Healthcare
Healthcare Career Path
If you’re interested in working in the Healthcare Industry, you’ve chosen one of the fastest-growing and best-paying industries in Northeast Florida. Healthcare jobs provide a great career path, whether you’re working in a laboratory or directly with patients.
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Healthcare Industry Guide
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Industry News and Updates
Hospital administrators, including in Jacksonville, ask lawmakers for help amid staffing crisis
Hospital administrators, including in Jacksonville, ask lawmakers for help amid staffing crisis (Courtesy of the Florida Times-Union) -- Hospital administrators in September gave House committees a glimpse into the challenges facing health care professionals,...
Mayo Clinic CEO: Health care needs transformation
Mayo Clinic CEO: Health care needs transformation (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- Leaning into telemedicine, artificial intelligence and home-based medicine will be key to transforming health care and solving its issues such as access to and...
Jacksonville Nursing Homes Say New Law Will Help With Staff Shortages
Jacksonville Nursing Homes Say New Law Will Help With Staff Shortages (Courtesy of WJCT-FM News) -- Nursing home administrators in Florida are hopeful a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week will help address labor shortages in the long-term care industry....
Nationwide shortage in senior caregivers impacting First Coast families
Nationwide shortage in senior caregivers impacting First Coast families (Courtesy of WJXT-TV) -- A nationwide shortage of senior caregivers has some Northeast Florida families waiting months for in-home care. The problem has only gotten worse during the COVID-19...
The trends driving boom in Northeast Florida health care projects
The trends driving boom in Northeast Florida health care projects (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- In-migration, an aging population and a shift to satellite operations account for the more than 20 planned or active health care projects in the Northeast...
State of the nursing shortage: 7 notes
State of the nursing shortage: 7 notes (Courtesy of Becker's Hospital Review) -- Perhaps more than any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the effects of a severe nursing shortage. At the same time, hospitalizations are rising,...
Meet Carol Cullen, Healthcare Industry Manager
Carol has been the Healthcare Sector Industry Manager at CareerSource NEFL since 2017.
Carol assists employers in the healthcare sector by connecting them with potential new hires through recruitments events and the use of EmployFlorida.com. She helps employers upskill their current employees by offsetting the costs of qualified training through the utilization of CareerSource NEFL’s Customized Training Program.
She acts as a community liaison connecting community organizations to employment opportunities and training resources. She partners with leaders in industry and education to develop a robust pipeline of skilled workers.
Carol graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill with a BA in Spanish, including a year abroad at the University of Seville, Spain and is conversationally fluent in Spanish. Her background includes over 6 years of working in business to business sales across multiple industries. Additionally, she has over 8 years of management and training experience in the airline industry.
Contact Carol for information on how your business can benefit from a partnership with CareerSource NEFL.
Interested in a healthcare career and need more information? Contact Carol at ccullen@careersourcenefl.com