Health Science jobs include work in ambulatory healthcare, nursing and residential care, and hospitals. This Youth Apprenticeship occupational area focuses on three pathways:
Therapeutic Services
Health Informatics
Ambulatory/Support Services
Skills involved include caring and treatment of patients, processing patient data and information, and supporting medical professionals.
Students can choose from three different occupational areas with options to specific pathways.
In this pathway, students will build basic skills in using standard precautions and infection control, managing client appointments, creating client record, and completing client identification labels. There are five areas to choose from:
Dental Assistant
Medical Assistant
Nursing Assistant
Pharmacy Technician
Resident Aide
In this pathway, students will build basic skills in maintaining medical office correspondence, performing records management duties, locating or creating information in the client record, and completing client identification labels. There is one area to choose from:
Assistant Medical Office
In this pathway, students will build basic skills in maintaining department documents, creating client records and identification labels, managing appointments, and using computer systems to process information. There are six areas to choose from:
Dietary Aide
Medical Imaging
Medical Laboratory
Optical Assistant
Phlebotomist
Physical Therapy Aide
Interested in starting your career as an EMT — and getting your certification paid for? Bell Ambulance is hiring Youth Apprentices and covering the cost of EMT certification. It’s a win-win!
Already have a job? The businesses listed below already align with the Health Science pathway and can count as Youth Apprenticeship placements if you work there!
Froedert Healthcare
Aurora Healthcare
Nursing Homes
Ascension Healthcare
Interested in one of these amazing opportunities? Reach out to Sheila Frafjord at frafsh@hamilton.k12.wi.us or Marquea Goike at goikma@hamilton.k12.wi.us to get started!