Weekend Jobs in Medical Field that require little to no training?

[Jeex]

Good Afternoon,

I have about a year's worth of savings before I am able to complete my post-bacc classes and get accepted into medical school. I am looking at about a 3 year plan to finally matriculate.

I am wondering if there is a possibility to kill two birds with one stone and work on the weekends at a medical job that requires little to no experience. This would help me pay my loans off quite quickly and would give me some additional resume boosting experience when the time does come to apply to medical school.

What possible options do you think I have? I currently work 9-5 M-F, and can't change that.

Thanks,
Jeex

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[shewillrun]

Hello There,

To be honest many of those entry level positions even require some kind of certificate for direct patient care experience. Those include CNA, EMT, CMA, etc. Another option is unit secretary, monitor technician, or scribe. However, those at least require familiarity with medical terminology or arrhythmia training. Another option I'd recommend if you go the hospital route is a position like a scheduler or a transporter. Transporters do get some direct patient care contact and go to many departments within the hospital to pick up/deliver patients. If you'are able to get a certificate in one of the previously mentioned positions that is my recommendation. In the meantime start applying for a transporter or central supply type of position. Maybe the hospital will cross train you or pay for you to take a course. All my monitor tech courses were taught on site at the hospital and offered to me after I was a unit secretary for 3 months. Good luck!

 

[Straw Hat]

How about a sitter/patient safety attendant? At our hospital their primary function is to make sure the patient stays safe because they can't be left alone. They may hurt themselves or try to leave AMA but aren't allowed to do so. Sometimes they perform CNA duties like clean the patient or help them go to the bathroom which is much appreciated. I can't imagine they require too much training though.

Being a safety attendant will also show you the less glamorous parts of healthcare. If you still enjoy helping the most difficult and unappreciative patients like drug abusers/alcoholics, dementia, psych, suicidal patients for 8-12 hours at a time then I think you'll gain an appreciation for what other healthcare workers do and you'll have good patient care experience for applications.