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Healthcare & Medical Rating (Student)
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Healthcare & Medical Rating (Student)

Get paid to study and gain all the skills and qualifications you need for a career in healthcare and medicine.

  • No qualifications
  • Medical
  • Rating level

At a glance

Our people need the best medical minds at work. You’ll get a fully-funded degree in a specialist area and, once you’ve qualified, join a multi-disciplinary medical team and work all over the world.

I’m multi-disciplinary, which means I get really varied work, whether I’m on board ship, or in an NHS hospital.

Fiona

Healthcare & Medical Rating (Student)

Profession details

What you could do

Joining the Royal Navy as a Healthcare and Medical Rating (Student) means you’ll get a salary and a fully-funded specialist degree or diploma. You’ll complete initial naval training before starting university and learn alongside other military students. Once qualified, you’ll work within a specialist team. Healthcare and Medical Ratings (Student) can specialise in biomedical science, mental health, nursing, operations department, or radiography. Whatever your pursuit, you’ll start your medical career at the top.

Your role

  • Practise all the major laboratory disciplines, whether you’re in a hospital in Birmingham, or on board a ship off the coast of Bahrain
  • Combine your degree with military training to prepare for life in the Navy
  • Play a key role in supporting deployed personnel as well as those stationed in the UK
  • Be part of a world-class medical service that’s respected far beyond the Armed Forces

Pay & benefits

  • A salary of up to £25,200 while studying at university
  • Earn at least £38,000 after university and initial training
  • An excellent pension scheme
  • Six weeks of paid holiday every year
  • Free medical and dental care

Skills for life

Qualifications you'll gain

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
  • 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 every laboratory discipline, and develop throughout your career

 

Eligibility

  • Aged 17 to 39
  • Evidence of academic study within the last 5 years
  • 2 weeks of clinical experience
  • 3 x A level at ABB-BBB - must include Biology or Human Biology
  • Some BTEC qualifications may be considered. Check with MSAT PO
  • 5 at min grade 4/C to include Maths, English Language and Science - Functional Skills or key skills not accepted
  • You must be a British or Irish national, a Commonwealth citizen, or a Dual National - Dual Nationality restrictions apply
  • Minimum height of 145cm
  • A Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and 28 (between 17 and 27 if under 18)

Skills & interests

  • An aptitude for technical thinking in the clinical environment 
  • A caring and compassionate nature
  • A passion for helping people
  • A team player
  • An adventurous spirit

Joining process

From picking your profession to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.

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