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.

Royal Army Medical Service

The Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women. The Corps is represented wherever the British Army is deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and Adventurous Training expeditions all over the world.

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

Training for the role

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.

Entry Requirements

Age:

• From 17 years & 9 months to 28 years & 11 months

Qualifications:

• 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).

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
• MSFT (beep test) level 8.07

Pay & benefits

Your starting salary while training will be £35,925, which will rise to £42,948 upon completion of basic trade training.

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