Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a biomedical scientist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a biomedical scientist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Biomedical scientists perform all laboratory methods required as part of medical examination, monitoring, treatment, and research activities which involves designing, planning, organizing, applying, evaluating, interpreting and validating all analytical processes. They develop their activity in several fields of expertise such as haematology, microbiology, clinical immunology, cytopathology, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and clinical biochemistry among others. This requires the application of qualitative and quantitative laboratory methods, including image analysis and digital pathology, to provide an investigative report and diagnostic opinion on products of a biological nature.

Also known as biomedical doctor, practitioner in biomedical science, clinical embryologist, blood bank technology specialist, scientist in biomedicine, analyst in biomedical science, medical laboratory scientist, clinical laboratory scientist, biomedical analyst, clinical laboratory technologist, biomedical researcher, researcher in biomedical science.

Professionals 127 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: healthcare assistant, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
healthcare assistant 67% covered cytotechnologist 64% covered dental hygienist 62% covered respiratory therapy technician 60% covered physiotherapy assistant 59% covered biomedical scientist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from biomedical scientist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a biomedical scientist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A biomedical scientist needs 98 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • carry out biopsy information skills
  • implement quality control procedures for biomedical tests information skills
  • monitor the effects of medication information skills
  • perform screening for infectious diseases working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • support blood transfusion services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse body fluids information skills
  • bioethics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • biostatistics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • cross-matching techniques for blood transfusions health and welfare
  • immunohaematology health and welfare
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a biomedical scientist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Biomedical scientist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a biomedical scientist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.