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Career in Healthcare Science

Career in Healthcare Science. Jane Harrison-Williams MSc, BSc (Hons), LIBMS Specialist Biomedical Scientist. What is Healthcare Science?. What do Healthcare Scientists do?. What is Healthcare Science?. Putting science to work for people's health. What do Healthcare Scientists do?.

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Career in Healthcare Science

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  1. Career in Healthcare Science Jane Harrison-Williams MSc, BSc (Hons), LIBMS Specialist Biomedical Scientist

  2. What is Healthcare Science? What do Healthcare Scientists do?

  3. What is Healthcare Science? • Putting science to work for people's health What do Healthcare Scientists do? • They play a vital role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a huge number of medical conditions, as well as in rehabilitation

  4. Who are we?

  5. BiomedicalScientist CommunityPharmacist Cardiographer Cardiac Clinical Scientific Officer Cervical Cytoscreener Gastroenterology Technician Clinical Engineer MedicalLaboratoryAssistant Clinical/Medical Technologist Audiologist HospitalPharmacist Scientist in Haemostasis and Thrombosis Haematologist Cardiac Physiologists Clinical Embryologist Audiological Scientist Medical Illustrator Hearing Therapist Molecular Geneticist Clinical Cytogeneticist Operating Department Practitioner Phlebotomist Neurophysiology Technician Medical Physicist Respiratory Physiology Technician Perfusionist Clinical Biochemist Anatomical Pathology Technician PharmacyTechnician Who are we?

  6. Areas of Healthcare Science • Physiological Sciences – examines patients directly to look for any problems in how the body works • Clinical engineeringand physical sciences – work with clinical teams, making sure equipment is safe and effective • Life Sciences – play a crucial role in helping to improve understanding of illnesses and their treatment

  7. Physiological Sciences • Part of a medical or surgical team. • Direct interaction with patients • Identify abnormalities • Provide long term care for patients Audiological Scientist, Audiologist, Cardiographer, Cardiac Physiologists and Cardiac Clinical Scientific Officers, Gastroenterology Technician, Hearing Therapist, Neurophysiology Technician, Operating Department Practitioner, Perfusionist, Respiratory Physiology Technician

  8. Clinical engineering and physical sciences • Develop new techniques and technology • Including ultrasound, radiation and clinical photography • Artificial techniques and design • Including limbs, body parts and facial reconstruction Clinical Engineer, Medical Physicist, Clinical/Medical Technologist, Medical Illustrator

  9. Life Sciences • Spend most of time in laboratories, or hospital wards or in the community • Three areas • Pathology – clinical pathology laboratory • Genetics – specialist hospitals • Embryology – help people to conceive Anatomical Pathology Technician, Clinical Embryologist, Cervical Cytoscreener, Medical Laboratory Assistant, Phlebotomist, Biomedical Scientist, Clinical Cytogeneticist, Molecular Geneticist, Clinical Biochemist, Haematologist, Scientist in Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Clinical Microbiologist, Clinical Scientist in Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Clinical Immunologist

  10. Biomedical Science • Clinical Biochemistry • Haematology • Transfusion • Microbiology • Immunology • Histopathology • Cytopathology

  11. Biomedical Science • Diseases • Clinical Biochemistry • Haematology • Microbiology • Immunology • Histopathology • Cytopathology

  12. Grades • MLA (Support worker or assistant technician) [2,3] • Senior MLA (Assistant practitioner) [3,4] • Trainee BMS (Trainee Practitioner) [4] • BMS 1 (Practitioner) [5] • Specialist BMS (Scientist Practitioner) [6] • BMS 2 (Senior Practitioner) [7] • BMS 3 / 4 [8a] • Clinical Scientist (Advanced Practitioner) [7, 8a] • Consultant (Consultant Practitioner) [8b,c, 9]

  13. What should I know?

  14. Useful Websites • www.nhscareers.nhs.uk • www.nwhcs.nhs.uk • www.ibms.org • http://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx • www.ljmu.ac.uk • www.edgehill.ac.uk • www.open.ac.uk

  15. ANY QUESTIONS ?

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