Health Care & Psychology
Allied Health Professions
- Irish Career Sector Guides
- GradIreland Sector Guide ‘Medical and Healthcare’
- Careers Portal ‘Medical and Healthcare'
- UK Career Sector Guide
- Prospects Industry Insights ‘Health’
Dietetics
- Job Profiles
- Education and Training
- How to become a dietician (INDI – Ireland )
- Studying to be a dietician (BDA – UK)
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Useful Links:
- NHS Careers – Dietetics
Occupational Therapy
- Job Profiles
- Occupational Therapist (Ireland)
- Occupational Therapist (UK)
- Education and Training
- How to become an Occupational Therapist (AOTI – Ireland) (nb. Pre-registration MSc in UL for graduates of other disciplines)
- Become an OT (COT – UK) (includes details of pre-registration MSc courses for graduates of other disciplines)
- Professional Institute Information
- Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland
- CORU Health and Social Care Professionals Council
- College of Occupational Therapists (UK)
- Health and Care Professions Council (UK)
- World Federation of Occupational Therapists
- European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education
- Council of Occupational Therapists in European Countries
- Work experience and jobs
- Experience relevant to Occupational Therapy
- Fas Jobs Seekers website includes opportunities to gain experience as care assistants/care workers, educational support workers etc.
- Volunteering Ireland includes opportunities to gain OT related experience in a voluntary capacity e.g care assistant, educational roles, various support roles etc - Jobs for Qualified Occupational Therapists
- Careers in Healthcare (Ireland)
- AOTI Job Desk
- NHS Jobs UK
- Experience relevant to Occupational Therapy
- Useful Links:
- NHS Careers – Occupational Therapy
- Video stream of Pamela, an Occupational Therapy graduate working in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Orthoptics
- Job Profiles
- Orthoptist (UK)
- Education and Training
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Careers in Healthcare (Ireland)
- NHS Jobs UK
- Useful Links
- NHS Careers – Orthoptist
Physiotherapy
- Job Profiles
- Physiotherapist (Ireland)
- Physiotherapist (UK)
- Education and Training
- Becoming a Physiotherapist in Ireland (ISCP)
- Physiotherapy degrees in the UK (CSP – UK) (includes details of accelerated MSc courses for graduates of other disciplines)
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Useful Links:
- NHS Careers – Physiotherapist
- Physiobase – Online community for Physiotherapists
Radiography and Radiation Therapy
- Job Profiles
- Radiographer, diagnostic (Ireland)
- Radiation Therapist (Ireland)
- Therapeutic Radiographer (UK)
- Diagnostic Radiographer (UK)
- Education and Training
- Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation Therapy Academic Course Directory (Radiation Therapy)
- Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation Therapy Academic Course Directory (Diagnostic Radiography)
- Society of Radiographers, Directory of Courses (UK)
- NHS – Graduate Entry Courses in Diagnostic Radiography (UK)
- NHS – Graduate Entry Courses in Therapeutic Radiography (UK)
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Useful Links:
- NHS Careers – Radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- Irish Cancer Society – research pages
- Radiography Careers website (UK)
Speech and Language Therapy
- Job Profiles
- Speech and Language Therapist (Ireland)
- Speech and Language Therapist (UK)
- Education and Training
- Becoming a Speech and Language Therapist (IASLT)
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (UK) Careers Guide (including details of accelerated 2 year MSc conversion course for non-SLT graduates)
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Careers in Healthcare (Ireland)
- NHS Jobs UK
- Work experience for SLT (RCSLT- UK)
- Useful Links
- NHS Careers – Speech and Language Therapist
Dentistry
- Irish Career Sector Guides
- GradIreland Sector Guide ‘Medical and Healthcare’
- Careers Portal ‘Medical and Healthcare'
- UK Career Sector Guide
- Prospects Industry Insights ‘Health’
- Job Profiles
- Education and Training
- Dental Science courses available in Ireland at UCC, Trinity and Queens University Belfast
- List of UK Dental Schools (Dental Schools Council UK) (note: some offer graduate entry)
- Postgraduate Training and CPD for Dentistry Graduates (Ireland)
- Postgraduate programmes in Dentistry at Trinity College Dublin
- Continuing Professional Development Programmes at Trinity College Dublin
- Postgraduate Programmes for Dentists in UCC - Vocational Training for Dentistry Graduates (NI and UK)
- Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
- Vocational and Dental Foundation Training (UK – British Dental Association)
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Careers in Healthcare
- The Irish Dental Association (under classifieds)
