I've talked about what healthcare administration is and why I'm interested in it, but I want to cover some of the job duties a healthcare administrator has.
The College Board's Big Future website asks some important questions for would-be healthcare administrators: Are you ready to ensure quality health care? Set priorities and policies? Supervise employees? Improve efficiency? Keep costs down? Work with doctors and other healthcare professionals? Attend lots of meetings? Work long hours? If that list of job requirements didn't get you down, maybe healthcare administration is the career for you, too!
Healthcare administrators can expect to direct and supervise the job activities of the medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, and maintenance departments of their work setting.
Healthcare administrators conduct the financial operations of the healthcare setting, which includes accounting, budget planning, expense authorizations, service rate establishment, and financial reporting. Sometimes, such as in a large organization, they'll simply supervise these operations; in a smaller setting, they might be in charge of completing the tasks themselves.
Healthcare administrators must be excellent communicators because they'll be in charge of maintaining the communication between governing boards, the staff, and department heads. In a nutshell, they'll be attending lots of meetings and keeping the communication lines open between departments.
Planning should be a strong suit for anyone pursuing a career in healthcare administration. The ability to review and analyze the activities and resulting data of their organization is essential for planning. Proper planning results in better service utilization.
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