Health and Medicine
Career Areas > Health and Medicine
If you are going to work in this career area, you must have a strong interest in people – in caring for them and keeping them healthy. This area includes a wide range of jobs, with around 350 roles.
To see the routes to getting into each of these sectors, take a look at our Career Areas.
What areas can I work in?
Health and medicine cover a huge range of occupations: alternative medicine, ambulance services, dentistry, dietetics, medical technology, medicine and surgery, nursing and auxiliary work, occupational therapy, ophthalmics and orthoptics, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography and speech and art therapy.
What kind of companies can I work for?
Most jobs in this sector are with either the public sector, mainly the National Health Service (NHS) or private healthcare companies and clinics. You can work within:
- general or specialist hospitals
- GP surgeries or health centres
- dental practices
- nursing homes
- private physiotherapy services
- alternative health practices
- colleges and universities
- optician shops or practices
- the Civil Service or government organisations.
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- Chiropractor
- Herbalist
- Homeopath
- Hypnotherapist
- Naturopath
- Osteopath
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- Ambulance Care Assistant
- Ambulance Technician
- Emergency Call Handler
- Paramedic
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- Dental Hygienist or Therapist
- Dental Nurse
- Dental Technician
- Dentist
- Orthodontist
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- Dietetic Support Worker
- Dietitian
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- Anatomical Pathology Technologist
- Audiologist
- Biomedical Scientist
- Cardiac Physiologist
- Clinical or Biomedical Engineer
- Clinical Perfusionist
- Clinical Technologist
- Decontamination Technician
- Medical Physicist
- Medical Representative
- Neurophysiologist
- Operating Department Practitioner
- Prosthetic or Orthotic Support Worker
- Prosthetist or Orthotist
- Rehabilitation Engineering Technician
- Respiratory Physiologist
- Theatre Support Worker
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- Doctor – GP
- Doctor – Hospital
- Medical Pathologist
- Surgeon
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- Health Improvement Officer
- Health Visitor or Public Health Nurse
- Hospital Porter
- Maternity Support Worker
- Midwife
- Nurse - Adult
- Nurse - Child
- Nurse - District
- Nurse - General Practice
- Nurse - Learning Disabilities
- Nurse - Mental Health
- Nursing Support Worker
- Offshore Medic
- Phlebotomist
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- Occupational Therapist
- Occupational Therapy Support Worker
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- Dispensing Optician
- Optometrist
- Orthoptist
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- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Support Worker
- Pharmacy Technician
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- Physiotherapist
- Physiotherapy Support Worker
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- Podiatrist
- Podiatry Support Worker
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- Radiographer - Diagnostic
- Radiographer - Therapeutic
- Radiography Support Worker
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- Speech and Language Therapist
- Speech and Language Therapy Support Worker
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