- The Irish Dentist Jobs and Classifieds
- Dentistry (UK)
- NHS Jobs UK
- Dental Foundation Training Posts (UK – British Dental Association)
- Useful Links:
- NHS Careers – Dental
Medicine
- Irish Career Sector Guides
- GradIreland Sector Guide ‘Medical and Healthcare’
- Careers Portal ‘Medical and Healthcare'
- UK Career Sector Guide
- Prospects Industry Insights ‘Health’
- Job Profiles
- Doctor/ GP (Ireland)
- General Practice Doctor (UK)
- Hospital Doctor (UK)
- Education and Training
- Studying Medicine (Ireland)
- Undergraduate Entry to Medicine for EU Applicants 2012 (Ireland)
- HPAT Ireland Admissions Test for Undergraduate Entry
- Graduate Entry to Medicine for EU Applicants 2012 (Ireland)
- GAMSAT Ireland Admissions Test for Graduate Entry - Studying Medicine (UK)
- Entry into Medical School (BMA – UK)
- Overview of Graduate Entry Courses UK including entry requirements (NHS)
- Guide to Medical School Finance for Non-UK Medical Students (BMA- UK)
- NHS Student bursaries NHS Student Bursaries
- GAMSAT UK
- UKCAT
- UCAS - Career Development for Medical Graduates (Ireland)
- Ireland’s Interns 2012 – Guide (HSE, Ireland)
- Irish Medical Training
- Royal College of Physicians – Basic Specialist Training and Higher Specialist Training
- Irish College of General Practitioners – Becoming a GP
- The College of Anaesthestists of Ireland – general information
- Royal College of Surgeons – National Surgical Training Centre
- The College of Psychiatrists in Ireland – Postgraduate Training
- The Irish College of Ophthalmologists – Trainees - Career Development for Medical Graduates (UK)
- Foundation Training (BMA – UK)
- Speciality Training (BMA - UK)
- Studying Medicine (Ireland)
- Professional Institute Information
- The Medical Council regulates the Medical profession in Ireland
- Irish Medical Organisation national representative medical organisation linking all branches of the medical profession in Ireland
- British Medical Association
- Work experience and jobs
- Useful Links
- Why Become a Doctor? (NHS Careers)
- British Medical Journal – Careers
- Careers in Medicine (NHS Careers)
- Becoming a Doctor (BMA UK)
- New Media Medicine – online community of doctors, medical students and applicants to medical school from around the world
- UK Medical Schools - articles relevant to UK entry
- Interview with Niamh Murphy, TCD Arts graduate who studied Medicine in the UK
Nursing and Midwifery
- Irish Career Sector Guides
- GradIreland Sector Guide ‘Medical and Healthcare’
- Careers Portal ‘Medical and Healthcare’
- UK Career Sector Guide
- Prospects Industry Insights ‘Health’
- Job Profiles
- Nurse (Ireland)
- Adult Nurse (UK)
- Mental Health Nurse (UK)
- Paediatric Nurse (UK)
- Midwife (HSE, Ireland)
- Midwife (Ireland)
- Midwife (UK)
- Further Training
- Becoming a Nurse/ Midwife (An Bord Altranais- Ireland)
- Training to be a Nurse (NHS Careers – UK)
- Training to be a Midwife (NHS Careers – UK)
- Post registration courses An Bord Altranais
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Useful Links
Psychology
- Irish Career Sector Guides
- GradIreland Sector Guide ‘Medical and Healthcare’
- Psychological Society of Ireland Careers Information
- UK Career Sector Guide
- British Psychological Society “How to Become a Psychologist?”
- Options with Psychology (UK)
- Education and Training
- Conversion courses for non-psychology graduates (PSI – Ireland)
- How to become a Psychologist (BPS – UK)
- Developing your Career – postgraduate study in psychology (PSI – Ireland)
- Becoming a Chartered Psychologist (BPS – UK)
- Clearing House for Postgraduate Courses in Psychology (UK) (Note: not all UK courses use the clearing house for applications)
- Applications for funded Educational Psychology Courses in UK
- Professional Institute Information
- Work experience and jobs
- Experience relevant to psychology
- Fas Jobs Seekers website includes opportunities to gain experience as care assistants/care workers, educational support workers etc.
- Volunteering Ireland includes opportunities to gain psychology related experience in a voluntary capacity e.g care assistant, educational roles, web support, pain clinic etc - Active Link - directory for Non-profit opportunities.
- Listing of Organisations where Psychology students have gained paid and unpaid experience.
- Jobs for psychology graduates and qualified psychologists
- Google group for Assistant Psychologists Ireland and others interested in getting into clinical psychology
- ClinPsy (UK) for aspiring and clinical psychologists - Careers in Healthcare (Ireland)
- NHS Jobs UK
- BPS Appointments Memorandum (UK)
- Psychminded positions in the UK and Ireland
- Listing of Organisations where Psychology graduates have gained paid and unpaid experience.
- Experience relevant to psychology
- Useful Links
- NHS Careers – Psychological Therapies
- National Education Psychological Services (Ireland)
