Several young workers are preparing for a potential future in an Atlanta healthcare job.

The Healthcare Program, which is part of the Mayor’s Youth Program, has allowed several young workers to get a taste of a future in healthcare employment. In partnership with Atlanta Technical College, the program provides teenagers with a paid-training opportunity to become certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians and pharmacy technicians.

The Healthcare Program provides an introduction to the medical field for students looking to pursue a variety of careers. Students can earn college credit for their coursework and are provided with a weekly stipend. During the nine-week course, students complete clinicals at local Atlanta healthcare facilities and work with industry professionals to gain hands-on training and enhance their customer service skills.

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The ever-expanding role of nurses is helping those with, or those looking for, Atlanta healthcare jobs.

While those with nursing jobs already maintain the roles of caregivers, educators, advanced practitioners and administrators, many nurses are now also adding research to that list. According to an article by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, many healthcare professionals think that having nurses identify problems, ask questions and share outcomes is beneficial to patients and the profession as a whole.

“Nursing is still evolving as a profession, and research adds to nursing theory and knowledge,” JoEllen Dattilo, Ph.D., RN, professor and associate dean of the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University in Atlanta, said in the article. “We all learn a lot from it.”
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One popular institution is cutting Atlanta healthcare jobs.

Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta Inc. has announced its plan to get rid of 50 jobs, or about 2.5 percent of its workforce, blaming a need for the cuts on a deteriorating economy.

The major Atlanta hospital confirmed it will achieve about 20 of those cuts through attrition and the rest through involuntary layoffs, according to an article by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Saint Joseph’s decision to tighten its belt, industry insiders said, is not unique as the nationwide healthcare sector is struggling with a rising volume of unpaid medical bills.

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