Employability Service
Email: employability@anglia.ac.uk | Call: 01245 68 6700
Health Care and Medical Sciences
Further details on typical roles, employers and sector trends can be found on our Employability Portal and within the Job Sectors section of the Prospects website and TargetJobs.
Health Care Science
The degree is accredited by the National School of Healthcare Science as part of Health Education England and can lead to careers in healthcare science (physiological sciences) - either in cardiovascular or respiratory disciplines as well as with patients who have difficulties with sleep. Cardiac and Respiratory Practitioners work in a variety of hospital clinics and departments, and increasingly within the community.
- NHS Healthcare Sciences careers information
- Information from our course listing on careers when graduating with a Healthcare Science degree
- NHS jobs
- Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology
- NHS Scientist Training Programme information
- NHS Higher Specialist Scientific Training
- Health and Care Professions Council
- National School of Healthcare Science – Scientist Training Programme
Medical Science
Opportunities for Medical Science graduates include the following areas, research scientist, lab technician, scientific writer, medical and healthcare regulations, patent law, clinical trials or medical sales.
Many opportunities recommend study of a range of Masters of Science courses or to choose a patient focused discipline such as Physician Associate (two years Masters programme) or to complete a PGCE and enter teaching. Students with usually a 2:1 or above could apply for Graduate Entry Medicine programmes.
- Careers Information – Research Scientist
- Careers in Patent Law / Patent Attorney
- Careers in Scientific Lab Work
- Careers information for Clinical Research
- Careers information for Scientific Writer
- Careers information – Medical Sales
- NHS Scientist Training Programme
- Medical Schools (graduate entry): MedSchools.ac.uk and TheMedicPortal.com
- NHS Careers page for Clinical Sciences
Nutrition
Career opportunities for nutrition are available in the health and sports sector, food and pharmaceutical industries, public health, clinical research and the option of working freelance can exist for those who have gained experience in the field.
A requirement of most nutritionist roles is to be registered with the Association for Nutrition (AfN).
Predictions suggest that the nutrition profession will grow in the future and become more recognised as a key profession in promoting good health and preventing ill health.
- The Nutrition Society
- Nutritionist - NHS Information
- Complete Nutrition
- Food Standards Agency
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Association for Nutrition
- British Nutrition Foundation
- Nutritionists in Industry
- Health Promotion
- Public Health at Anglia Ruskin
- Public Health Careers
- Physician Associate MSc at Anglia Ruskin
- NHS Physician Associate
- Environmental Health
- Health and Care Professions Council
- Career Boss - How to become a Nutritionist
Online Nutrition Job Vacancies
- Food Standards Agency Jobs
- The Nutrition Society Jobs
- Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENR) - for entry on its register that employers and clients can access.
- UK Sport Jobs
- Clinical Nutrition Jobs
Food Science Vacancies
Pharmaceutical Science
Pharmaceutical scientists work in the public and private sectors – in pharmaceutical companies, but also in public health, hospitals, universities, the food industry and clinical research. Opportunities include areas of pharmaceutical industry such as research, quality assurance, regulatory affairs and marketing and sales. There are also opportunities in research or academia following further studies at Masters / post-doctoral (PhD) levels.
- Anglia Ruskin University Masters in Pharmaceutical Science
- The Pharmaceutical Journal
- Health and Care Professions Council
- The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry - Careers Pages
- NHS Scientist Training Programme
- The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Pharmaceutical Jobs
- Pharma Times – Online Magazine and Jobs info
- UK Pharmaceutical Directory
Physician Associate
Physician associates support doctors in in general practice and in hospitals under the supervision of a medically qualified doctor.
Physician associates are flexible and adaptable healthcare professionals with a strong medical foundation. As the profile of physician associates within the UK rises, job prospects are increasingly encouraging. Currently in England and Scotland, physician associates can be found working in the following areas:
- GP surgery
- A&E
- Hospital inpatient ward
- Hospital intensive care unit
- Hospital operating theatre
- Hospital outpatient department
- Medical assessment unit or acute medical unit
- Rehabilitation Facility
- Specialist surgery
- Walk in centre / out of hours
- Hospital based liaison psychiatry service
- Other psychiatry service
- NHS Careers page
- Anglia Ruskin University MSc Physician Associate
- The Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA) is the professional body representing physician associates in the UK
Additional online vacancy sources for Health Care Sciences, Medical Sciences, Nutrition, Pharmaceutical Science, and Physician Associate include:
- Jobs.ac.uk
- NHS Jobs
- NHS Graduate Scheme
- Listings of NHS Trusts
- Jobs in the Civil Service
- Vacancies in Local Government
- Go Public
- Pharmaceutical recruiters
- Sales & marketing within Pharmaceutical & Healthcare sectors
- New Scientist Jobs
- Carrot Pharma - Sales, marketing, QA, Regulatory Affairs within Pharmaceutical sector
- Pharmiweb – job board for a wide range of roles within the pharma industry
- Jobs In Pharma – job board for a wide range of roles including account executive, creative advertising writer, quality assurance/Control
- Science Technician / Lab Technician jobs
- Science Technician jobs from indeed.co.uk
- SRG – recruiting a range of roles (lab and non-lab) into science including the pharmaceutical sector
- CK Science - recruiting primarily lab based roles into science including the pharmaceutical sector
- Science hubs and Health and Medical Jobs
Alternative careers
Teaching can be a potential career, particularly where your course you have studied contains a significant element of biology, chemistry, or physics. Entry requirements may need to be checked directly with the Teacher Training Institutions you are considering applying for.
Teaching
Further Study
Volunteering
- Anglia Ruskin University Student Volunteering
- Volunteering Matters
- Do-IT
- Work Experience advice from NHS
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