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2. Head nurse & heath-care manager
Median Salary: $74,880
Change in salary (2006–2012): +24%
Total employees: 25,600
By 2020, about 20% of Canadians will be over age 65, which means positions in nursing and health-care management—a wide swath of jobs that ranges from research lab managers to nursing-home administrators—can only grow.
How to qualify: For nursing specializations, such as head nurse and nursing supervisor, the obvious price of entry is a four-year nursing degree, followed by clinical experience and, increasingly, management training (an MBA or master of health administration). Most laboratory managers have a degree in science and subsequent training at a college, university or technical institute, although business management degrees are becoming increasingly valued.
Money: Salaries typically range from about $85,000 to $105,000, and some receive premiums for postsecondary education or working evenings and weekends.
Opportunity: Ottawa projects a 30% shortage of nursing supervisors (and nurses overall) by 2020. On the technical side of health management, one of the biggest areas of growth is genetic testing. Reports suggest that by 2017 genetic laboratory budgets will consume up to two-thirds of total laboratory budgets, with the rise of personalized medicine.
What it’s like: Angelo Fefekos, who manages Mount Sinai Hospital’s Division of Diagnostic Medical Genetics in Toronto, describes his work as making “tough yes-or-no decisions” to ensure the best delivery of laboratory services. “The biggest challenge is to constantly inspire a large group of staff towards a common goal.”
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