30010 Managers in health care

What this occupation covers

Managers in health care plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the delivery of health care services, such as diagnosis and treatment, nursing and therapy, within institutions, and in other settings, that provide health care services. They are employed in hospitals, medical clinics, nursing homes and other health care organizations.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the delivery of health care services within a department of a health care institution, or in other settings where health care services are provided
• Consult with boards of directors and senior managers to maintain and establish standards for the provision of health care services
• Develop evaluation systems to monitor the quality of health care given to patients
• Monitor the use of diagnostic services, in-patient beds and facilities to ensure effective use of resources
• Develop and implement plans for new programs, special projects, new material and equipment acquisitions and future staffing levels in their department or establishment
• Plan and control departmental or establishment budget
• Represent the department or establishment at meetings with government officials, the public, the media and other organizations
• Supervise health care supervisors and professionals
• Recruit health care staff of the department or establishment.
• Managers in health care specialize in administering the provision of specific health care services such as dietetics, clinical medicine, laboratory medicine, nursing, physiotherapy or surgery.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 10 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 40010 Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration
• 00013 Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations

Excluded from this code

• Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration (See 40010 Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration)
• Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations (See 00013 Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

assistant administrator for nursing · assistant director of nursing · assistant director of nursing services · assistant nursing services administrator · behaviour therapy services director · blood bank administrator · chief dietitian · chief of anatomical pathology · chief of anesthesia · chief of audiology and speech language pathology · chief of biomedical engineering service · chief of cardiology · chief of dermatology · chief of diagnostic imaging · chief of diagnostic radiology · chief of emergency medicine · chief of endocrinology · chief of gastro-enterology · chief of hematology · chief of housing activities · chief of infectious diseases · chief of laboratory medicine · chief of medical staff · chief of medicine

Employment requirements

• Administrators of departments such as surgery, clinical medicine or laboratory medicine are usually required to have the education and training of a specialist physician.
• Administrators of other departments, such as nursing, dietetics or physiotherapy, are usually required to have the education and training of the medical professionals in that department.
• Several years of experience in the relevant profession, including supervisory experience, are usually required.
• Certification in the relevant profession is required.