Houston Healthcare Jobs

If you're looking for a career in the medical field, you may want to consider one of the many Houston healthcare jobs available.

During July, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area's education and health services industry employed 291,700 workers, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 291,600 workers during June and a 1.8 percent increase from last year.

The Houston metropolitan area is home to more than 85 hospitals and is considered to be a leader in medicine.

Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, which contains the largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions in the world. All of the 47 nonprofit member institutions provide patient and preventative care, research, education and local, national and international community well-being.

The center employs more than 73,000 workers at its 13 hospitals, two specialty institutions, two medical schools, four nursing schools and schools of dentistry, public health, pharmacy and other health-related careers. About 5.2 million patients are treated at the center each year.

The center was where Life Flight, one of the first and largest air emergency services, was created. It also has implemented a successful inter-institutional transplant program and accounts for more heart surgeries than any other place in the world.

The center includes such academic and research health institutions as Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The Methodist Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

The Baylor College of Medicine has been considered within the top 10 medical schools in the country. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has ranked as one of the top two American hospitals specializing in cancer care by U.S. News & World Report since 1990.

Houston also is home to the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research and the Menniger Clinic, a well-known psychiactric treatment center affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital System.