Medicine

There are twenty nine different pathways within medicine covering a variety of options including allergy, dermatology (skin conditions), infectious diseases, neurology (nervous system) and sport and exercise medicines.

General Practice (GP)

GPs treat all common medical conditions and refer patients to hospital and other medical services for urgent and specialist treatment.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The field of obstetrics and gynaecology is concerned with the care of pregnant women, unborn children and the management of diseases specific to women.

Paediatrics

Paediatricians are doctors who manage medical conditions affecting infants, children and young people. There are four main areas general paediatrics, neonatology (newborn babies), community paediatrics and paediatric cardiology (heart disease).

Midwife

Midwives provide care and support to women and their families during pregnancy, throughout labour and during the period after a baby’s birth.

Surgery

Surgery has a complex training route – click the link below to explore the different surgical specialities.

Audio interview with Orthopaedic surgeon Consultant Samantha Cross part 1 and part 2.

Anaesthesia

Anaesthetists give anaesthetics (medication to get patients to sleep) in preparation for surgical, medical and psychiatric procedures.

Paramedic

Paramedics respond to emergency (999 calls) and also non emergency situations.

Pharmacist

Pharmacists are experts medicines and their use. They offer health advice to patients on issues such as giving up smoking. Supermarkets and chemists usually have pharmacists on duty.

Listen to an audio interview with Ngozi a Pharmacist here (scroll down the page).

Psychiatry

Psychiatrists treat mental illness. Mental illness is far more common than is realised. There are six main psychiatry specialities  child and adolescent, forensic, general, medical, old age and psychiatry of intellectual ability (PID).

Clinical Psychologist

Clinical psychologists treat a wide range of mental and physical health problems including addiction, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties and relationship issues.

Counselling Psychologist

Counselling psychology deals with a range of mental health problems such as depression, eating disorders, psychosis, personality disorder, negative life events, bereavement, domestic violence, sexual, emotional and physical abuse, traumas and relationship issues.

GP Practice Manager

GP practice managers run the business side of doctors surgeries and health centres.

Laboratory Technician

Laboratory technicians support scientists and help perform  tests, research and investigations.

Nursing Adults

Nurses who observe adult patients and assess their needs working with adults of all ages with long, or short term physical health conditions.

Listen to an audio interview with Zara a nurse here (scroll down the page).

Nursing Children

Nursing children from newborn through to teenagers.

Theatre Nurse

Theatre nurses usually specialise in one of four areas – preoperative, anaesthetics, surgical phase or recovery phase.

Mental Health Nurse

Nurses who support individuals mental health recovery, whilst enabling them to have involvement and control over their condition.

Finance Manager

Finance managers are responsible for ensuring that NHS funds are appropriately allocated and accounted for.

Clinical Support Staff

Clinical support staff work with nurses, midwives, doctors and health professionals to deliver high quality care. They look after the well-being and comfort of patients. These roles can offer entry into health careers such as nursing and midwifery as an alternative to academic qualifications.

Public Health (Doctor)

Public health consultants are concerned with the health of the population as a whole (rather than individual patients). Their aim is to find ways of making communities and environments healthier.

Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapists work to improve the lives of patients who for example have had surgery or an accident and need to learn how to adapt to their condition.

Physiotherapist

Physiotherapists work with people to overcome and/or minimise the impact of physical problems such as pain, using exercise, massage and other techniques.

Dietician

Dieticians promote health and give nutritional advice to individuals and/or whole  communities. They access, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems. They also interpret and make available to patients nutritional scientific information.

Dentist

Dentists aim to prevent oral disease. They correct dental problems and treat dental and facial injuries.

Dental Technician / Technologist

Dental technologists make dentures, crowns, bridges and dental braces.

Dental Nurse

Dental nurses support and assist dentists.

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmologists are medically trained doctors who care for patients with eye conditions.

Counsellor

Counsellors are trained to listen to people talk about their feelings. People might experience problems due to (for example) grief, relationship difficulties and breakdown.

Psychotherapist

Psychotherapists help people overcome stress, emotional and relationship problems or/and troublesome habits.