Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: The health care industry has become a behemoth, employing hundreds of thousands of physicians, nurses, health specialists, and other non-health workers, and wielding considerable clout on Wall Street. Health care administrators run this behemoth, coordinating and organizing the financing and delivery of care and assisting in the management of health facilities. Executive-level administrators are highly educated individuals responsible for overall policy directions. They assess the need for services, equipment and personnel and also make recommendations regarding the expansion or curtailment of services, and the establishment of new facilities. They also run compliance with government agencies and regulations. 

Salary: The average annual wage for healthcare administrators was more than $96,000 in May 2011.For healthcare administrators general medical and surgical hospitals, the average was more than $102,000. The average annual wage was $93,770 for administrators at physicians’ offices, while those control home healthcare services earned an average of $85,860.

Education: Healthcare administrator first complete graduate studies. A bachelor’s degree will only open doors at the entry level, and only a lucky few will be able to work up to a top-level position in a small operation or a middle-management position at a larger facility. A Master’s degree in hospital or nursing administration, public health, public or business administration, and other related fields is usually a requirement for executive office.

Reflection: I think I’ll like to be a health care administrator because I think I could do the job well and be successful in it. It sounds like an interesting career to do.