The Royal Navy - Medical Assistant L5 Assistant Practitioner (Health) Apprenticeship

Make a real difference to some essential operations. That might mean being the only medic on board ship, and taking responsibility for the general healthcare of an entire crew. This could include patient assessment and coordination of care, infection prevention and control, and supporting specialist senior healthcare support workers in their duties Use your medical expertise where it’s needed most, providing primary healthcare to trauma victims in conflict zones all over the world When you’re not on deployment you will be working in a Royal Navy shore base or even with the Royal Marines.

There’s no equivalent civilian role, so you’ll gain all the skills you need Work across all medical departments, learning directly from specialists in a number of different fields. You could be training with Special Forces in West Africa, or working in primary care on board a ship in the Persian Gulf