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Medical Support Officer
Organise care for casualties on the battlefield and lead our medical teams to ensure troops get treated. It’s a role that can take you all over the world.
Starting salary
£34,676
Role details
Age
To apply for this position, you must be between 17 years & 9 months old and 28 years & 11 months old at the time of your application.
Fitness
Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
MSFT (beep test) level 8.07
Education
Minimum of 72 UCAS points.
35 ALIS points at GCSE or Scottish National (Minimum grade C/4 in English, Maths and Science or a Foreign Language).
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On the battlefield, casualties have to be evacuated to get the best medical treatment as soon as possible. As a Medical Support Officer, you'll provide the leadership, healthcare management and planning that this kind of challenge demands. You don’t need any medical qualifications and you won’t be a hands-on medic. Instead, you’ll provide a command and control function, guiding and co-ordinating teams, so they perform at their best – and save lives.
Key responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Assist in the delivery of clinical excellence to patients with varied medical needs
Command, lead and manage a multi-disciplinary medical team
Provide medical evacuation advice to Infantry and Armoured Corps commanders
Plan, deliver and maintain medical provision on exercise and on operations
Step 1
You complete the 44-week Regular Commissioning Course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
Step 2
You commission from Sandhurst as a Second Lieutenant and go on to complete the Royal Army Medical Service Entry Officers' Course and the Medical Troop Commanders Course.
You'll earn £34,676 during your year of training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before commissioning and becoming a Second Lieutenant, on £41,456 a year.
As a Medical Support Officer you will have considerable opportunity to further your professional development. You may get the opportunity to study Higher Education and University courses in relevant healthcare topics in order to improve your understanding of medical management.
Upon your first posting you will have the opportunity to complete Strategic Medical Planning Courses to add to your professional portfolio.