Related story: University of Michigan adding 500 jobs for expanded Mott children's, women's hospital

The University of Michigan Health System is a destination employer. In general, jobseekers find U-M, not the other way around.

And for most of the 500 jobs U-M is adding to run its expanded children’s and women’s hospital — which opens in November — no recruiting is necessary.

But some jobs will be hard to fill. Very hard.

I made the following list based on an interview with the executive leading the hospital expansion and analysis of an economic forecast conducted by U-M economists for AnnArbor.com in March.

Here are the 5 hottest jobs at the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital:

— Neonatal nurse practitioners. These nurses, who care for babies born prematurely, are in high demand throughout the country — in part because they improve care and reduce health care costs.

According to a study by the University of Rochester and cited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, babies cared for by neonatal nurses stayed in the hospital for 2.4 fewer days and incurred $3,400 less in medical expenses than intensive-care babies treated by medical residents.

— Pediatric intensive care nurses. Caring for children in intensive care can be a difficult emotional experience, and that translates into recruiting challenges.

"To work in pediatric intensive care units, it takes that special interest," said Loree Collett, associate hospital administrator and operational lead for the expansion project. "Ideally you want to find someone with experience, but if not, we will train new (nursing) grads in that area."

—Intraoperative MRI equipment operators. This technology — new to the hospital — gives surgeons a better visual of brain tumors during surgery and assists in the implanting of brain stimulators, according to the Mayo Clinic.

"I’m assuming that'll be more challenging” to find someone with that experience Collett said.

— Specialized nurses. The hospital needs nurses in many areas, but those with a specialty are in high demand everywhere.

"Usually if you're associated with a hospital and you're pursuing an advanced practice (nursing) degree, they gobble you right up as soon as you graduate,” Collett said.

— Doctors. Although Collett didn’t mention physicians as a key area of hiring, this almost goes without saying, although it’s more of a long-term need. All hospitals are facing the inevitability of a massive nationwide shortage of doctors in the coming years, unless the U.S. finds a way to generate more physicians.

In 2010, the Association of American Medical Colleges projected that the U.S. would face a shortage of 125,000 physicians over the next 15 years.

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