Community health nursing director vs practice administrator

The differences between community health nursing directors and practice administrators 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 practice administrator. Additionally, a community health nursing director has an average salary of $79,137, which is higher than the $78,493 average annual salary of a practice administrator.

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

Community health nursing director vs practice administrator overview

	Community Health Nursing Director	Practice Administrator
Yearly salary	$79,137	$78,493
Hourly rate	$38.05	$37.74
Growth rate	28%	28%
Number of jobs	114,521	75,986
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	6

Community health nursing director vs practice administrator salary

Community health nursing directors and practice administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Community Health Nursing Director	Practice Administrator
Average salary	$79,137	$78,493
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $130,000	Between $56,000 And $109,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Osa
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between community health nursing director and practice administrator education

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

	Community Health Nursing Director	Practice Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Pennsylvania

Community health nursing director vs practice administrator demographics

Here are the differences between community health nursing directors' and practice administrators' demographics:

	Community Health Nursing Director	Practice Administrator
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 6.8% Female, 93.2%	Male, 25.0% Female, 75.0%
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, 12.8% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 7.1% White, 60.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between community health nursing director and practice administrator 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.

Practice administrator example responsibilities.

Lead the hospital through a successful CMS validation survey.
Manage multiple SharePoint sites by adding and editing accurate data for each team within the department.
Deploy, configure, and manage enterprise systems; monitoring, windows, linux, aws, vmware.
Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable activities using QuickBooks and online banking applications.
Compose monthly productivity reports, manage payroll; develop and implement policies & procedures.
Manage the overall operations of a large pediatric practice that provide services to a predominantly Medicaid population

Community health nursing director vs practice administrator 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 practice administrator skills

Patients, 14%
Patient Care, 7%
Customer Service, 6%
Payroll, 5%
Practice Management, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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