Medical Manager

Duties and Responsibilities: Clinical managers oversee a specific department such as nursery, physical therapy, or surgery. Other clinical mangers are in charge of overseeing an entire facility. They set and carry out policies, goals, procedures for their departments. They also evaluate the quality of the staff’s work, and develop reports and budgets. They:

• Work to improve efficiency and quality in delivering healthcare services
• Keep up to date on new laws and regulations so that the facility in which they work complies with them
• Supervise assistant administrators in facilities that are large enough to need them
• Manage the finances of the facility, such as patient fees and billing
• Create work schedules
• Represent the facility at investor meetings or on governing boards
• Keep and organize records of the facility’s services, such as the number of inpatient beds used
• Communicate with members of the medical staff and department heads

Salary: $76,000

Education: To become a clinical manager you typically need at least a bachelor’s degree. They bachelor’s degree should be in health administration. Graduate programs often last between two and three years and may include up to a year of supervised administrative experience. They should have analytic, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving technical skills, and detail oriented.