Gleichstellung mit der Sonderaus- bildung für Führungsauf- gaben gemäß § 65a GuKG
Abschluss:
Akad. Gesundheits- und Pflegemanager*in
Ausbildungskosten:
€ 8.150,-
Dauer:
4 Semester in Präsenz
Start
Herbst 2025
Akademische*r Gesundheits- & Pflegemanager*in
Highly qualified managers are in demand
Population development, rapid progress in medicine, nursing and technology, increasing quality awareness in hospitals and nursing facilities, growing cost pressure and, last but not least, the increasing demands of patients and clients require highly qualified and competent managers and nursing service managers.
Continuing education relevant to practice
The Health & Nursing Manager course offers employees from the health and care sector a practice-relevant further education in order to be best equipped for the complex requirements in the management sector. Building on the basic course "Basic and Intermediate Nursing Management", this course serves as a subject-specific consolidation and scientific examination of practice-relevant topics in the health and nursing sector.
According to § 65a GuKG, this continuing education course is equated with the special training for leadership tasks in health care & nursing.
Info & contact
Your contact person
For questions about the study contact:
Fabienne Sorger-Falle, BA MSc MSc
Administration & Management FH Kärnten Academy
+43 5 90500 4310
f.sorger-falle@fh-kaernten.at
Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen
ECTS Credits
120
Training costs
€ 1.760,- per semester
ÖH-Beitrag
€ 24,70 / Semester (indexangepasst)
Degree
Academic Health & Nursing Manager
Start nächster Jahrgang
Oktober 2025 (Voraussetzung: genügend Teilnehmer*innen)
Duration of study
4 semesters with 1600 lecture hours
Form of organization
part-time
Language of instruction
German
Bewerbungsfrist
25. August 2025
Aim & content
The FH course academic health and nursing manager is aimed at employees from the nursing and health care sector who hold or aspire to hold a nursing service management or equivalent management position in hospitals, nursing facilities or retirement homes.
The aim of this FH course is to impart competencies that enable graduates to assume managerial functions within the meaning of Section 17 (6) of the GuKG or similar health care institutions.
Participation Requirements:
- Current employment in the health and care sector
- EDV - basic knowledge
- Completed further education course for basic & middle management (basic course) or comparable education
Zentrale Inhalte
The focus of the training to become an academic health and nursing manager is on teaching leadership skills and social-communicative skills as well as on teaching specialist skills in the relevant disciplines, such as health and nursing sciences.
Course focus:
- Communication: communication and conflict management, presentation techniques
- Health - Illness - Society: nursing and health structures, public health
- Science and profession: nursing science and research, nursing organization, research praxeology, statistics
- Leadership and management: Project management, staff leadership and staff development
- Management and Applied Nursing Management: Economics, Business Administration, Quality Management, Management Concepts, Nursing Diagnostics
- Thesis
Final examination:
The final examination consists of a final project (written thesis and presentation of the project to the examination committee) and a final colloquium.
Organization & dates
The FH course "Academic Health & Nursing Manager" comprises four semesters and is organized on a part-time basis. Weekend blocks allow the combination of study and work.
- Start in March 2024 (Prerequisite: sufficient participants)
- Application deadline: January 15, 2024
An average of 6 block courses are held each semester from Thursday to Saturday.
Termine:
- Start im Oktober 2025 (Voraussetzung: genügend Teilnehmer*innen)
- Bewerbungsfrist: 25.August 2025
Pro Semester finden durchschnittlich 6 Blockveranstaltungen jeweils von Donnerstag bis Samstag statt.
Termine werden noch bekannt gegeben.
Termine:
16.10.2025
18.10.2025
06-08.11.2025
22.11.2025
04.-06.12.2025
15.-17.01.2025
05.-07.02.2025
Application
Entrance Requirements:
- Current employment in the health and care sector
- EDV - basic knowledge
- Completed further education course for basic and middle management (basic course) or comparable education
For an application we need:
- Application form
- Curriculum vitae with photo
- Certificate of graduation or diploma in copy
- Proof of completion of "basic and middle management" or comparable training in copy
Statements
Team
![[Translate to English:] Akad. Gesundheits- und Pflegemanager*in - Klaus Wettl - FH Kärnten](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/e/csm_klaus-wettl_c2d8c90b89.jpg "[Translate to English:] Akad. Gesundheits- und Pflegemanager*in - Klaus Wettl - FH Kärnten")
FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Klaus Wettl
Scientific Manager
+43 5 90 500 4118
k.wettl[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten
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Mag.a rer.nat. Carmen Zernig-Malatschnig
Head of CUAS Academy
+43 5 90500 4313
c.zernig-malatschnig[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten
Fabienne Sorger-Falle, BA MSc MSc
Administration & Management FH Kärnten Academy
+43 5 90500 4310
f.sorger-falle@fh-kaernten.at
Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen
