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 bioinformatics genomics, • clinical immunology, • clinical microbiology, • embryology, • genomics, • genomic counselling, • haematology and transfusion science, • histocompatibility and immunogenetics, • histopathology
Physical Sciences
• clinical engineering, • clinical informatics, • clinical scientific computing, • medical physics (radiation safety and diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy physics, nuclear medicine, imaging with non-ionising radiation) • pharmaceutical sciences, • reconstructive science
Physiological Sciences
• audiology, • cardiac science, • critical care science, • gastrointestinal physiology, • neurophysiology, • ophthalmic and vision sciences, • 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.
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You can find a description of these specialties in our glossary.
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