Resident vs service coordinator

The differences between residents and service coordinators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a resident and a service coordinator. Additionally, a resident has an average salary of $60,589, which is higher than the $40,792 average annual salary of a service coordinator.

The top three skills for a resident include home health, patients and rehabilitation. The most important skills for a service coordinator are customer service, social work, and patients.

Resident vs service coordinator overview

	Resident	Service Coordinator
Yearly salary	$60,589	$40,792
Hourly rate	$29.13	$19.61
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	14,186	55,922
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

What does a resident do?

A resident, often known as a resident physician, is a medical doctor who just graduated from medical school and pursued the residency program for further training. Residents work with health care team members to provide direct medical care by diagnosing medical problems and devising appropriate treatment plans. Depending on their medical specialty and training, residents may assist in performing surgeries to patients but are supervised by senior residents and physicians. Residents must also have an in-depth understanding of ethical, socioeconomic, and medical-legal issues surrounding patient care.

What does a service coordinator do?

A service coordinator is responsible for assisting the management team in providing the best services for the clients based on their specifications. Service coordinators' duties include managing clients' requests and inquiries, providing client updates, monitoring changes and plan adjustments, and recommending strategic procedures to improve services. Service coordinators must be highly-knowledgeable with the matters concerning the organization they work for, ensuring that they could explain their products and services well to meet clients' needs.

Resident vs service coordinator salary

Residents and service coordinators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Resident	Service Coordinator
Average salary	$60,589	$40,792
Salary range	Between $44,000 And $83,000	Between $29,000 And $56,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Maine
Best paying company	Meta	Mt. San Antonio College
Best paying industry	Non Profits	Government

Differences between resident and service coordinator education

There are a few differences between a resident and a service coordinator in terms of educational background:

	Resident	Service Coordinator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Medicine	Business
Most common college	University of Virginia	SUNY at Binghamton

Resident vs service coordinator demographics

Here are the differences between residents' and service coordinators' demographics:

	Resident	Service Coordinator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 41.0% Female, 59.0%	Male, 28.5% Female, 71.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 15.8% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% Asian, 7.1% White, 51.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.6%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 21.0% Asian, 6.7% White, 55.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between resident and service coordinator duties and responsibilities

Resident example responsibilities.

Manage pediatrics emergencies, indoor & outdoor patients, neonatal & intensive care units.
Document daily reports, administer medication, experience with first aid, CPR, and strategies for crisis intervention.
Perform full mouth surgical dental rehabilitation for mentally and physically disable patients (children and adults) under general anesthesia.
Work up surgical patient for surgery, under supervision.
Assist in LINAC and TPS commissioning with LandauerMP commissioning team.
Involve in commissioning of new skin HDR program using Valencia applicators.

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Service coordinator example responsibilities.

Manage social media communication including Facebook, Pinterest, and blog.
Manage a pilot program providing diversion services to clients refer by DCF.
Manage the MSW staff and coordinate all social service and select patient service activities.
Manage caseload of 30 DD citizens, coordinate eligibility benefits.
Manage SharePoint inventory repository and assign access levels to new hires as needed.
Supervise and train direct care workers in CPR, care of clients, policy and procedures.

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Resident vs service coordinator skills

Common resident skills

Home Health, 20%
Patients, 15%
Rehabilitation, 13%
Customer Service, 6%
CPR, 4%
Residency Program, 3%

Common service coordinator skills

Customer Service, 19%
Social Work, 14%
Patients, 7%
Social Services, 5%
Service Coordination, 3%
Data Entry, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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