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Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management

  • Graduate Diploma

Gain the leadership, analytical and managerial skills needed to influence positive change in healthcare systems with the Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Course Code
H656, 107524E

About this course

Gain the leadership, analytical and managerial skills needed to influence positive change in healthcare systems with the Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management. Set yourself up for senior roles in the health sector and use your platform to improve healthcare delivery and contribute to healthier communities.

Want to help effect positive change in healthcare and really make a difference?

Healthcare professionals are responsible for oversight of billions of taxpayer dollars that fund the sector. That is a significant responsibility, but it's also an incredible opportunity to make positive changes that benefit individuals, communities and countries. With a Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management, you'll have a significant role to play not just in the allocation of precious resources, but also in the way healthcare organisations operate, evolve and deliver health services into the future.

The course is about more than just applying business and management skills in a health context. It explores what best practice looks like in the complex world of health services management. Everything you learn - and the way you learn - prepares you to navigate the exact challenges faced by health and human services professionals today.

During your Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management you'll complete eight credit points of study comprising 3 core units and 5 elective units. You will have the opportunity to select from a range of elective units on topics like resource allocation and priority setting, healthcare operations, human resource management and more.

You'll develop core skills that allow you to make evidence-based decisions that improve the quality of health services. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management you will have the option of enhancing your skills by continuing on to the Master of Health and Human Services Management and will have already completed half of the credit points from the masters course.

Career pathways

The healthcare sector is projected to be Australia's biggest and fastest-growing sector over the next five years*. With a Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management, you will have an important role to play in managing the new projects, services and jobs that emerge from this growth.

Your skills will help prepare you for future management and leadership roles across a variety of areas including:

  • public health departments
  • hospital management
  • nursing home management
  • clinic management
  • medical practices
  • mental health organisations
  • community health centres
  • rehabilitation centres
  • skilled nursing facilities

* Australian Government National Skills Commission Industry Employment Outlook 2021

Course structure

To complete the Graduate Diploma of Health and Human Services Management students must complete 8 cp of studies, which consist of 3 core units and 5 elective units selected from lists in the course structure.

All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete HAI010 Academic Integrity in their first trimester of study (0 credit point compulsory unit).

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at Deakin University.
85.4%
Overall satisfaction
80.1%
Skill scale
71.9%
Teaching scale
69.3%
Employed full-time
$75k
Average salary