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Medical and Health Services Managers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

What you’d do

  • Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
  • Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
  • Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
  • Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
  • Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
  • Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
  • Monitor the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure effective use of resources and assess the need for additional staff, equipment, and services.
  • Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Management of Personnel Resources

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Clinical Director
  • Health Information Management Director (HIM Director)
  • Health Information Manager (HIM Manager)
  • Nursing Director
  • Cancer Center Director
  • Healthcare System Director
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