When preparing for a career in health care, it's important to consider the following: your ability to communicate in English, in both oral and written formats; your ability to take responsibility for your own actions and accept responsibility for your mistakes; and your ability to be dependable, timely, and accurate. Health care is a 24-7 job. You may have a position that requires you to work long hours and have on-call responsibilities to meet the needs of patients who get sick or injured after hours, on weekends, or during holidays.