Career Booklet for NHS Healthcare Science Careers

A career for you in healthcare science!

Ready to discover the rewarding healthcare science careers you can choose in the NHS?

Introduction

Did you know that there are more than 50 different healthcare
science careers? Healthcare scientists work in one of these 4 areas:

• physical sciences and clinical engineering
• bioinformatics and data science
• life sciences
• physiological science

Who are healthcare scientists?

The healthcare science workforce is involved in 80% of diagnostic
decisions throughout the patient journey and use science, data, product design, and
engineering to do the following:

• Prevent, diagnose, monitor, and treat medical conditions.
• Commission and maintain medical equipment.
• Provide rehabilitative care to assist in the management of longterm medical conditions.
• Design and develop custom medical devices.
• Make, adapt, and improve assistive technology.

Discover the many routes to a rewarding career at different levels in
all areas of healthcare science .Check out our new career guide today!