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Biomedical Engineers design and develop equipment for patients with special needs. They are usually employed by health centres, clinics hospitals, electrical manufacturers and university research departments.

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What does a Biomedical engineer do?

A Biomedical Engineer needs to be a confident communicator as they need to liaise with clients, technicians and manufacturers. A typical day for a Biomedical Engineer will involve:

Training clinical staff
Testing and maintaining the medical equipment
Keeping up to date with new developments in the field
Responding to technical queries from hospitals and health centres
Offering advice on new equipment
Attending conferences and exhibitions
Presenting research findings to audiences
Arranging clinical trials of medical products
Approaching companies to sell medical products
Working closely with medical professionals and clients
Conducting interviews
Liaising with technicians and manufacturers

Skills & interests required for a Biomedical engineer

Excellent communication skills
Excellent technical knowledge
Ability to work in a team
Ability to budget
Presentational skills for introducing new equipment to hospitals or clients
Capacity to take on responsibility
Interest in medicine and engineering
Attention to detail
Commercial awareness (you will be expected to present the medical equipment to companies)
Spatial awareness
Strong problem solving abilities
Ability to work well under pressure

What hours does a Biomedical engineer typically do?

Biomedical Engineers tend to work between 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Safety and maintenance work on hospital equipment are performed out of hours.

What environment is a Biomedical engineer based in?

Clinic, laboratory or an engineering workshop

How much does a Biomedical engineer travel?

Travel is expected to conferences and meetings. You will also need to travel to hospitals and health centres in order to access, maintain and carry out checks on the medical equipment.

How much does a Biomedical engineer get paid?

A medical engineer technician earns between £21,909 to £28,462.

Biomedical Engineers working in the private sector can range from £21,000 to £45,000 per annum.

What qualifications does a Biomedical engineer need?

An applicant is expected to have achieved a minimum 2:1 in a science or engineering subject. If they want to work in the NHS, they must apply for further training under the Scientist Training Programme, a graduate entry program that will give the applicant three years on-the-job experience.

If you are not looking to apply to the training scheme, then working in a private sector job and working your way up to an engineer is possible.

Alternatively, applicants without a degree can apply for the Practitioner Training Programme, this is a three year healthcare degree complete with NHS work placements.

However, entry with a Higher National Diploma is not possible. It is possible to work as a trainee biomedical technologist with A-Levels in Life Sciences, but further education is required to become a Biomedical Engineer.