Dr. Hisham

MBBS, MBA

Hospital Management Consultant

Arabmedico

Appointment

  • Healthcare Management Consultant

Core Skill

  • Hospital Operation
  • Hospital startup management

Professional Memberships

  • Fellowship Membership

Institutional Affiliation

  • Manchester University , United Kingdom
  • Saudi Central Board For Accreditation Of Healthcare Institutions

More About Dr. Hisham

Dr. Hisham

MBBS, MRCOG, MBA,PhD
Hospital Management Consultant


Job Description

healthcare consultant job description typically includes gathering and analyzing data, drawing conclusions and presenting findings in the form of recommendations to their clients. They may offer salary, staffing, budgeting and advertising suggestions. A hospital consultant job description may include offering advice for standardizing the delivery of care or ways to increase patient satisfaction.

A healthcare consultant job description may also include helping doctors or healthcare facilities with a range of regulatory issues, such as complying with insurance and safety plans, keeping patient information confidential and disposing of hazardous waste. They can even suggest ways that a client can lower exposure to malpractice lawsuits or address such lawsuits when they come up.

Medical consultants may develop project plans and strategies in line with a client’s business needs. Consultants who work with healthcare or medical company start-ups, for example, can suggest how to effectively start a business. A healthcare consultant job description may also include helping clients identify and resolve potential problems, such as in workflow or company processes and also offer advice for optimizing hospital, health center or medical-center facility performance.

Education Requirements

medical consultant should have at least a bachelor’s degree in a field such as business, finance, science, engineering or healthcare. You can opt for a master’s degree, which may give you a leg-up when it comes to landing a job. It many cases, those who previously worked in the medical field make a natural transition to consulting, bringing their medical degrees and years of experience with them.

In addition to education, successful consultants have strong communication skills and can identify and resolve problems, often before they occur. They should have strong research skills and understand and know how to apply industry-specific regulations and guidelines. They should know how to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses. Consultants should be familiar with common word-processing and spreadsheet programs.

Industry

Medical consultants, as independent contractors, can provide services directly to a doctor or healthcare facility. They can also work directly for a company that is related to healthcare, such as teaching, electronic medical records or sales. A medical consultant may also provide expert knowledge for new medication approval or malpractices cases.

Years of Experience and Medical Consultant Salary

The median annual salary for all medical and health services managers, including medical consultants, is $98,350 as of May 2017. That means that half earn more than this, while the other half earns less. The top 10 percent of medical consultants earn more than $176,000, while the bottom 10 percent earn less than $59,000.

Years of experience, both in the medical field and as a healthcare consultant, lead to higher salaries and more senior positions.

Job Growth Trend

Jobs for _medical consultant*s*_ are expected to grow 20 percent over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations. With the aging population, more healthcare services will be needed, resulting in a demand for more consultants to help organize and manage all aspects of the healthcare industry. As technology continues to expand, a hospital consultant job description is more likely to include familiarity and expertise in a variety of technological advances.

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