Medical and Health Services Managers
Military health-service planning, development, and support experience can transfer to healthcare administration positions whose responsibilities match the specialist's documented work.
How to prepare: Compare one target position's requirements with documented examples of your health-service planning and support work to identify experience or education gaps. Managers typically need healthcare administrative or clinical experience and a bachelor's degree, although education requirements vary and experience sometimes substitutes; some employers prefer a master's degree, and nursing-home administration or certain other positions require a state-issued, RN, or social-worker license.
What the civilian work involves
- Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software