Other Health Professionals

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of other health-related professional occupations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 16,079
£ 31,605
£ 69,002

Available jobs

In the past year there were 56,418 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Monitors patient.

  • Supervises physiotherapy assistants.

  • Offers advice and education on how to avoid injury and promote patient.

  • Explains treatment to and instructs patient in posture and other exercises and adapts treatment as necessary.

  • Plans and undertakes therapy to improve circulation, restore joint mobility, strengthen muscles and reduce pain.

  • Writes up patients.

  • Examines medical reports and assesses patient to determine the condition of muscles, nerves or joints in need of treatment.

  • Provides prosthetic devices to patients and advises on rehabilitation.

  • Carries out a range of oral/dental treatments.

  • Diagnoses and treats patients with a variety of hearing-related problems.

  • Conducts medical education relevant to specialism and provides team leadership and supervision.

  • Operate heart-lung machines during surgical procedures.

  • Provides high level support within surgical teams before, during and after surgery.

  • Provides expert technical and technological support in the delivery of critical care.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Auditing

  • Audiology

  • Nursing

  • Dietetics

  • Gastroenterology

  • Clinical Governance

  • Surgery

  • Midwifery

  • Mental Health

  • Fundraising

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Teaching

  • Leadership

  • Research

  • Customer Service

  • Innovation

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Enthusiasm

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.