ACHSM membership

Digital badges

ACHSM has now introduced digital badges as a new member benefit.
Badges are awarded for member status as well as achieving Certification, pending membership renewal for the current membership year of 1 Apr – 31 Mar.
ACHSM also introduced badges for completing programs such as the leading Digital Health course.

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Certification

Professional credentialing to health managers and leaders

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Competency framework

A contemporary and comprehensive list of competencies required of healthcare leaders and managers

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All ACHSM members benefit from powerful career-expanding opportunities.

Our mission is to develop health managers and leaders who transform the quality and value of services, and health outcomes of the community.

Events

Significant discounts on ACHSM event registration fees via member-only rates – this includes breakfast forums, networking events, national one-day conference, Asia-Pacific leadership congress.
FREE national online webcast event attendance with a minimum of 15 webcasts held per year – usually $50 per ticket.
Unlimited access to on-demand recordings of ACHSM webcast events via the ACHSM member webcast library – this includes access to all recorded state branch and national events.
Access to your CPD record via your membership profile page. Here you can store all your CPD attendance records. Your ACHSM event attendance will be automatically added to your record after each event. You also have the ability to download a summary of your event attendance.

Network

We help you build sustainable networks with experienced managers.

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You will attain the key tools of professional development in health leadership.

Influence

Flyer

The role of ACHSM in supporting health managers and leaders.

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Membership T&Cs

Terms and conditions of membership

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Partnership Benefits

Fees & How to Join

Student benefits

FREE self-assessment for members

College members can complete the ACHSM Master Health Service Competency Framework self-assessment FREE OF CHARGE.
To begin, log into My Membership. Then, click on Self Assessment in the My Membership portal menu. If your ACHSM membership is current, you will be taken to the Self Assessment in a new browser tab.

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Career options

Health service managers operate in literally hundreds of different management roles. From community health centres to large private and public hospitals, from aged care facilities to specialist medical services, policy roles within government to major infrastructure projects, and from indigenous health care to the military, healthcare managers are responsible for delivering healthcare in every part of society.

To understand where you should start depends on your area of technical expertise and in what part of society you want to make a difference. Being able to get good advice via access to professional resources such as a mentor, accessing jobs boards and employment notices, and having the opportunity to meet and listen to other healthcare managers will also greatly assist you in making a successful transition to your career as a healthcare leader.

The College provides all these opportunities to its student members.

Students

It is vital that the first step in your career is in the right direction. With a wide range of opportunities available to build a successful career in healthcare management, you must get the support you need to make good career decisions from the beginning. When you join the ACHSM as a student member, our commitment to you is to:

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What healthcare managers do

Healthcare managers are collectively responsible for managing many billions of taxpayer dollars in an industry comprised of more than 750,000 staff – Australia’s largest workforce.

Watch the video to understand how healthcare is a career path offering an enormous variety of exciting management possibilities. Healthcare managers work in a wide range of roles from strategy to operations, in every possible workplace setting from small health practices to entire health systems, in every community from urban and rural to remote.

Health Service Managers are bound by a common goal of wanting to make a difference in their respective communities – they do this by managing the systems and people who deliver healthcare on a daily basis around the nation.

Fellowship

Fellowship is the highest membership category awarded in the College. It is a significant professional achievement and is awarded by the College to those individuals who have demonstrated to their peers that they have the knowledge, attitudes, conceptual and communication skills to be recognised as senior managers and leaders in the health and aged care industries.

Health Management Internship Program (HMIP)

The Health Management Internship Program (HMIP) offers committed, high-potential Interns the opportunity to develop the skills, competencies and knowledge required to start a career in managing the challenges and complexities of health service delivery. Throughout the two years of the program, Management Interns are exposed to a variety of different workplace and educational opportunities.

Mentoring

Mentoring is a professional relationship where a mentee and mentor are matched to share professional and personal skills and experiences, as well as enhance career development. Mentoring allows mentees to become familiar with a well-developed style of leadership and enables them to be guided while developing their own style.