HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION JOBS

As health care grows and becomes more complex the demand for competent administrators and managers increases. Administrators function as liaisons between three main groups of people: patients, doctors & nurses, and insurance companies. According to The Princeton Review, the hospital administrator plays a vital role in saving lives, without having to take scalpel in hand. Hospital administrators manage hospitals, outpatient clinics, hospices, and drug-abuse treatment centers. Administrators make sure hospitals operate efficiently and provide adequate medical care to patients.

Medical records and files are constantly being generated. A person with good communication skills, good organizational skills and over-all good decision making capability, will find no trouble getting interviews for these positions at hospitals and clinics, now or for the foreseeable future. Rapid employment growth is projected; job opportunities will be especially good in offices of health practitioners, general medical and surgical hospitals, home health care services, and outpatient care centers. See more at the US Department of Labor web site.

Health care administration and management jobs include titles such as claims adjuster, claims examiner, departmental administrator, admissions clerk and human resources manager. Administrative functions include planning and coordinating departmental activities, program evaluation, development of policies and procedures for various medical treatment and preventative activities, quality assurance, patient services, and public relations activities such as active participation in fund-raising and community health planning (read more).

Some very good resources are The Health Career Network, Hospital Jobs Online and Pam Pohly's Net Guide.

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