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Manager, Medical and Health Services
 
 
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Summary

ActivitiesPlan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed-care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

OutlookFaster-than-average-job growth

Median Income$80,200 per year in 2008

Work Context & ConditionsMost medical and health services managers work long hours. Facilities such as hospitals operate around the clock, and administrators and managers may be called at all hours to deal with problems.

Minimum Education RequirementsBachelor's Degree

SkillsPersuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Active Listening, Writing, Service Orientation, Time Management, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking

AbilitiesOral Expression, Speech Recognition, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning, Written Expression, Oral Comprehension

InterviewsWade Atkins
Ron DeClerck