HLT57715 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind health practice manager work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced HLT52012. About 337 health practice manager jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 3.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Practice Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for health practice managers are holding steady. About 337 health practice manager jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 3.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,000 job ads, while 945 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates health practice managers and practice managers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Health Practice Manager and Practice Managers nec as not in shortage.
Health practice manager jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 31,015 workers in May 2025, 33,526 by May 2030 (up 8.1%) and 36,488 by May 2035 (up 17.6%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Diploma of Practice Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 1,070 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 945, down 11.7% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT57715 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Diploma of Practice Management is 15 units: 10 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 28 options on the register.
Providers listed on Get Course offering this qualification or its pathway. Enquire and the provider confirms details directly.
Get Course maps HLT57715 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5122) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.