Addictions Counsellor
Help patients understand and modify underlying issues and behavioral patterns that tend to lead to addiction. Learn how to be an addictions counsellor here.
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Help patients understand and modify underlying issues and behavioral patterns that tend to lead to addiction. Learn how to be an addictions counsellor here.
Apply basic first aid or specialised treatment to patients or victims on site. Learn how to be an emergency service personnel or paramedic in South Africa here.
Learn about what Anaesthetic technicians do, what qualifications they need to be an anaesthetic technician, how long they study, and what jobs they can get.
Diagnose and treat hearing loss and balance disorders as well as fit, adjust and maintain hearing aid devices. Learn how to be an audiologist here.
Provide care and supervision for children in programmes in child-care centres, hospitals and educational centres. Learn how to be a child care worker here.
Provide care and supervision for children in correctional services institutions. Learn how to be a Child or Youth Residential Care Assistant here.
Plan, coordinate, direct and evaluate provision of specialised health services in clinics. Learn what qualifications you’d need to be a clinic manager.
Dental assistants work closely with dentists to prepares patients for dental examinations. They may assist dentists in providing care and treatment as well as do general office administration as well.
Help improve patients’ dental health by preventing cavities and tooth loss with the use of various dental tools. Learn how to be a dental hygienist here.
Use moulds, models, and images of patients to help dentists build oral devices like dentures and partial bridges. Learn how to be a dental technician here.
Deliver basic dental care and examine and treat dental disorders in pre-school, primary and secondary school children. See how to be a dental therapist here.
Help people with their dental and oral hygiene by filling in cavities and removing teeth when necessary. Learn how to be a dentist in South Africa here.
Provide dialysis treatment to patients with renal or kidney failure. See what qualifications you need to become a dialysis technician in South Africa here.
Examine and diagnose patients, prescribe medicines and perform minor operations. Learn how to be a general medical practitioner in South Africa here.
Develop and coordinate safety and health systems to identify workplace hazards and risks. Learn how to be a Health and Safety Manager in South Africa here.
Ensure ICU equipment and technology is working and being used correctly. Learn how to be an Intensive Care Technician or Critical Care Technologist here.
Operate an X-ray machine and other medical imaging equipment. Learn what you’d need to be a Medical Diagnostic Radiographer or Medical Imaging Technologist here
Assist patients and visitors in hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. See the qualifications you’ll need to be a medical receptionist here.
Assist with documentation, administrative and internal coordination functions at healthcare facilities. Learn how to be a medical secretary in South Africa here
Nursing jobs are some of the most in demand careers in South Africa. Learn the different nursing career paths you can take and the qualifications you need here.
Perform tests to diagnose and treat defects in vision, injury or ocular diseases. Learn the qualifications you’d need to be an optometrist in South Africa here.
Build, fit and repair splints, braces and artificial limbs for patients with muscular & skeletal disabilities. Learn how to be an Orthontist & Prosthetist here.
Prepare and dispense prescribed medication to people in your community. Learn what qualifications you need to be a pharmacist in South Africa here.
Help pharmacists fill and label patients’ prescriptions. Learn what qualifications you need to become a pharmacist assistant in South Africa here.
Sell pharmaceutical goods, toiletries and related goods in a retail pharmacy. Learn how you can be a Pharmacy Sales Assistant in South Africa here.
Learn what phlebotomy technicians do as well as the subjects you need to take and qualifications you need to obtain to become one in South Africa.
Assess, treat & prevent disorders that affect movement. Learn what qualifications you’d need to be a physical therapist or physiotherapist in South Africa here.
Diagnose, treat and prevent foot, ankle and lower leg problems. Learn what you’d need to study and for how long to be a podiatrist in South Africa here.
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.
Specialise in treating abnormalities and diseases of the heart and cardiovascular system. Learn how to be a specialist cardiologist in South Africa here.
Diagnose and treat of a range of diseases and problems relating to women’s health including during pregnancy and childbirth. Learn how to be an Ob-Gyne here.
Ophthalmologists are specialist eye surgeons who diagnose and treat diseases relating to the eyes. Learn how to be a specialist opthalmologist in South Africa here.
Study, treat and diagnose misshapen or misaligned teeth. Learn what qualifications you’d need to be a specialist orthodontist in South Africa here.
Treat children with minor childhood illnesses as well as acute and chronic health problems. Learn how to be a specialist paediatrician in South Africa here.
Treat diseases of the gums, the roots and the bones around the oral area. Learn what you need to study and for how long to be a Specialist Periodontist here.
Specialise in the replacement and restoration of teeth. Learn what you need to study to be a specialist prosthodontist and for how long here.
Specialise in helping patients deal with very complex and chronic mental health cases. Learn how to be a specialist psychiatrist in South Africa here.
Be a paediatric surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon or any of the many specialist surgeons in South Africa. Learn the qualifications you will need here.
Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries in animals. Learn what qualifications you’ll need and for how long you’ll need to study to be a veterinarian here.
Help veterinarians take care of animals. Learn the subjects you need to take and qualifications you need to get to be a veterinary nurse in South Africa here.
Help prevent the spread of diseases that can be transferred from animals to humans and vice versa. See how to be a Veterinary Public Health Professional here.
Love working with animals? A veterinary technician’s job may work well for you. Learn what they do and how you can be one in South Africa here.