Roles and Function of a Health care manager Susan Hannel May 14, 2012 Maureen J. Wishart, RN , MBA

A Healthcare manager may be considered anyone from a person who is responsible for a certain department, to a person who is responsible for an entire facility. This paper will focus on the manager who is responsible for a facility. This manager is responsible for aspects of running an efficient facility. A health care manager should raise to the highest standards of performance. The responsibilities of a manager over a facility verses over a department will explore. A clinical manager is to create and implement policies of a specific department (www.top-Healthcare-Schools). The clinical manager evaluates the employees within the department. They are responsible for the budget of a specific department. They report to the healthcare manager of the facility. The healthcare manager or sometimes called an administrator of a facility is responsible for every department within the facility. This manager must be available on a 24 hour basis and able to handle any crisis that may present itself. Organizational and personal responsibilities require that can create an environment of flexibility, teamwork, and participation on all levels (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007). The Administrator is accountable to ensure that the facility follows all the appropriate guidelines and has them in place for all employees to have access to and know where they are. Empower managers of individual departments to ensure the guidelines set forth are followed and providing the best service to