How To Find Jobs in Healthcare

Whether you are looking into job options in preparation for your interview or whether you are already qualified and looking for jobs in healthcare, keeping an eye out for relevant job postings is a vital part of analysing your options and discovering a few that you might not have considered before.

Why is it important to understand your job options? Simply put, it’s because there are so many things you could do. During your interview preparation or organising your work experience, you will probably have looked at some different options, considered how they fit with your interests, personality and qualifications (either completed or planned). In this article, we will look through some tips for finding jobs and things to consider as you hunt for your perfect healthcare role!

Don’t just look in one small area

This is really true of any industry when job hunting online, but don’t just look in one small area or with one trust. Jooble.org collates job postings from all over the internet, categorising them under helpful terms to help you either search for a particular type of role (such as ‘Medical Doctor‘) or a particular healthcare location (such as ‘Medical Centre‘). This makes it an ideal resource to use whether you are genuinely job hunting or not, as it helps you to understand what roles are out there and what those roles involve. For example, you may have considered traditional roles such as GP or A&E Doctor, but what about a Cruise Ship Doctor? If you are the kind of person who loves to travel, then that may be a great idea for you. More into research? Then a Clinical Research Physician might be a better shout. Like quieter patients? Maybe working in a Coroner’s Office could be a great fit.

The benefit of using a job search site like Jooble is that it collects jobs from all over the internet, rather than meaning that you need to go and search each site separately. You can search them all at once, applying as you go on each site for quicker and more effective job hunting.

Consider a variety of different jobs in healthcare

Every year, thousands of students apply to medical and dental school, saying that they want to be a doctor or dentist. With only limited places available, this makes these courses super competitive to get into and only those with the best scores manage to secure places. So what can you do if you are one of those that doesn’t manage to secure a place?

Just because you don’t go to medical or dental school doesn’t mean you can’t have a challenging and exciting career in healthcare. It just might be worth considering other course options. For example, if you really enjoy working with technology and being part of the diagnosis process, maybe considering Radiography. If you enjoy working with people and have a passion of human physiology, then Physiotherapy could be the right fit for you. Maybe you have a real passion for Mental Health that could lead you into a career as a Mental Health Nurse. You can search for different areas you are interested in on sites likes Jooble is a good way to regroup after a disappointment and help get you excited about other great options. Medic Mind provides interview preparation help for a whole range of different healthcare courses, so give us a call today to see what help is out there.

Consider upgrading your qualifications

Didn’t study medicine the first time around? No problem, you can still get a career through a Graduate programme. There are lots of options across the country, and you will either need to take a UCAT or GAMSAT exam to qualify. Pursuing additional qualifications can help open doors for a multitude of jobs in healthcare, such as clinical medicine, nursing etc.

Which exam is easiest? That answer is as individual as you are. UCAT has a wider variety of question types, and might be more suitable if you are drawn to more problem solving. It is also a multiple choice test, whereas GAMSAT has an essay section that could work better for people moving over from a Humanities specialism.

Medic Mind has award-winning courses and tuition for both UCAT and GAMSAT, and can help talk you through your exam and study options into healthcare.

In short, finding a fulfilling and interesting job in healthcare is all about working out what would make you happy in a role. There is more to healthcare work than the standard GP or dentist role, and looking around either before your studies or during can help you to understand the wide range of options out there.