Community health nursing director vs clinical manager

The differences between community health nursing directors and clinical managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a community health nursing director and a clinical manager. Additionally, a clinical manager has an average salary of $84,066, which is higher than the $79,137 average annual salary of a community health nursing director.

The top three skills for a community health nursing director include home health, patient care and community health. The most important skills for a clinical manager are patients, customer service, and home health.

Community health nursing director vs clinical manager overview

	Community Health Nursing Director	Clinical Manager
Yearly salary	$79,137	$84,066
Hourly rate	$38.05	$40.42
Growth rate	28%	28%
Number of jobs	114,521	81,863
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	6

Community health nursing director vs clinical manager salary

Community health nursing directors and clinical managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Community Health Nursing Director	Clinical Manager
Average salary	$79,137	$84,066
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $130,000	Between $55,000 And $128,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Rhode Island
Best paying company	-	Genentech
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between community health nursing director and clinical manager education

There are a few differences between a community health nursing director and a clinical manager in terms of educational background:

	Community Health Nursing Director	Clinical Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Pennsylvania

Community health nursing director vs clinical manager demographics

Here are the differences between community health nursing directors' and clinical managers' demographics:

	Community Health Nursing Director	Clinical Manager
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 6.8% Female, 93.2%	Male, 22.6% Female, 77.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 10.7% Asian, 6.2% White, 68.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between community health nursing director and clinical manager duties and responsibilities

Community health nursing director example responsibilities.

Manage multiple patients, assessing ability to continue living independently or moving to higher acuity care.
Provide clinical exercise physiology services and health/wellness counseling for family practice/sports medicine/orthopedics medical group effecting positive lifestyle changes in patients serve.
Meet with interdepartmental supervisors to discuss changes or recommendations for improvements within ACHD.

Clinical manager example responsibilities.

Track and manage IRB approvals.
Lead a team of 25 patient service coordinators and receptionists.
Manage and lead teams consisting of multiple internal departments as well as CRO and other vendors.
Manage data for research project billing and accountability for drug study product in accordance with FDA regulations.
Manage studies in association with the lead CRA to ensure all project expectations and milestones are meet.
Manage all facets of daily operations relating to imaging services, radiation therapy, and medical oncology services.

Community health nursing director vs clinical manager skills

Common community health nursing director skills

Home Health, 44%
Patient Care, 19%
Community Health, 15%
Primary Care, 8%
TB, 5%
Strategic Plan, 4%

Common clinical manager skills

Patients, 19%
Customer Service, 8%
Home Health, 6%
Direct Patient Care, 5%
Quality Patient Care, 5%
Patient Education, 3%

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