Biomedical Scientist

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Job description: All aspects of pathology, then specialise in clinical chemistry, haematology, histology or microbiology

Pay after one year: £18,340

Joining age: 16 – 29

Category: Airmen/airwomen

Usual service: 9 years

Open to: men or women

Similar civilian jobs:

  • School/college/university/hospital biomedical technician
  • Pharmaceutical researcher

Qualifications you need: 2 A-levels (at grade A-C) or 3 Highers or equivalent, at least one of which must be in a science subject. 5 GCSEs/SCEs at Grade C/3 minimum or equivalent in English language, maths, biology or human biology, physics and chemistry.
Please note: the RAF does not accept A-levels in Critical Thinking or General Studies at any grade.

Qualifications you can gain: BSc in biomedical science

Nationality: Citizen of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, or a Commonwealth citizen since birth

When applying for this role online please select 'Lab Technician' from the drop-down list in the Career Groups section.

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As a Biomedical Scientist, you’ll carry out tests and investigations to help clinicians make diagnoses. Just like a civilian biomedical scientist, you could analyse blood, examine body fluids under a microscope or study the behaviour and biology of micro-organisms. Biomedical Scientists work in well-equipped pathology labs in a number of tri-Service Defence Secondary Care Agency hospital units in the UK and Cyprus, as well as in medical centres on some of the larger RAF stations. As a Biomedical Scientist you are trained in all aspects of pathology before specialising in one of four disciplines: clinical chemistry, haematology, histology or microbiology.

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