Health and life sciences

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Discover rewarding opportunities in health and life sciences. Whether you're passionate about patient care, scientific discovery, or community support, there's a career path for you.

Careers in healthcare include a huge range of roles in clinical settings or the community to improve patient outcomes. Working as a health practitioner, in management, policy or public health. Support individuals and communities in social care, youth work, advice and guidance, providing essential services and support to the most vulnerable in society. Innovate in life sciences, contribute to important research and development by getting hands on in the lab, or use your skills and knowledge in a range of commercial roles.

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  • UWE Bristol Internship 2025 - 2026 - Bristol Central MP's office

    Employer: Carla Denyer MP
    Application closing date: 6 Apr 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: Bristol, London United Kingdom
    Working in both the constituency and parliament office, an internship supporting the work of the Member of Parliament for Bristol Central.

  • Weekend Housing Worker - Bristol

    Employer: 1625 Independent People
    Application closing date: 19 Mar 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: Bristol Bristol, England United Kingdom
    Do you have a desire to support young people? Would you like to develop excellent support and housing management experience? Do you want the flexibility of part time role? Maybe looking for a career change? If you answered yes to any of those, we want to hear from you

  • Asylum and Refugees Housing Support Worker - Bristol

    Employer: 1625 Independent People
    Application closing date: 16 Mar 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: Bristol Bristol, England United Kingdom
    We are delighted to be recruiting two new colleagues into our South Gloucestershire team to deliver an exciting new 1625IP service supporting young people seeking asylum.

  • 1625ip Manager - Yate, Gloucestershire,

    Employer: 1625 Independent People
    Application closing date: 16 Mar 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: Yate Gloucestershire, England United Kingdom
    A fantastic opportunity to take on a leadership role, inspiring and developing a team to help young people progress toward independent living in an Ofsted registered purpose-designed, 24/7, high-quality supported accommodation setting for up to 18 young people.

  • 2026 Summer Placements - WSP Various opportunities (STEM, Culture) - Various locations

    Employer: WSP UK
    Application closing date: 19 Apr 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: Perth, Cardiff, Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, London Scotland United Kingdom
    At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

  • 2026 Placements - Various STEM / Energy opportunities - Various locations

    Employer: WSP UK
    Application closing date: 19 Apr 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: London, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham Greater London United Kingdom
    At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7) - London

    Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
    Application closing date: 1 Mar 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: Greater London Greater London United Kingdom
    We are excited to be recruiting to a Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Recovery and Improvement Grant (DATRIG) funded Senior Non-Medical Prescriber post to support our community drug and alcohol services to offer safe, effective and rapid prescribing options to our complex and often hard to reach service user cohorts, as well as to offer wider clinical leadership to the teams.

  • Graduate Conference Producer - West Malling, South East

    Employer: Graduate Recruitment Bureau - Graduate & Student Recruitment
    Application closing date: 3 Mar 2026, 11:59 pm
    Location: West Malling South East United Kingdom
    This is the chance to join a dedicated, tight-knit event company in Kent. They specialise in building nationwide in-person and online healthcare conferences targeted at medical professionals within the NHS.

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