Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Healthcare administrators coordinate the activities of medical organizations ranging from doctors’ offices to hospital departments to health care corporations. They create goals and the strategies for achieving them, and communicate this information to all employees. The medical staff can concentrate on health care because administrators tend to business concerns such as budgeting, scheduling, information management, marketing and internal communication. Administrators also ensure their facilities comply with all regulations and may represent their areas of responsibility at board meetings or public hearings.

Salary: $55,470 for the bottom 10% to $155,130 for the top 90%

Education: A bachelor’s degree (four years) is the typical entry-level preparation needed for health care administration jobs. Some employers, however; will promote from within or hire other professionals with related experience (such as nurses) who are ideal for an administrative role. This is due to their direct health care knowledge. A graduate education (two to three years) is usually the starting point for high-level executive positions. This means attaining a MBA, or a different type of master’s degree, or even a doctorate in health administration. Sub-specialties are often available, especially in graduate programs. These include long-term care administration, health care services, or health information management.

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
A healthcare administrator sounds like a person who is very busy and also responsible so because of this I think that I would like to be one, but not for a very long period of time. Administrators get paid very well so I think I would make a really good living out of it and that is another reason as to why I would like to be one.