Supporting operations worldwide, often top-secret, you'll also deliver training, provide advice and be part of the MOD's Nuclear Emergency Response.
This job sits within the Healthcare & Medical Profession and is a Healthcare & Medical Officer role. Your first-class Health Physicist skills are a given. But you'll need much more as a Medical Services Officer in the Submarine Service, whether supporting top-secret operations worldwide, providing training and advice, to being part of the MOD's Nuclear Emergency Response.
The day-to-day experience is exciting; often seeing the immediate positive impact your work provides. Whether that's working on nuclear packages or helping maximise the potential of medical departments in the operational space.
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Medical Services Officer Submariner, Medical Branch
As a submarine qualified Medical Services Officer in the Royal Navy, you’ll use your skills as a Health Physicist to support Submarine operations worldwide. That might mean being part of a multi-disciplinary team of Engineers and Industry Partners at a Naval Base, leading assurance audits against regulated conditions, or delivering first-class training to Submariners with radiological protection responsibilities.
Once you’ve completed Initial Naval Training (Officer) at Dartmouth, you’ll complete specialist training related to the pressurised water reactor and nuclear weapons onboard Submarines. You’ll quickly find yourself providing specialist practical and technical advice to ensure compliance with statutory legislation and Ministry of Defence regulations.
Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll be part of the Ministry of Defence’s Nuclear Emergency Response Organisation where you’ll be on stand-by as a deployable Health Physicist to provide expert advice in the highly unlikely event of a nuclear emergency. As a Medical Services Officer you’ll also have the opportunity to develop other specialist skills including operational planning, acquisition and medical logistics. This is a career that puts more than just your health physics knowledge to the test.
Once you’ve registered your interest in a Profession, and have satisfied some basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form.
Depending on Profession applied for and professionally qualified status, you’ll be tested on: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension.
To prepare, you can practise the DAA.
A Career Interview to talk through suitability of your chosen Profession and discussion of your preferred roles that are available within that Profession, including Submarine service. It will also cover the initial stages of the Security application. This is normally conducted using your own device over the Shine video platform.
This is conducted at one of our Candidate Preparation Centres and will include a Fitness and Medical Assessment.
The AIB is conducted online and made up of two assessments, . A Pre-Recorded Interview (PRI) online assessment that assesses your awareness and motivation to join the Royal Navy as an officer. The Group Planning Exercise (GPE) is the second stage online competency-based assessment which will take place approximately 3 weeks after the PRI. It will be conducted in a virtual group environment, and you will be assessed on your contribution to the team based on your individual performance.
Once you’ve passed all eligibility criteria, including a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) to commence your initial training.
Our virtual recruiter is available to answer your questions 24 hours a day