Hispanic-Jobs.com, a career website for bilingual Spanish speaking professionals, said that the demand for those with medical assistant training and other bilingual healthcare workers will continue to grow through 2012.
The job site said it is seeing an increase in job postings for Spanish speaking healthcare workers, including medical assistants and those who have attended medical coding and billing schools to work at hospitals and doctor's offices across the country. Business jobs for bilingual healthcare workers include receptionists and interpreters.
According to the website, emergency rooms are in special need of bilingual workers who can communicate crucial health information to patients and family members. It said that health insurance companies are also looking for Spanish speaking professionals who can read, write and speak both languages.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expects the demand for interpreters and translators to increase by 22 percent through the end of the decade.
Candidates looking for bilingual healthcare jobs can log onto Hispanic-Jobs.com to create a professional profile and post their resumes.
The BLS reports that the healthcare sector will generate approximately 3.2 million new wage and salary jobs between 2008 and 2018, which is more than any other industry.
