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JOB SECTORS Health Introduction This factsheet contain useful information to assist you in your career planning and job seeking. This sector has the following main areas: § § § § § § §
Medicine Dentistry Nursing and Midwifery Allied Medical Specials Physical Therapies Health Promotion and Wellbeing Psychology
Type of Jobs The following are examples of the type of jobs in this sector: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Art therapist Audiological scientist Dentist Diagnostic radiographer Dietitian Dramatherapist Exercise physiologist Forensic psychologist Health promotion specialist Health visitor Hospital/Community pharmacist Learning disability nurse Mental health nurse
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Midwife Music therapist Nutritional therapist Occupational therapist Optometrist Orthoptist Paediatric nurse Paramedic Physiotherapist Podiatrist Speech and language therapist Sports therapist Therapeutic radiographer