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Help improve patent’s health with the use of acupuncture needles to restore the body’s natural balance. Learn how to be an acupuncturist in South Africa here.
Help patients understand and modify underlying issues and behavioral patterns that tend to lead to addiction. Learn how to be an addictions counsellor here.
Help the aged or disabled with performing specific tasks while providing them company at the same time. Learn how to be an aged or disabled carer 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.
Help improve human health by understanding the parts of the body and how they work together. Learn how to be an anatomists or physiologist in South Africa here.
Liaise with patients, hospital or clinic staff to deliver healthcare services. Learn how to be an Ancillary Healthcare Worker in South Africa here.
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.
Perform hearing tests under the supervision of an audiologist or refer them to specialists for further treatment. Learn how to be an audiometrist here.
Help the youth solve social, emotional, developmental & behavioural problems in an agency framework. See how to be an Auxiliary Child & Youth Care Worker here.
Use scientific knowledge to develop medicines that can be used to treat illnesses in humans. Learn how to be a biochemist in South Africa here.
Prescribe specific exercise routines as a preventative health measure or to help correct specific health problems. Learn how to be a biokineticist here.
Use the various principles of engineering to develop devices that can help correct or manage medical conditions. Learn how to be a biomedical engineer here.
Help doctors diagnose, monitor and treat heart disorders including with the use of specialised equipment, recording devices and laboratory instruments.
Help promote a healthy environment for children to help them reach their full potential. Learn how to be Child and Youth Care Worker in South Africa here.
Plan, organise, direct, control and coordinate activities of a child-care centre or service. Learn how to be a Child Care Centre Manager in South Africa 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.
Help diagnose, treat and prevent disorders by using your hands or specialist equipment to help correct spinal cord issues or injuries.
Plan, coordinate, direct and evaluate provision of specialised health services in clinics. Learn what qualifications you’d need to be a clinic manager.
Be involved in community development initiatives and solutions within a community to address needs and various issues. Learn how to be a community worker here.
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.
Provide education & community access to people with intellectual, physical, social & emotional disabilities. See how to be a Disabilities Services Officer here.
Interpret optical prescriptions and service optical aids such as frames for glasses and lenses. Learn how to be a dispensing optician in South Africa here.
An Early Childhood Development Worker plans ,organises and conducts activities to help pre-primary school students to develop a wide variety of skills including speech, reading, writing, motor skills and social interaction
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.
Plan, develop, implement and manage clinical data and patient information systems in accordance with medical, legal, ethical and administrative requirements.
Use alternative medicine and natural remedies to treat the human immune and defence systems. Learn how to be a homeopath 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.
Perform routine medical laboratory tests using diagnostic laboratory equipment. Learn how to be a Medical laboratory technician in South Africa 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.
Help find new cures & ways to diagnose illnesses. Learn what qualifications you’d need & where you can work as a medical scientist / biomedical scientist here.
Assist with documentation, administrative and internal coordination functions at healthcare facilities. Learn how to be a medical secretary in South Africa here
Use alternative techniques to diagnose and treat patients or clients either for relaxation or health purposes. Learn how to a natural remedy consultant here.
Help treat illnesses and practice preventive medicine without the use of pharmaceutical drugs or surgery. Learn how to be a Naturopath 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.
Help improve patients’ mental health by identifying and helping to change negative behaviours. Learn how to be a psychologist in South Africa here.
Help social workers to provide support, protection and assistance to those in need, are vulnerable or in crisis. Learn how to be a Social Auxiliary Workers here.
Provide support, protection and assistance to those in need, vulnerable or in crisis. Learn how to be a professional social worker in South Africa here.
Learn how to safely administer anaesthetics to patients as a specialist anaesthetist. See required qualifications, where to study, and for how long 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.
Treat and diagnose skin problems from issues like sunburn to serious diseases like skin cancer. Learn how to be a specialist cardiologist in South Africa here.
Specialise in advanced cardiac life support, trauma care & management of other life-threatening conditions. See how to be an Emergency medicine specialist 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.
Identify the cause of diseases and how they progress and spread. Learn how to be a pathologist 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.
