These days there are plenty of specialist degrees that are aimed at budding healthcare professionals. The huge variety of learning opportunities reflects the vastness of the healthcare industry. There are tons of niches to go into, and all of them have well-defined career paths. Anything from nursing to clinical psychology can be studied at a very high level.

One specialist qualification that has emerged in recent years is the healthcare administration degree. Healthcare administration is exactly what it sounds like. Medical facilities and organizations of all kinds have complex administrative needs, and administrators also need to have working knowledge of the most up-to-date invoicing software due to the sheer scale of the operations. Research funding, material acquisition, staffing, budgeting, and business strategy all need to be taken care of by a healthcare administrator. These are senior non-clinical jobs. Healthcare administration takes a great deal of business acumen specific to the medical field – hence the development of a degree designed around non-clinical administration. What kind of career paths can you get into with this specialist knowledge? Here is a brief round-up: 

Global Health Administration

The healthcare administration job outlook extends beyond borders. Multinational cooperation is essential if healthcare provisions are to improve around the world and if international standards are to be upheld. Organizations such as the World Health Organization have an immensely complex task. A career in global health administration is an inherently political one and requires incredible interpersonal skills.

Public Health Administration

The role of public health has been made abundantly clear by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic with which the world is struggling. Public health is the politics, business, logistics, and medicine needed to ensure that society is healthy as a whole. Public health administration careers are challenging, always evolving, and full of room for innovation. Your career will be in helping society as a whole to prevent disease, prolong life and promote health.

Clinical Management

A degree in healthcare administration is wonderful preparation for the work of managing healthcare clinics and facilities. The day to day running of a healthcare facility requires some very specialized skills. You’ll be managing supplies, keeping up to date with the latest advances in technology, and dealing with the ever tumultuous rigors of healthcare business strategy planning. You’ll need to keep your finger on the pulse and adapt to changes in legislation. You’ll be wrestling with the endpoint of care – the point at which the public comes into contact with the industry. 

Pharmaceutical Administration

The pharmaceutical industry is vast, and the job prospects for senior administrators are myriad. The pharmaceutical industry needs to incorporate morality into growth, public health into profit, and global health into its fabric. Healthcare administrators are well placed to create this positive change while earning very high fees and seeking out scientific and logistical innovation.

Pharmaceutical administration is not really one specialism, but an umbrella term. You’ll need to aim for a niche in the industry and direct your research during your study towards that niche. The pharmaceutical industry is a vast, multinational, decentralized complex of sub-industries.