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.
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.
Top Career Opportunities
Pharmacists
Average Salary £42,580
Medical radiographers
Average Salary £42,953
Medical and dental technicians
Average Salary £22,450
Biological scientists and biochemists
Average Salary £43,821
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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.