How do you become a hospital supervisor?

I have Bachelor degree in nursing. I have 15 years of clinical and admin experience. I have worked in different Multinational and Accredited Hospitals.

You can earn a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, a postgraduate diploma or a PhD in hospital administration from a recognised college or university. While the bachelor's and master's courses require a science background, you can do an MBA and PG Diploma course even with a non-science or non-medical background.

Education and experience are important aspects of leadership, but so is a servant’s heart. Leadership goes beyond knowledge of the job. It includes the ability to put oneself in the position of the staff member and consider their role as though it was one’s own responsibility. Perhaps you rose up from this position to your current role. Never forget to consider the perspective of the one doing that job when making leadership decisions. Never ask your team to do something you wouldn’t consider doing yourself. Lead by example.

Most employers look for the following skills in a hospital supervisor: Leadership skills Communication skills Negotiation skills Interpersonal skills Team-work skills Relationship-building skills Analytical skills Logical skills Data evaluation skills Problem-solving skills Reasoning skills Decision-making skills Research skills Time management skills Administrative skills Business skills

The hospital administrator duties are non-medical and can include the following: Creating, implementing and monitoring a strategic business plan for the efficient functioning of a healthcare facility Overseeing everyday hospital activities and authorising the protocols for patient admission and treatment Ensuring that all medical documentation and patient reports are in order and sharing those with the patients and their families when required

It can take several years of hard work to become a hospital administrator. You need to complete a three-year bachelor's degree or a five-and-a-half-year MBBS course. In addition to this, you may need three to seven years of work experience in a healthcare facility to get admission to a hospital administrator programme. Depending on which programme you pursue, it can take you anywhere between five to 10 years to become a hospital administrator.

As a qualified hospital administrator, you can work in hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, drug development centres, clinical trial groups and healthcare-related institutions. Some of the hospital administration roles you can hold are: Hospital superintendent Medical director Nursing director Administrator for public care health facility Patient administration specialist Administrative executive Quality management executive Chief operating officer Head of clinical operations Director of medical college