How to become a health services manager

Official title: Health services managers

Also called: Chief public health officer, Clinical director, Community health care coordinator, Director of nursing, Health facility administrator, Hospital matron, Medical administrator

Health services managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the provision of clinical and community health care services in hospitals, clinics, public health agencies and similar organizations.

Main tasks

• Providing overall direction and management for the service, facility, organization or centre
• Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel
• Establishing objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units they manage
• Directing or conducting recruitment, hiring and training of personnel
• Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and performance standards for medical, nursing, technical and administrative staff
• Monitoring the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities and staff to ensure effective use of resources, and assess the need for additional staff, equipment and services
• Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation,sand expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
• Liaising with other health and welfare service providers, boards and funding bodies to coordinate the provision of services
• Advising government bodies about measures to improve health and welfare services and facilities
• Representing the organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums

Ways in

• University: Health & Public Health degrees, Offered by 11 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a health services manager?

Ways in include: Health & Public Health degrees.

Do you need a degree to become a health services manager?

Usually. 67% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a health services manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026