Healthcare Manager Career Path

The career path I have decided on is to become a Medical Healthcare Manager. The Medical Healthcare Manager . The Medical Healthcare Manager’s role is to plan, direct, coordinate services in a medical setting such as hospitals, health agencies, managed care facilities, or similar organizations. The skills needed to execute this job is to have excellent writing, written comprehension which means the ability to read and comprehend, excellent written expression which means to have the ability to clearly state your ideas in writing, and problem solving skills. The Healthcare Manager needs to know how to identify and discern when something is wrong and foresee if a potential problem will be at hand. The daily work activities of a Medical Healthcare

Manager may include documenting and recording, evaluating information, computer interaction, and processing information.
The educational requirements of a Healthcare Manager is to have a Bachelor’s Degree or a Master’s Degree. Upcoming managers need to have some experience in administrative or clerical role in a healthcare setting. The certification that is needed is the American Hospital Association. The licensure requirements in the state of Missouri for a Medical Healthcare Manager includes the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
The personality skills and traits conducive to a good Medical Healthcare Manager, is to have a good degree of maturity, responsible, a good moral compass, leadership qualities, commitment, friendly, and compassionate. The Healthcare Manager will always be around healthcare personnel in this profession. Being able to communicate with colleagues, subordinates and superiors is crucial in a healthcare setting. People need to understand what you are trying to say especially in meetings or when you need to present a proposal. Responsibility ranks high on the list as a manager as well. Committal to a project and seeing it to its completion exhibits tenacity. It also conveys to others that you are dependable and trustworthy. Exhibiting these qualities on a daily basis, will contribute to my professionalism on the job, as well as a dependable teamplayer.
As far as my personality traits line up with my profession, I discovered that I rank high in the investigative area over all the others.

Investigative means that I enjoy searching for facts and figuring out problems. I feel that this will help me immensely in being a Healthcare Manager. Figuring out problems and solving is one of the skills required in my profession. Secondly, I ranked a 17 as being conventional. Being conventional as a manager would mean working with clear rules, and following a strong leader. Taking orders from doctors or other medical personnel would not be a problem for me because I already possess this trait. My social skills are what I really need to work on because I ranked a 7 in this area. Being social on the Personality File requires a person to teach, give advice, and help. To some degree, I do these things but I need to put forth the effort to strengthen what I already possess. I also ranked high in the area of being artistic. This quality requires being creative and being able to work alone without following a set of rules. I agree totally with this ranking because I have always considered myself as being creative and coming up with different ideas. Being creative as a Healthcare Manager will help in situations where another idea is needed to complete a task or help a colleague come up with other ideas of presenting a report or helping them to see a set of ideas differently. As with enterprising, I ranked a 9. According to the Personality

Profile, enterprising means persuading and leading people, making decisions, and taking risks for projects. I will definitely have to put my best foot forward in this area. I am usually not as confident with these traits because of my quiet demeanor. Stepping out of my comfort zone and working on these traits will help me to be a more confident and outspoken manager on the job. Lastly, I ranked a 3 on the realistic category. People who are realistic work well with their hands and being alone. I feel that I can improve in this area so that I can exhibit these traits on the job. There will be times on the job where I may not be required to be around medical personnel and I may need to work alone on reports or documents and complete a project solo. Being realistic will help see me through my tasks.
In order to achieve my goals as a Medical Healthcare Manager, I first need to finish my Healthcare Administration Degree from Kaplan University.

Being persistent with studying, completing assignments, and proactive in seminars I will achieve these goals. Making appointments and going behind the scenes in a healthcare setting can also prepare me as an individual, what it is like to work as a Healthcare Manager. Also, researching and staying abreast on the new trends in this field, I will be able to stay current. After receiving my first degree at Kaplan, I would most definitely like to pursue my Master’s Degree. Utilizing Kaplan University Career Services will also bridge the gap in searching for job opportunities, resume building, decision making, and making connections in the workforce. Having professional career assistance can help can open up avenues you never knew possible. Gleaning from the professionals at Kaplan University Career Services, will fine tune you into the professional you want to become. Receiving the necessary help will catapult your career in the direction it should

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In conclusion, I can see myself in five years down the road, with my Healthcare Administration Degree in hand and working in a healthcare setting, enjoying the job I worked so hard to achieve. I most definitely would like to soon after, pursue my Master’s Degree in Health Science as well. I plan to move to Arizona to be near family. I have always wanted to work in a healthcare setting because I enjoy working with people. Being of service to others has been my best passion in life. Seeing that people’s needs are taken care of, brings me great joy. I am sure that I will get a lifetime’s worth of satisfaction from what I do best.