Saving lives. It’s what your job will be all about. Helping care for survivors at the scene of a natural disaster. On rotation in an NHS hospital. Conducting blood transfusions in conflict zones where trauma patients need lifesaving treatment. Wherever you are, and whatever you’re up against, as a Royal Navy Biomedical Scientist you’ll support our medical teams with an essential clinical laboratory service. You’ll help ensure the wellbeing of our people, and will be crucial to the success of every operation.
Biomedical Scientist
Provide a clinical laboratory service including blood products, to support the delivery of enhanced medical care to our patients wherever you are in the world.
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This role is classed as a RBP Healthcare and Medical Rating Unqualified. As part of your application process, we’ll help you find the most suitable role based on your skills and experience.
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This is a highly competitive role with potential long lead time to join.
- £42,500 - £67,000
- Undergraduate Degree
- Surface Fleet
- Medical
- Rating level
Role details
- Practise all the major laboratory disciplines, whether you’re in a hospital in Birmingham, or on board a ship off the coast of Bahrain
- Play a key role in supporting deployed personnel as well as those stationed in the UK
- Be multi-disciplined, taking on a variety of duties rather than being restricted to a particular specialism.
- Be part of a world-class medical service that’s respected far beyond the Armed Forces
- A salary that rises from £42,500 as soon as you finish training. Pay is incremental and you go up an increment every 1-2 years within each rank, with a maximum number of increments per rank
- Promote on completion of Phase one training to Acting Leading Medical Technician. Promotion to Petty Officer and thereafter is based on merit
- Opportunity to commission once qualified for greater than 5 years as a Medical Services Officer BMS
Qualifications you'll gain
- Multi-disciplinary laboratory skills
- An opportunity to study further at Degree level 6 and Masters level 7 to top up your professional portfolio
Skills you'll develop
- How to support medical teams with clinical lab service, wherever they are in the world
- Experience different laboratory disciplines and develop throughout your career
- Aged 20 to 39 (You can start your application from 17.5 years old however you must be at least 20 years old on day of entry to basic training)
- A degree in Biomedical Science
- Membership of the Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
- IBMS accredited degree in Biomedical Sciences
- Non-accredited IBMS degrees will be considered
- You must be a British or Irish national, a Commonwealth citizen, or a Dual National
- A Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and 28 (between 17 and 27 if under 18)
- A high level of clinical skill
- A caring and compassionate nature
- A passion for helping people
- Be highly organised, and calm under pressure
- A sense of adventure
I’m multi-disciplinary, which means I get really varied work, whether I’m on board ship, or in an NHS hospital.
Career progression
From responsibilities to pay, find out where this role can take you.
Day one
Finish joining routine, meet your mentor, start your rotation
Year one
Leading Rates Leadership Course, adventurous training
First promotion
Become Leading Hand, mentor students, go on deployment
Second promotion
Become Petty Officer, take on more management responsibility
Joining Process
From picking your role to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.
- Register your interest
- Complete your application
- Defence Aptitude Assessment (DAA)
- Interview
- Candidate Preparation Course (CPC)
- Start training
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