Clinical roles often have face-to-face contact with patients for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care. Some clinical professions are behind-the-scenes, such as laboratory professionals whose work supports diagnosis and treatment. These are roles where the professional provides direct patient care:
Physician (ER doctors, surgeons, hospitalists)
Nurse (CRNA, RN, LPN/LVN, CNS)
Techs (Radiology Tech, Ultrasound Tech, Surgical Tech)
Therapist (Physical Therapist, Radiation Therapist)
Medical Assistants
Pharmacists
Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Technologist
Dietitian
Intensive Care Unit [ICU]
Emergency Room [ER]
Cardiac Care and Surgery
Non-clinical roles are those which do not provide any type of medical treatment or testing. Non-clinical roles include medical billers and coders, transcriptions, hospital executives, receptionists, and anyone who works behind the scenes at a hospital such as human resources, IT, biomedical technicians, administrative assistants, etc. There are a lot of other non-clinical roles in the medical industry such as medical transcription, pharmaceutical representative, biomedical engineering, medical recruiter, and medical device sales.
Case Manager/Social Worker
Accountant
Human Resources & Recruiting
Executive: CEO, CFO, CIO
Information Technology
Food Service
Environmental Services
Administrative Assistant