Medical technicians, or clinical technologists, make sure equipment used to diagnose and treat patients works correctly. Find out what you’ll need to study to get your first job, and what you might be working on day-to-day.
After your undergraduate degree, your first role will be as a trainee medical technician. It’ll take around three years to fully qualify as a registered medical technician with the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT).
Once qualified, you can apply for promotions and take on more responsibility, for example supervising and training students and other staff. You might also decide to carry out further study in order to specialise, in areas like nuclear medicine, transplants or prosthetics.
To stay registered with the RCT, you must do continued professional development (CPD). This might include further training, research or taking a secondment within a related area.
Relevant CPD opportunities can be found through the RCT. Other professional organisations you could join include the Association of Renal Technologists (ART) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).
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