The specialties change each year based on demand from NHS departments. You will need to check whether the subject you are interested in has posts available to apply to, as not all specialties are recruited to each year.
Life Sciences | Andrology |
Cancer Genomics | |
Clinical Biochemistry | |
Clinical Immunology | |
Clinical Microbiology | |
Embryology | |
Genomics | |
Genomic Counselling | |
Haematology and Transfusion Science | |
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics | |
Histopathology |
Informatics | Clinical Bioinformatics Genomics |
Clinical Informatics | |
Clinical Scientific Computing |
Physical Sciences | Clinical Engineering |
Medical Physics (imaging with non-ionising radiation, radiation safety and diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy physics, nuclear medicine) | |
Pharmaceutical Science | |
Reconstructive Science |
Physiological Sciences | Audiology |
Cardiac Science | |
Critical Care Science | |
Gastrointestinal Physiology | |
Neurophysiology | |
Ophthalmic and Vision Science | |
Respiratory and Sleep Science | |
Urodynamic Science | |
Vascular Science |
Healthcare science specialties explained
We have more information about each of the specialties in our ‘Healthcare science specialties explained’ section.
pagesSpecialties in the glossary
You can find a description of these specialties in our glossary.
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