Healthcare Administrator Job Description
Analyze the descriptions of actual healthcare administration jobs to determine characteristics and then create a job description of your own to demonstrate your understanding of the characteristics.
Create a 3-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) in a Word or text document for your response.
Use APA format for the paper, title page, references page, and in-text citations.
Create a title page and references page in APA format.
Develop an introduction and conclusion for your paper.
Part 1: Identifying and Defining
Knowing what is required for a job is an aspect of the job description.
Using a job search website, locate two different job descriptions related to one career in healthcare administration.
Analyze the characteristics in both descriptions.
Part 2: Create a Job Description
An effective job description covers the critical tasks and attitudes required for success.
Create a format appropriate for a job description in the healthcare field.
Group the characteristics by type, listing the requirements for each including: leadership skills, communication skills, and personal skills.
Be complete in your original description of the characteristics to ensure someone applying for the job would understand expectations.
Part 3: Reflection
As a conclusion for your paper, reflect on why this job might or might not be a good fit for you. Use what you learned from your research and the characteristics identified by Success Profiles, Inc., for effective healthcare leaders to discuss your suitability for the job:
Directing – Assertive yet collaborative with reasoned diplomacy and bluntness
Engaging – Verbal and social, but not necessarily enthusiastic
Challenging – Very logical, but still supportive and tolerant
Methodical – Achieving and structured
Adventurous – Very ambitious, competitive and willing to take risks
Concrete – Practical and experience based (Olivo, 2014)
