Hospital Management

Hi,

Yes doctors can be managers as well, most hospitals are managed by a mixture of clinicians who have taken on management roles ( that span across disciplines so doctors, physios, nurses etc), and those who are not medically trained who just have management experience.

The organisational structure can be quite complex. I work at the university hospital for wales in Cardiff, here's a link to their organisation...http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/opendoc/183072

If you're interested in knowing more as a student then I'd recommend the faculty of medical leadership and management, https://www.fmlm.ac.uk/
They do great conferences, cheap for students with very prominent speakers. I've just been to the regional welsh conference where Ruth Hussey the Chief Medical Officer and Marke Drakeford, Minister for health both spoke.

As a junior doctor you can choose to undertake a years training in management alongside your clinical training.
I'm a paediatrics trainee but currently taking a year out to do a "clinical leadership fellowship", which is basically a years management/leadership apprenticeship, and i get a postgrad diploma at the end.

Anyone interested in medical managers give me a PM, happy to share more info, very passionate about the fact that clinicians should be involved in managing health services!