Medical & Health Services Managers
Also called:
Office Manager, Nurse Manager, Health and Social Service Manager, Program Manager
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Navy.
Chief, Hospital/Clinic Services; Health Services Administrator; Medical Commander, Biomedical Sciences; Medical Commander, Dental; Medical Commander, Medical; Medical Commander, Medical Services; Medical Commander, Nurse
Aeromedical Evacuation; Chief Medical NCO; Clinical Laboratory; Health Care Administration; Health Services; Health Services Administration; Operational Medicine; Patient Administration; Preventive Medicine Sciences; Specialist Allied Operations
Health Services - General; Medical Administration
Commanding Officer, Fleet Marine Force Company; Director, Health Service or Program; Health Care Administrator; Health Services Department Head; Health Services Quality Assurance Coordinator; Medical Facilities Liaison Officer; Operations Management Officer, Medical Facility; Plans, Operations and Medical Intelligence; Preventive Medicine Officer (Aerospace); Preventive Medicine Officer (Public Health)
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.
On the job, you would:
- Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
- Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
- Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning.
Business
- management
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
- law and government
- public safety and security
Health
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- talking to others
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- MedFORCE Technologies WorkFLOW
- Misys Healthcare Systems Misys Tiger
Analytical or scientific software
- DxCG RiskSmart
- Expert Health Data Programming Vitalnet
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$88,580
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Navy.
