As the world’s population grows so too does the world’s healthcare systems. The importance and impact of interventions in public health means workforces, knowledge and outcome focus achievement needs professionally-educated and experienced health services management people to lead these systems across the coming decade.
This environment means managers, clinicians, governments and owners of health facilities need qualifications in health management. The constant expansion, diversification and specialisation means there are many avenues for management careers, and many general and specialist management roles for people at the national and international levels.
Careers may be available for professionals interested in moving into the health services area, or for mid-career health professionals seeking advancement, broadening their expertise and/or moving into management in the following areas:
- health policy and program development
- health management
- health program planning and evaluation
- research in health management and systems
- project/program management
- international health
| Career Opportunity |
Predicted Salary Range |
|
|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer |
$150,000+ |
Responsible for the strategic direction of the health service, accountable for all aspects of service delivery, reportable to the board of directors, full responsibility for budget. |
| Director of Corporate Services |
$100,000+ |
Responsible for all ancillary services of a health service including finance, billing, administration, maintenance, catering, cleaning. |
| Health Service Operations Manager |
$100,000+ |
Management position responsible for managing human resources, finance, strategic planning, marketing, information technology, risk, quality and safety, clinical operations. |
| Policy Officer |
$60-$80,000+ |
Responsible for developing, implementing and providing high-level policy advice on strategic health initiatives and programs. |
| Health Program Manager |
$80,000+ |
Responsible for implementing the delivery of a new health program into the health sector. |
| Health Project Manager |
$80,000+ |
Project plan, design and manage all activities associated with a health-specific project. |
| eHealth Project Officer |
$60,000+ |
Working as part of a team to deliver a new IT system into the health sector. |
| Quality Assurance Manager |
$80,000+ |
Responsible for overseeing quality assurance processes and accreditation practices. The Quality Assurance Manager also often oversees patient safety quality initiatives. |