41AX - HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR/ HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR AFSC Officer

Summary

Part of providing first-rate medical care is ensuring the facilities and care practices are equally as good. Handling the overall business management of healthcare facilities, Health Services and Hospital Administrators ensure that the services provided are the best possible. From minimizing costs to hiring the appropriate medical staff, these professionals utilize a wide set of skills and knowledge to keep our care facilities among the nation’s best.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate health service programs with federal agencies.
• Formulate, interpret and implement policy associated with both peace and wartime.
• Monitor and direct health service programs covering a wide array of management and implementations.

Duties

• Coordinate health service programs with federal agencies
• Formulate, interpret and implement policy associated with both peace and wartime
• Monitor and direct health service programs covering a wide array of management and implementations

Qualifications

• Desired GPA for the qualifying degree of 3.0 or above
• Minimum score of 286 on the GRE or 400 on the GMAT, taken within the last five years
• No more than 10 years previous active duty military service
• Completion of Officer Training School course
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday

Training & Education

How do we transform you from a raw recruit to an expert Airman in this field? From hands-on experience to college credit toward a degree, the path begins here.

Training Stages

• Officer Training School: 8.5 weeks
• Military Training Location: Maxwell AFB, AL

Minimum Education

Graduate degrees: Health Administration, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Management, Health Management and Policy, Health Services Administration, Hospital Administration, Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, Information Systems Management, Health Information Management, Health Information Technology, Emergency Management, Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management Undergraduate degrees: Health Administration, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Management, Health Management and Policy, Health Services Administration, Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, Information Systems Management, Emergency Management, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering and Health Management/Health Systems Engineering, Information Management, Health Information Technology, Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Operations Research Closely related degrees: For a closely related degree to qualify, the applicant must have successfully completed 6 of the following 12 subject areas within that degree: Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Emergency Management, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Information Management, Leadership, Marketing, Research and Analysis, Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Statistical Analysis Closely related degrees must stand on their merit and cannot be supplemented with coursework from additional education sources, certificates, internships or work experience. For coursework to count it must be listed on the qualifying transcript and be part of the degree requirements. All closely related degrees are reviewed by the MSC Utilization and Education Section.

Components

• Air Force Active Duty
• Air National Guard
• Air Force Reserve