Healthcare communications offers a diverse, dynamic and challenging career.  To assist you in making your next career decision the HCA, through its recruitment sub-committee, has developed guides and services to help you either break into or progress within the healthcare communications sector.

Considering a career in healthcare communications?
If you're currently nearing the end of your studies and want to know more about a career in healthcare communications, click here for an HCA guide which should answer some of your questions.

Working in healthcare communications - career profiles
To find out what it's like to work within healthcare communications view the current career profiles of three people who really know, including the best and worst bits!  Click here to see these career case studies.

Useful background advice from the HCA
The HCA has developed two guides that provide a flavour of what it might mean to work in healthcare communications and assist you in making a decision.  Please click on the links below to download these as PDFs:

• A Career in Healthcare Communications - a guide to provide you with an insight into the sector
• An A to Z of Healthcare Communications Terms - a jargon-busting glossary of the terminology often used in healthcare communications

Places to start your search
Approach HCA members' directly
Under the ‘Membership' section you can link to the websites of all member organisations and contact them directly.  Many will have an area of their website dedicated to recruitment which will help you find the correct person to approach.

Opportunities at a glance
If you want to find out which companies are open to applications from graduates, and which offer work experience opportunities, then we've already done some of the groundwork for you!

Click here to see the details of HCA members who have provided information about opportunities for graduates within their companies.  Please note that there may be many other companies who are also willing to consider graduate approaches but this is a good starting point.

Online job adverts from HCA members
If you are looking to start or further your career in healthcare communications, you can also search for jobs in the On the job section of PMLive.com by clicking here.

Links to other useful websites

• Medical sales and pharmaceutical jobs at pharmacareers -  A leading jobs board for the pharmaceutical industry providing information for job seekers and jobs updated daily
• Consultancy vacancies at the Public Relations Consultants Association recruitment page