Mini-MBA in Health Services Management
The Institute of Care Management’s Mini-MBA in Health Services Management is a 14-week intensive professional program for current and emerging leaders and managers in the disability, aged care, mental health, and allied health sectors. It blends advanced business and leadership skills and strategies with targeted sector knowledge, empowering graduates to navigate complex and dynamic regulatory environments, lead high-performing teams, and drive service quality and innovation through operational excellence.
As for all ICM programs, the Mini-MBA program is primarily taught using a case-based approach to ensure your engagement is maintained through relevant, practical and real-world training.
ICM aims to equip you with skills, knowledge, strategies and tools that are immediately relevant to your work now and into the future. In this fully taught program, you will choose from one of six practice-area specialisations. All learners complete a shared core curriculum (constituting approximately 75% of the program) covering strategy, finance, governance, quality, risk, workforce, change, innovation, and stakeholder engagement. In the final stage, you will focus on your high-impact specialisation, choosing from:
Disability / NDIS
Aged Care (includes home care, residential care, short-term/flexible care)
Mental Health (includes mental health and forensic orders)
Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Applied Health Law & Policy
Advocacy Practice.
Your specialisation will be noted in brackets in your professional certification’s title. Through interactive case studies, collaborative discussions, and a work-focused Capstone Project, you will directly apply what you learn to your own work context from the very beginning, ensuring maximum professional relevance and return on investment.
High performers who achieve a pass with distinction will automatically be deemed to meet the requirements to be awarded the ICM Fellowship Diploma (Compliance) (FICM) at no additional cost. The FICM is the Institute’s highest professional award and is granted as firm recognition of your capability to effectively manage sector-specific, organisation-wide compliance functions at a superior level.
Mini-MBA in Health Services Management (with specialisation)
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14 weeks - includes 11 weeks of taught modules and a further 3 weeks for capstone project development in collaboration with an experienced instructor.
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You do not need to purchase any additional learning materials - everything including readings are provided.
11 comprehensive online modules contained within a Learning Management System (LMS) so you can learn any time of the day, from anywhere in the world. These modules contain a range of pre-recorded lectures, seminars, presentation, case-based videos and formative question/answer scenarios, readings and supplementary videos/audio recordings that use microlearning principles to speed your learning up!
A series of live lectures and seminars during the program period that supplement the modules and which includes acclaimed domestic and international guest lecturers.
Structured, easy-to-follow case-based assessments that you’ll complete under collaborative guidance from experienced instructors/lecturers.
Multiple opportunities to receive detailed feedback on progress.
1x comprehensive career mentoring session designed to improve your employability or chance of future promotion, or if you’re a business owner, to assist you on your journey to unlock elite leadership skills in networking, sales, marketing, branding, compliance or people management to support your commercial growth.
Weekly virtual ‘open door’ with a Senior Teaching Fellow where you can ask any questions about the program materials or your assessments.
All ICM students also receive 12 months’ access to any ICM webinars at no cost (expires 12 months after date of enrolment).
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Delivered 100% online.
Language: English.
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Next cohort: Monday 12 January 2026
Additional 2026 dates for February and beyond will be released soon.
Please enquire if interested in later 2026 and we can add you to our waiting list while we finalise dates.
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Minimum 18 years of age.
Competent English speaking and writing communication skills.
No requirements for existing qualifications.
it is strongly recommended that you already work in the sector in which you intend to specialise, though. This is an advanced program and if you arrive into it with no existing knowledge of your sector, you will likely need to undertake additional self-directed learning to ensure you have the foundational knowledge required to do well in the assessments.
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This program is fully inclusive. In 2026, the total fee is $2,700 (GST inclusive).
Fees must be paid prior to commencement.
All available scholarships for 2026 have already been filled.
Ready to get started? Apply now.
Health Services Management Modules May Cover:
All ICM programs are delivered intensively through a series of online lectures, seminars, workshops, and 1:1 sessions. Depending on your chosen specialisation, you can expect to study some of the following:
Strategy and policy development, implementation and optimisation
Financial acumen for health leaders
Masterclass in understanding legislation and common law case decisions that affect your compliance decisions
Leadership and governance in the health and community sectors
Service quality and continuous improvement
Risk management and regulatory compliance
Workforce capability and culture
Innovation and change in health services
Stakeholder engagement and influence
NDIS quality, audit and business optimisation
Governance and reform leadership in aged care
Advanced quality and risk leadership
Mastering diversity, equity and inclusion in the health service sectors
Strategic workforce planning and culture
Clinical governance for non-nursing managers and leaders
Organisational structure and team/role development to promote efficient service delivery
Mergers, acquisitions & operational partnerships
Maximising your return from external consultants (e.g. audit consultants)
Your Career Opportunities
Skilled workforce and leadership shortages are the number one crisis across aged care, disability, and health services in Australia and internationally. At the same time, the aged care, disability sector, mental and allied health professions are experiencing heavily increased demand for services and support. These tensions have caused stress on organisations and the sectors as a whole, however it has already created unique development and growth opportunities for business owners and managers.
As a successful graduate of the ICM Mini-MBA in Health Services Management, you will have honed your skills and knowledge in compliance, risk, finance, service delivery and other key areas of operational importance to your work. You will have worked hard to obtain an industry-based professional certification that represents and reflects the high professional standards you strive for in your professional practice.