicians (32%) (JCCC Program)

  5. Facts & Statistics Top 10 projected % growth areas: •  Home health aides (JCCC program) • Personal and home care aids • Medical Assistants • Pharmacy technicians • Dental Hygienists (JCCC program) • Mental Health counselors • Substance abuse & behavioral disorder counselors • Physical therapist assistants (coop w/ MCC) • Environmental scientists & specialists, including health • Forensic science technicians Source: Health Care employment Projections; An Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Projections 2006 – 2016, compiled by The Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144.

  6. Top 10 Positions by Job Openings

  7. Other Positions listed in the Top 10 Kansas and National Data

  8. Local Medical Center’s Top 10 Most Difficult to Fill • Certified Operating Room Tech • Medical Records Coder • Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist • Cath Lab Technologist • Histology Technician • Echo/Vascular Technologist • Occupational Therapist • Home Health Aide • ECG Technician • Physical Therapist January 2009 Data

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