Explore career options in health service management
Here you can find information on the types of careers and employment roles a health service management degree may land you.
You can also discover where to look for job vacancies, as well as professional associations, mentoring and international opportunities.
Opportunities
As a graduate with postgraduate qualifications in health services management, you will be able to:
- provide management and leadership for a range of health services, clinics and organisations
- co-ordinate and administer health and welfare programs and clinical services
- develop, implement and monitor procedures, policies and standards for medical, nursing, allied health and administrative staff
- liaise with other health and welfare providers, boards of directors and funding organisations
- be involved in recruitment, selection, training and supervision of staff
- control administrative functions including budget planning, preparation of reports, monitoring of expenditure and supply of equipment.
Career fields
- Public and private hospitals
- Indigenous health service providers
- Allied health providers
- Health departments
- Medical practices or administration
- Quality assurance
- Rehabilitation service providers
- Welfare services management
- Health promotion services
- Insurance companies
- Health information services
- Healthcare administration
- Welfare services
- Primary health organisations
- Disability service providers
- Community health services
Employment roles
- Health services manager
- Director of clinical services
- Health information service manager
- Executive director
- Principal project officer
- Project manager
- Care manager
- Health service coordinator
- Mental health planning officer
- Chief executive
- Aboriginal population health manager
- Director general care
- Senior director, quality and safety unit
- Residential aged care service manager
- Practice manager
- Healthcare project manager – operations
Occupation snapshot
Employed
43,500
Annual growth
4,300
Weekly earnings
$2,016
Part-time share
19%
This data is based on the occupation profile for health and welfare services managers, retrieved from the Government's Jobs and Skills Australia website July 2024.
Your employability
In addition to knowledge and skills directly related to your program of study, you will also develop a range of other skills such as teamwork, analytical, communication through academic study, employment, voluntary work, sporting and recreational activities and life experience.
Recognising the value employers place on these skills is an important factor in your graduate job search. You can further develop your employability with these resources:
Vacancies
Information on relevant vacancies can be found in a wide range of sources:
- CareerHub
- Prosple (formerly Grad Australia)
- GradConnection
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission careers
- Department of Home Affairs careers
- Australian Federal Police vacancies
- Australian Public Service Jobs
- Brisbane City Council vacancies
- Queensland Courts
- Australian Local Government Directory
- Queensland Government jobs
- Queensland Government Graduate Portal
- Queensland Police careers
- Seek
- Adzuna health services management jobs
- Australian Public Service recruitment
- Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association vacancies
- CareCareers
- Ethical Jobs
- Health Management Internship Program - Australian College of Health Service Management
- South Western Sydney Graduate Health Management Program
- NSW Government
Job application resources
Craft a stand-out resume and cover letter, and learn how to prepare for job interviews.
Approach potential employers
Many work opportunities are not advertised, so we recommend approaching potential employers with the aim of researching their needs and how your skills, experience, interests and qualifications could match theirs.
This is called informational interviewing and will benefit you by:
- clarifying your specific career direction
- enhancing your professional network
- increasing your chances of being offered a job.
Industry outlook
The Your Career website includes helpful information such as job descriptions, employment prospects, average weekly earnings and skills requirements. Every job title in the database has a skills section to help you identify and describe essential skills for your future career.
The My Future website also has job descriptions and a useful career insight section.
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching website has up-to-date information on graduate salaries, especially the Graduate Outlook Survey (GOS) National Report, which contains undergraduate salary figures.
More detailed information is available at the Labour Market Insights portal.
Professional associations
Joining a professional association is a great way to interact with people in your field who can assist you to explore your career options and potentially find employment opportunities. These associations hold regular professional development and networking events:
- Australia College of Health Service Management
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- Australian Institute of Digital Health
- Health Information Management Association of Australia
- Sport Management Association of Australia and NZ
Students are welcome to join and often receive a discount on their membership.
Mentoring
The award-winning Industry Mentoring Program provides an excellent opportunity to further develop your employability and build professional networks.
The Program is available to students with more than 80CP as well as recent graduates.
Sustainable Development Goals
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Further career information
Careers counselling
Individual career counselling sessions are available to all current students and recent graduates.
You can book an initial appointment via CareerHub.
Career planning
Our website has an array of career planning resources you can explore at any stage of your student journey.
Career Readiness
Check out our Career Readiness site in Learning@Griffith for additional information and resources for your career development learning:
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Please note: The content on this webpage is a guide only. Please refer to degree-specific information and accreditation requirements of your profession on the Degree and Course Finder website and with the relevant professional accreditation body for your degree.