It is unusual to finish college and step into a position as an upper-level health services executive. Most new graduates first gain experience in a more specialized clinical or administrative area of a health care facility. There they can become accustomed to working with health care personnel, patients, information systems, budgets, and finances. This experience and/or graduate work often leads to promotion to department head. Those with graduate training can expect to achieve higher-level positions. Assistant administrator or vice president is often the next step and may lead to appointment as the hospital's chief executive.
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Biochemists
- Biomedical Engineers
- Business Managers
- Cancer Registrars
- Cardiologists
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemists
- Clinic Managers
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Contact Tracers
- Customer Success Managers
- Data Scientists
- Directors of Telehealth
- Drug Developers
- Futurists
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Health Advocates
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Care Insurance Navigators
- Health Data Analysts
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Hospitalists
- Informatics Nurse Specialists
- Medical Ethicists
- Medical Record Technicians
- Medical Screeners
- Medical Secretaries
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Nurse Managers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Pharmaceutical Industry Workers
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacologists
- Physicians
- Registered Nurses
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Sales Engineers
- Social Workers
- Strategy Managers
- Transplant Coordinators