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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