Medical Assistant United Kingdom
Job description
High demand role
This is a highly competitive role with a potential long lead time to join.
You may wish to consider joining the Royal Navy as a Medical Assistant (Submariner).
MEDICAL ASSISTANT (SUBMARINER) OR VISIT THE ROLE FINDER
The role at a glance
6 weeks
Of paid holiday every year
£21,000+
The minimum amount you'll earn after training
Zero
Qualifications needed
Free
Medical and dental care
£54,500+
Earn over this amount as your progress
Travel
All around the world
What you’ll do
Being a Medical Assistant in the Royal Navy means embarking on a career that offers more variety and adventure than you’d ever experience in civilian medicine. From the day you join, you’ll gain new skills, pushing yourself to the limit in some unique and challenging environments. You could be training with Special Forces in West Africa, or working in primary care on board a ship in the Persian Gulf.
Debbie
Junior Rating, Medical Branch
Our work takes us all over the world, from NHS hospitals, to working on board ship or on front line deployments.
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Your role
Make a real difference to some essential operations. That might mean being the only medic on board ship, and taking responsibility for the general healthcare of an entire crew.
Use your medical expertise where it’s needed most, providing primary healthcare to trauma victims in conflict zones all over the world
When you’re not on deployment you will be working in a Royal Navy shore base or even with the Royal Marines. There’s no equivalent civilian role, so you’ll gain all the skills you need.
Work across all medical departments, learning directly from specialists in a number of different fields
What you’ll get
Skills for life
Qualifications you'll gain
Study for GCSEs, A-Levels, NVQs or even a degree, paid for by us
Gain specialist vocational qualifications as your career progresses
Skills you'll develop
Learn about first aid, environmental and preventative medicine, anatomy and physiology
Develop your skills in specialist areas, like pharmacy or nursing
Pay and benefits
A salary that rises to over £21,000+ as soon as you finish training
Earn in excess of £54,500 as your career progresses
An excellent pension scheme
Six weeks of paid holiday every year
Free medical and dental care
What you'll need
Eligibility
You'll need to be aged between 17 to 39
No qualifications are required for this role
You must be a British or Irish national, a Commonwealth citizen, or a Dual National
A Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and 28
Pass the Naval Swimming Test
Skills and interests
A quick thinker with a passion for helping people
Great team players who thrive on working with others
Enthusiasm for working in high pressure environments
Hands on people who can react fast in an emergency
Starting your career
Joining process
Initial training
Professional training
Once you’ve confirmed your eligibility, the joining process is as follows:
Submit an application
Once you’ve registered your interest and have satisfied the basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form
Defence Aptitude Assessment (DAA)
You’ll be tested on: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension.
To prepare, you can practise the DAA
Interview
A formal interview to talk through your suitability for the role. This is normally conducted using your own device over the Shine video platform
Medical and eye tests
These are quite comprehensive and must be completed by one of our Ministry of Defence-approved doctors
Pre-Joining Fitness Test (PJFT)
This involves completing a 2.4km run on a treadmill within a certain time, at a fitness centre near you
Candidate Preparation Course (CPC)
This four-day induction to life in the Royal Navy, including a Swimming Test and a fitness assessment, is a pass or fail course
Start training
Once you’ve passed a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at HMS Raleigh
