Science & Medical Sciences

For a career saving lives, preventing illness and improving lifestyles, medical science is the sector to focus on. Whether you’d prefer to be a paramedic working on the front lines or a biochemist advancing the field of medicine and developing new essential drugs, there’s a career to suit your passion and skill in this industry.

Across medical sciences, almost 3,500 new roles are predicted by 2020, with opportunities in a range of positions. At the top of the scale, you’ll find medical practitioners like doctors and surgeons. Equally important are the roles played by dentists, radiographers, pharmacists or physiotherapists. So whether you want to run essential machines, build new teeth or re-create limbs, there’s a rewarding career for you.

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Healthcare Cleaning Operative

Healthcare Science Assistant

Pharmacy Services Assistant

Clinical Coder

Laboratory Technician

Optical Assistant

Pharmacy Technician

Prosthetic & Orthotic Assistant

Clinical Data Manager

Clinical Dental Technician

Dental Hygienist

Dental Technician

Health Informatician

Healthcare Science Associate

Hygiene Specialist

Biochemist

Bioinformatics Scientist

Biologist

Chemist

Clinical Pharmacology Scientist

Clinical Scientist

Dentist

Dispensing Optician

Doctor

Epidemiologist

Genomics

Geoscientist

Healthcare Science Practitioner

Laboratory Scientist

Medical Statistician

Microbiology

Nutritionist

Ophthalmologists

Optometrists

Paediatrics

Pathologist

Pharmacist

Physicist

Prosthetist & Orthotist

Research Scientist

Science & Medical Sciences

Science is a vital part of almost every industry in one way or another, and it's also the lifeblood of our medical and healthcare professions.

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