NKPD code: 1342
Health services managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the provision of health care in hospitals, clinics, public health agencies and similar organisations. Health services managers perform the following main tasks: - providing overall management and directing the provision of health care in hospitals, clinics, public health agencies and similar organisations; - directing, supervising and evaluating the work of medical, technical, administrative, support, service and other staff; - establishing objectives and defining evaluative and operational criteria for the units they manage; - directing or conducting recruitment, hiring and training of staff; - developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and performance standards for medical, technical, administrative, support and service staff; - monitoring the use of diagnostic services, hospital beds, equipment and staff to ensure the efficient use of resources and assessing the need for additional staff, equipment and services; - directing administrative activities such as budget planning, report preparation and control of expenditure on supplies, equipment and services; - consulting with other health and social service providers, boards of directors and funding bodies to coordinate the provision of services; - advising government authorities on measures to improve health and social services; - representing the organisation in negotiations, at meetings, seminars, public hearings or forums. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Head of clinic – Manager/Head, health establishment – Director/Manager/Head, medical establishment – Director, National Expert Medical Commission (NELK) – Manager, outpatient medical establishment – Head, occupational health service – Physician, head of ward/laboratory – Chief nurse – Senior nurse Excludes: – Manager, residential home for the elderly with health care – 1343 – Manager, residential home for the elderly without health care – 1343