Healthcare Management Edinburgh Napier University

Overview

This innovative Healthcare Management course from  Edinburgh Napier University  is designed for graduates who have, or aspire to, a management role in health and social care.

Key Facts

The programme will prepare you to work effectively within the complex and rapidly evolving environments of health and social care, and provide the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills within a broad international context.

A particular feature is the opportunity to learn on campus with students from Scotland, across Europe and around the world.

On completion of the programme students already working in healthcare have attained promotion or commenced further study at PhD level.

Others have taken the programme as a stepping stone to healthcare management positions in their home country.

Our MSc in Healthcare Management has a 93% overall student satisfaction score (PTES,2023). 

Careers

Health care managers play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient and effective operation of health care departments within primary healthcare and social care settings. They are responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the delivery of health services. This may include managing staff, budgets, and resources to ensure the delivery of safe and effective high-quality patient care.

Future healthcare managers need to be able to integrate theory and practice to be able to work effectively in a highly complex and rapidly changing healthcare environment.

Daily tasks and responsibilities within this role may include:

• Effective management of self and others

• Fiscal and budget responsibilities

• Policy implementation based on available research & evidence

• Ensuring regulatory compliance

• Contribute to the delivery of sustainable healthcare

• Strategic planning of healthcare services