Biochemist

Biochemistry is a purely science-based career that studies the biochemistry of living organisms, their molecular structure and how they interact with other processes. This career can span many disciplines and industries including agriculture, fuel, veterinary science, food as well as the pharmaceutical and medical sectors.

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Chiropractor

Chiropractors deal with musculoskeletal problems or injuries. If you choose to be a chiropractor, you’ll help to diagnose, treat and help to prevent disorders by using their hands or specialist equipment to help correct spinal cord issues or injuries by making adjustments.

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Disabilities Services Officer

Disability Services Officers work in a range of adult service units that provide education and community access to people with intellectual, physical, social and emotional disabilities

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Health & Safety Manager

Health and Safety Managers develop and coordinate safety and health systems and strategies for organisations and identify workplace hazards and risks to employees. 

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How to be a Veterinary Public Health Professional in South Africa

Becoming a Veterinary Public Health Professional means that you help safeguard human health by preventing zoonotic diseases which are diseases that are transferred from animals to humans. 

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Medical Scientist

Medical Scientists are also sometimes known as biomedical scientists. They’re trained in biology and their mission is to find how the body works in specific relation to treating diseases and finding new cures and ways to diagnose them.

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Specialist Anaethatist

Anaesthesiologists are responsible for safely administering anaesthetics safely to patients in healthcare facilities, usually hospital and clinic facilities.  As an anaesthetics specialist, you will need to have technical, medical and surgical skills as well as crisis management skills and the ability to make decisions fast in high pressure, sometimes critical situations. You will also have to have an in-depth knowledge of how the human body functions, the effects of anaesthetics on the body and how it interacts with other drugs. Anaesthetists usually work as part of a team of other health professionals. They might also help patients to manage chronic pain. 

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Specialist Cardiologist

Cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons are heart specialists, who are medical doctors trained to treat abnormalities and diseases of the heart and cardiovascular system.  This is a very specialised field and their skills are in exceptionally high demand. 

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Specialist Dermatologist

Dermatologists deal with all issues, diseases and problems related to our skin.  They treat and diagnose skin problems, from mild issues like sunburn to serious diseases like skin cancer.  As a dermatologist, you’ll conduct screenings and skin evaluations, while at the same time investigating your patient’s medical history to determine appropriate treatments.  Dermatologists also perform biopsies to diagnose melanoma and perform skin surgery.

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Specialist Emergency Medicine

Emergency medicine specialists work in emergency rooms or trauma centres and treat patients who need immediate care. These highly-trained doctors specialize in advanced cardiac life support, trauma care and management of other life-threatening conditions. Working as an emergency medical specialist is a high-pressure job that requires very specialised skills and quick decision-making capabilities. 

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Specialist Obstetrician/ Gynaecologist

Gynaecologists and Obstetricians are specialists in female reproductive health. As a gynaecologist and obstetrician, you’ll need to be exceptionally knowledgeable and skilled in this field and be able to provide diagnosis and treatment of a range of diseases and problems relating to women’s health as well as providing preventative care and measures.  Providing care to women (and the foetus) during pregnancy and childbirth forms a large part of this profession. 

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Specialist Ophthalmologist

Ophthalmologists are specialist eye surgeons who diagnose and treat diseases relating to the eyes.  

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Specialist Orthodontist

An orthodontist is a specialist that studies, treats and diagnoses malocclusions of the teeth. In other words, these doctors help fix things like the incorrect bite between the upper and lower teeth that might result from misshapen or mispositioned teeth or from disproportionate jaw relationships or from both. 

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Specialist Paediatrician

Paediatricians are doctors that look after the health of children from birth up until the age of about 16.  Paediatricians are specialists in child healthcare and will treat children who have minor childhood illnesses as well as acute and chronic health problems or growth and development problems.

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Specialist Pathologist

Pathologists are specialists at identifying the cause of diseases and how they progress and spread. They do this by examining and studying changes in bodily tissue, blood and other body fluids (which are done through tests) and are experts at analysing the results.  As a pathologist, you could also work in a large team to help diagnose patients. 

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Specialist Peridontist

A Periodontist is a Dental Specialist who treats the supporting structures around the teeth like the gums, the roots and the bones around the oral area - and treats diseases of these structures. 

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