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Drs. Benjamin H. Thompson and Herman O. Lyle Jr. joined the Western Baptist Hospital staff as hospitalists. They care for hospitalized patients whose doctors aren’t on Western Baptist’s staff, then return care to primary physicians after patients are discharged.

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Maintenance and operations assistant supervisor. Second shift. Supervises work and maintains work progress, provides training and delegation of work to the maintenance and operations staff. Serves as backup to maintenance and operations supervisor. Performs minor repairs associated with plumbing and fixtures. Maintains major equipment such as tractors, moving equipment and trucks. Serves as liaison between maintenance and operations staff and supervisor. Orders supplies, keeps records of receiving, assists in maintaining equipment inventory. Job order: KY0408681

Certified medical assistant. Immediate need. Must be able to give shots. Experience preferred. Job order: KY0408715

Retail sales representative. At least one to two years of sales experience in a commission environment. College degree and bilingual Spanish skills are a plus. Job order: KY0409160

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Katie Thompson is sure divine guidance led her to become a nurse in the Western Baptist Hospital nursery after a long career in chemical engineering.

“I truly believe God has been orchestrating the last few years of my life,” she said.

Thompson vividly remembers 28 years ago when her son, Greg Bazzell, was born seven weeks prematurely at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville. Seeing nurses provide intensive care for her tiny baby left a lasting yearning to follow in their footsteps.

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Health care dominates the list of fastest-growing jobs in Kentucky as the population ages.   

Health care support occupations are projected to grow about 25 percent from 2008 to 2018 — more than three times the average rate for all jobs, the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training says.

The field includes various aides and assistants, medical equipment preparers, and transcriptionists. Those jobs require less education but also pay well below those of the second highest-growth area, health care practitioners and technicians, at 21 percent.

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