Health careers and job vacancy information
Each of the UK’s four countries provides health careers information slightly differently. There are also different places to look for job vacancies.
Click on the links below to see more about careers and job vacancy information in each of the four countries.
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This website (Health Careers) provides detailed information about 15 health career areas in England. You can also find out everything you need to know about careers in medicine and public health across the whole of the UK.
Where relevant, we’ll signpost you to further information in other parts of the UK, for example information about studying nursing in Wales.
More than 350 roles to choose from
Each of our role pages includes information about what’s involved in the role, the skills required, necessary training, and where the role can lead. See our explore roles section for information about:
Job vacancies
- Vacancies in organisations delivering NHS healthcare (including some vacancies with Public Health England) can be found on the NHS Jobs website
- Opportunities in the Civil Service (including some vacancies with Public Health England) can be found on the Civil Service Jobs website
- Vacancies in local government can be found on the Local Government Jobs website and the Jobs Go Public website
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The NHS is Wales' largest employer and there are more than 200 different health careers to choose from. There's everything from medicine, nursing, and allied health professional careers such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy, to support services such as administrative and clerical, estates, general management, financial management, catering, domestic and health promotion.
Studying in Wales
For general information on studying and health careers in Wales, visit NHS Wales Careers or email nhswalescareers@wales.nhs.uk
Job vacancies
All health jobs in Wales are advertised on the NHS Jobs website.
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