Medical Support Officer
Job description: Support the RAF’s medical services in a variety of management and administrative roles
Pay after training: £29,580
Joining age: 18 – 36
Category: Officers
Usual service: 6 years
Open to: men or women
Similar civilian jobs:
- Health service manager
- Local government auditor
- Humanitarian aid administrator
- Purchasing and supply manager
Qualifications you need: 2 A-levels (at grade A-C) or 3 Highers or equivalent. Plus 5 GCSEs/SCEs at Grade C/3 minimum, or equivalent, including English language and maths.
Please note: the RAF does not accept A-levels in Critical Thinking or General Studies at any grade.
Qualifications you can gain: Degree or Masters degree
Nationality: Citizen of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, or a Commonwealth citizen since birth
The job
Medical Support Officers support the RAF’s medical services in a whole range of management and administrative roles. You could be a desk officer assessing the provision of primary care for RAF personnel, or checking how we deal with medical supplies. You could be managing projects or planning budgets. Or you could be out and about, leading a team visiting RAF medical centres around the world to find out how well they are working and advising on RAF policy. You could also play a vital role in the RAF’s military operations. As a Medical Support Officer you might be based at an important location with an aeromedical evacuation team or you could be managing military medical resources from a command or field headquarters. Wherever and whenever the RAF provides medical services, your support will be needed.
In addition to academic qualifications, you will also be expected to have had some experience of the medical world.
Saved Jobs
You have no saved jobs.
