Health and science Careers Guide
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About Health And Science Careers
Health and science are both very rewarding career routes that will help you take care of people. Follow your heart, expand your mind and together with your team-mates you could help make the world a better place.
Did You Know?
There are multiple routes into a health or science job so you don’t always need a degree to start making a difference. With helpful organisations like ATAC apprenticeships, you can even get into serious life sciences careers after school with a Level 3 advanced therapies apprenticeship!
Health & Science Career FAQs
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Health And Science Career Guides
Get into science and healthcare careers with advice for all the routes you can take after school, college, university, and training. Get work experience and first job tips, example salaries and discover youth-friendly employers who want to help you get ahead!
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Apprenticeships with Youth Friendly Employer ABP
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Care Worker
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Contact Lens Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Cosmetic Scientist
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Dispensing Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Ecologist Careers
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Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Food Manufacturing Inspector Careers
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Food Technologist Careers
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GP General Practitioner
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Graduate Schemes with ABP
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Health Trainer Careers Guide And Job Profile
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Healthcare Assistant
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Healthcare Scientist Genomics
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Housekeeper Careers With Surrey County Council #LocalGov
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Laboratory Technician Careers
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Learning Disability Nurse
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Lens Designer – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Low Vision Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Ophthalmic Nurse – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Ophthalmologist – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optical Assistant – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optical Laboratory Technician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optical Practice Manager – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optometrist – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Orthoptist – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Personal Trainer Careers
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Physician Associate
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Podiatrist
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Prosthetist/Orthotist
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Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
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QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety & Health) Degree Apprenticeship with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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Social Worker
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Surrey County Council Early Careers: Care Assistant #LocalGov
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Vision Rehabilitation Assistant – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
Get Into Health & Science Careers With Youth-Friendly Employers
These employers and organisations are here to help. They care about your potential and desire to learn, not just your qualifications and experience. They may be able to offer traineeships, apprenticeships, graduate schemes, first jobs, careers advice, wellbeing support and much more.
How Much Can You Earn With Science & Healthcare Careers?
These LMI Job Trends give you a sneak peek of how much you could earn starting out for certain jobs, and how much your salary could grow with experience.
List of Health and Science Careers
Here’s a full list of roles and areas you could work in, so you can see how much variety there is in this sector!
Healthcare Careers
- Administrative assistant
- Acoustics consultant
- Acupuncturist
- Alexander Technique teacher
- Ambulance care assistant
- Anaesthetist
- Anatomical pathology technician
- Art therapist
- Audiologist
- Biomedical scientist
- Care home advocate
- Care worker
- Children’s nurse
- Chiropractor
- Clinical engineer
- Clinical psychologist
- Clinical scientist
- Cognitive behavioural therapist
- Colon hydrotherapist
- Colour therapist
- Community matron
- Cosmetic surgeon
- Counsellor
- Critical care technologist
- Dance movement psychotherapist
- Dental hygienist
- Dental nurse
- Dental technician
- Dental therapist
- Dentist
- Dietitian
- Dispensing optician
- District nurse
- Dramatherapist
- Emergency care assistant
- Emergency medical dispatcher
- GP
- Geneticist
- Health play specialist
- Health promotion specialist
- Health service manager
- Health trainer
- Health visitor
- Healthcare assistant
- Healthcare science assistant
- Healthcare scientist genomics
- Homeopath
- Hospital doctor
- Hospital porter
- Hypnotherapist
- Learning disability nurse
- Maternity support worker
- Medical herbalist
- Medical illustrator
- Medical physicist
- Mental health nurse
- Microbiologist
- Midwife
- Music therapist
- Naturopath
- Nurse
- Nursing associate
- Nutritional therapist
- Nutritionist
- Occupational health nurse
- Occupational therapist
- Occupational therapy support worker
- Operating department practitioner
- Optical assistant
- Optical laboratory technician
- Optometrist
- Orthoptist
- Osteopath
- Paediatrician
- Palliative care assistant
- Paramedic
- Pathologist
- Patient advice and liaison service officer
- Patient transport service controller
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacologist
- Pharmacy assistant
- Pharmacy technician
- Phlebotomist
- Physician associate
- Physicist
- Physiotherapist
- Physiotherapy assistant
- Pilates teacher
- Podiatrist
- Podiatry assistant
- Practice nurse
- Primary care graduate mental health worker
- Prosthetist-orthotist
- Psychiatrist
- Psychological wellbeing practitioner
- Psychologist
- Psychotherapist
- Radiographer
- Radiography assistant
- Reiki healer
- School nurse
- Sexual health adviser
- Social worker
- Sonographer
- Speech and language therapist
- Speech and language therapy assistant
- Sports development officer
- Sports physiotherapist
- Sterile services technician
- Surgeon
- Yoga therapist
Science and Research Careers
- Botanist
- Cartographer
- Chemical engineer
- Chemical engineering technician
- Chemist
- Climate scientist
- Clinical engineer
- Clinical psychologist
- Clinical scientist
- Cosmetic scientist
- Consumer scientist
- Countryside officer
- Criminal intelligence analyst
- Data analyst-statistician
- Ecologist
- Economist
- Education technician
- Electronics engineer
- Energy engineer
- Environmental consultant
- Fingerprint officer
- Food technologist
- Food manufacturing inspector
- Forensic scientist
- Garment technologist
- Geneticist
- Geoscientist
- Geospatial technician
- Geotechnician
- Healthcare science assistant
- Housing policy officer
- Hydrologist
- Laboratory technician
- Land surveyor
- Marine engineer
- Market research data analyst
- Market research executive
- Market researcher
- Materials engineer
- Materials technician
- Medical physicist
- Meteorologist
- Metrologist
- Microbiologist
- Nanotechnologist
- Nuclear engineer
- Oceanographer
- Operational researcher
- Palaeontologist
- Pathologist
- Pet behaviour counsellor
- Pharmacologist
- Physicist
- Proofreader
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Quarry engineer
- Research and development manager
- Research scientist
- Robotics engineer
- Scenes of crime officer
- Seismologist
- Sport and exercise psychologist
- Sports scientist
- Technical brewer
- Textile dyeing technician
- Vet
- Zoologist
Health And Science Career Tips & Opportunities
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