Certified Coding Associate or Specialist
Entry-level education into the career requires successful completion of Entry Level Competency Exam (CCA) or Advanced Level Competency Exam (CCS) which is knowledge based with requirement of high school diploma.
Approximate starting salary varies according to job selection (coder, supervisor, manager, director); total career salary ranges from $20,000-40,000, depending on experience, education and position. | Coding personnel evaluate health care data to assign the appropriate medical codes necessary for reimbursement, research and data retrieval in a variety of health care setting. | Burlington County College
Kean University
Passaic County Community College |
Certified Home Health Aide
Starting salary: $9-$10/hr | A home health aide is an individual trained to provide assistance with bathing, eating and other activities of daily living in a patient's home. | Complete list of Board of Nursing approved programs |
Certified Nursing Assistant
Starting salary: N/A | Certified nursing assistants provide hands-on patient care under the direction and supervision of a nurse. Because of their direct and frequent contact with patients and families, certified nursing assistants are often the first healthcare provider to notice early symptoms or changes in the patient's condition, making them valuable members of the healthcare team. | County College of Morris (multi-skilled healthcare tech) |
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Entry level for a clinical nurse specialist is a master's degree in nursing.
Starting salary: N/A | Clinical nurse specialists have advanced education and training in a specialty clinical area. They delegate clinical responsibilities, educate patients and staff and function as the coordinator of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the delivery of patient care. | Directory of Master's of Science in Nursing programs |
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Entry level for a sonographer is an Associate in Applied Science degree (AAS), which takes two years to complete, plus a 12-week clinical practicum.
Starting salary: $15-$17/hr. | Sonographers are experts in the use of ultrasound--high-frequency sound waves--to detect diseases and abnormalities of internal organs or to view a fetus in the mother's body. | Bergen Community College
Gloucester County College
Felician College
Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center |
Dietetic Technician
Entry level for a dietetic technician is an Associate in Applied Science degree, which takes two years to complete.
Starting salary: $13-$15/hr. | Dietetic technicians work under the supervision of a registered dietician to assess, plan and implement food services and nutrition care plans. | Camden County College
Middlesex County College |
Histologic Technician
Starting salary: $15-$17/hr. | A histologic technician prepares sections of body tissue that have been obtained from surgical procedures, biopsies and autopsies for examination by a pathologist. | Ocean County College |
Legal Nurse Consultant
Enry level for a legal nurse consultant is a certificate as a legal nurse consultant, which takes ten months to complete and a minimum of two years nursing experience.
rting salary: Consulting fee | Legal nurse consultants apply their nursing skills to medically related issues of the law. | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Licensed Practical Nurse
Enry level for a licensed
practical nurse is one year of vocational school after completing high school.
Starting salary: $15-$17/hr. | The licensed practical nurse provides routine, uncomplicated nursing car to patients and their families under the direct supervision of the registered nurse and works closely with the registered nurse to provide care to patients with complex medical, emotional and psychosocial needs. | Directory of Schools of Nursing |
Medical Laboratory Technician
Enry level for a medical laboratory technician is an Associate in Applied Science degree, which takes two years to complete.
Starting salary: $13-$17/hr | Under the supervision of a medical laboratory technologist, the medical laboratory technician uses sophisticated laboratory equipment and computers to perform tests on blood, body fluids and tissues. | Bergen Community College
Brookdale Community College
Camden County College
County College of Morris
Essex County College
Felician College
Mercer County Community College
Middlesex County College
Ocean County College |
Medical Librarian
Entry level for a medical librarian is usually a Master's degree in Library or Information Science which takes six years to complete.
Starting salary: N/A. | The medical librarian is a service profession responsible for organizing, researching and disseminating information to healthcare professionals including medical treatments and clinical trials and serves not only physicians with quality medical information but allied health professionals, patients and consumers. | Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information |
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Entry level for a nuclear medicine technologist is either a diploma in nuclear medicine technology from a hospital-based program or an associate in science degree; either option takes approximately three years to complete.
Starting salary: $17/hr. | Nuclear medicine uses small amounts of radioactive materials that are administered to the patient to evaluate the status of organs and tissues. Nuclear medicine technologists use specialized detectors and computers to perform these tests. | Felician College
Gloucester County College
Muhlenberg School of Medical Imaging
A.S. from Union County College |
Nurse Anesthetist
Entry level for a nurse anesthetist is a master's of science in nursing and a minimum of one year of acute care nursing.
Starting salary: $45/hr. | Nurse anesthetists administer anesthesia and manage the care of patients receiving anesthesia during selected surgical procedures. | University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey |