Low Barrier to Entry Clinical Part Time Job Ideas?

[BeGladNonTrad]

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I just quit my job in banking and need part-time clinical experience that can provide some income while allowing me to take classes. I've done some research, but I still feel very lost. Could someone provide guidance on this?

Thanks

 

[ecobio]

Scribing is a great clinical experience with a very low barrier to entry. As long as you can type quickly and can follow medical jargon you're golden.

 

[BeGladNonTrad]

Here are some jobs I can do, If anyone could comment it would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying the ones that don't require licensing, or hopefully less than a months worth. :

1. Ward Clerk, 2x12 hour shifts on weekends, for under $28/hrin HCOL area - * I like this one kinda, it might be too much on my plate atm.
2. Behavior technician
3. Medication technician
4. CNA
5. Scribing as noted above
6. Cancer Patient Navigator: (The Navigator provides a safe culturally sensitive services beginning with community outreach and education and extending all the way through pre-screening screening and support services. The Lay Patient Navigator must exhibit sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic differences appropriate to the community served.) * I like this One

 

[sarcasmrules]

Urgent care MA. They're open 7 days a week, so they have flexible scheduling.

 

[AJS59]

Here are some jobs I can do, If anyone could comment it would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying the ones that don't require licensing, or hopefully less than a months worth. :

1. Ward Clerk, 2x12 hour shifts on weekends, for under $28/hrin HCOL area - * I like this one kinda, it might be too much on my plate atm.
2. Behavior technician
3. Medication technician
4. CNA
5. Scribing as noted above
6. Cancer Patient Navigator: (The Navigator provides a safe culturally sensitive services beginning with community outreach and education and extending all the way through pre-screening screening and support services. The Lay Patient Navigator must exhibit sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic differences appropriate to the community served.) * I like this One

Any of these should work, though do be wary CNA (and maybe the tech roles?) may require some moderate licensing

 

[LizzyM]

Cancer Patient Navigator might not be clinical. Somewhat depends on who you end up working with, whether it is face-to-face, or just doing searches and communicating electronically with people you never meet.

 

[sarcasmrules]

Any of these should work, though do be wary CNA (and maybe the tech roles?) may require some moderate licensing

Why be wary of CNA?

 

[bankedsynapse]

Why be wary of CNA?

OP is hoping to avoid having to get licensed/certified and some CNA/LNA roles require formal classes and certification that can be fairly costly and time consuming.

 

[candbgirl]

CNA is a good job. You get a wide variety of activities and certainly have direct contact with the patients. But as has been mentioned a few times, it might require some training.but the same can be said for several of the listed jobs. Can’t hurt to ask about the job requirements. Scribing is okay but that most likely requires some training too.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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[BeGladNonTrad]

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Thanks for that. Wish it listed the time commitment before certs. I was hoping to be able to apply by this fall as a non-trad, hence the "rush" and get hours in between now and the winter. I'm thinking scribe/translator will be decent.

 

[BeGladNonTrad]

Urgent care MA. They're open 7 days a week, so they have flexible scheduling.

What does MA stand for?

 

[AJS59]

What does MA stand for?

Medical Assistant

 

[BeGladNonTrad]

There aren't many openings. Unfortunately, I like in a smaller college town so these positions are competitive.

Medical Assistant

case anyone has similar inquiries. Behavioral tech doesn't seem like it fits the bill, but some sources say that it does count as clinical:
Thoughts:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• follows instructions from the BCBA, teacher, and/or program supervisor
• Implements behavior management techniques in the form of prevention, intervention, and consequence strategies
• Provides crisis intervention
• Reviews and implements behavior intervention plans
• Reviews and performs tasks to behavioral and ABA goals found within an IEP at the direction of an instructor
• Assists in facilitating academic instruction at the direction of an instructor
• Assists in facilitating SLP, OT, and PT development plans
• Documents session per policies and procedures
• Collects behavioral and academic data accurately and efficiently
• Strictly adheres to confidentiality requirements
• Assists students in the development of independent daily living skills through self-care activities such as toileting, clothing routines, and personal hygiene
• Supports students across environments (i.e. classroom, playground, lunch room, gym, sensory room, library, etc.)
• Performs other duties as assigned/necessary

Additionally, do you think physical therapy assistant would be passable? Like it's patient interaction, but I'm not sure if it's "clinical" the right type of clinical.

Thanks!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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[LizzyM]

A behavioral tech who helps care for students with behavioral problems is more like teaching/special education than clinical care. If one was a behavioral tech in a psychiatric hospital or on the psych ward of a general hospital, that would count as "clinical" in my book as the people cared for in such a setting are usually called "patients".

 

[AJS59]

There aren't many openings. Unfortunately, I like in a smaller college town so these positions are competitive.


case anyone has similar inquiries. Behavioral tech doesn't seem like it fits the bill, but some sources say that it does count as clinical:
Thoughts:



Additionally, do you think physical therapy assistant would be passable? Like it's patient interaction, but I'm not sure if it's "clinical" the right type of clinical.

Thanks!

What sort of people are you seeing as a PT assistant? If it's primarily in patient hospital population I'd read into it as clinical. Outpatient may be harder to determine.

The other thing with being a PT assistant is it invites the question: Why not go to PT school? You should be able to answer that question if you go that route