PROFESSOR IAIN GRAHAM

DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES, SCU

THE healthcare and social assistance sector, which includes doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists and many other professionals, employs more than 1.5 million people in Australia.

Over the past five years, the sector has added more than 250,000 jobs, making it the largest contributor to the nation’s jobs growth.

Australia’s population is growing and wealth is increasing. As a result, spending on health is predicted to grow well into the next decade.

Having a postgraduate degree and moving into a leadership role can notably increase your earnings. Health and welfare services managers earned an average weekly wage of $2721 as at May 2016, compared to the national average of $1230.

Such figures highlight the financial rewards postgraduate study can deliver.

You may be a doctor or registered nurse with many years of experience who wants to move out of direct care, or you may be from an allied health background, such as physiotherapy.

Postgraduate training will teach you how to critically evaluate the latest healthcare leadership research and translate it into policy, clinical practice and management.