Health management

Health management

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Career outcomes

Our health management graduates have pursued careers as:

  • health services managers
  • nurse unit managers
  • health facility CEOs
  • health researchers
  • public health facility managers
  • humanitarian organisation leaders
  • health management consultants
  • private health managers
  • social welfare organisation managers
  • health practitioner regulation officers
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About health management

Be a force for good in the operations of a health organisation. Health management study at ACU will give you the tools you need to manage a diverse range of healthcare environments at junior, middle and senior levels of health service administration. Your health management studies will help shape you into a strong and effective leader in the sector.

Pick your path

Choose the level of healthcare leadership and management study that’s right for you. Our graduate certificate examines governance, quality improvement and management concepts and how they interplay with organisational culture. The diploma evaluates current approaches to policy development and implementation. And the master’s degree will equip you to evaluate challenges that confront the industry, to conceptualise new and creative approaches to healthcare administration, and to lead enhanced service delivery in diverse healthcare settings.

Become a responsive leader

Choose the level of healthcare leadership and management study that’s right for you. Our graduate certificate examines governance, quality improvement and management concepts and how they interplay with organisational culture. The diploma evaluates current approaches to policy development and implementation. And the master’s degree will equip you to evaluate challenges that confront the industry, to conceptualise new and creative approaches to healthcare administration, and to lead enhanced service delivery in diverse healthcare settings.

Lead the next generation

Employment opportunities for healthcare leaders and managers have grown significantly in recent years, with burgeoning health and welfare services manager job advertisements in Australia.* As a graduate of this course, equipped with leadership and management skills, and knowledge and attributes applicable in national as well as international healthcare environments, you will have an excellent foundation on which to build professional success and achieve your goals. *Australian Government Labour Market Insights, https://labourmarketinsights.gov.au/occupation-profile/health-and-welfare-services-managers?occupationCode=1342

Choose to study online

Too busy to come to campus? No problem. Our leadership and management in health care courses are offered fully online, so you can better balance your work, study and home commitments.

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