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Royal Navy
Junior Ranks
Code: RN-MA-SM

Medical Assistant (Submariner)

Sole medic aboard a Royal Navy submarine providing primary healthcare and emergency cover to the ship's company.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • primary healthcare
  • • emergency first response
  • • minor injuries / minor illness
  • • clinical record keeping
  • • confined-space working

Responsibilities

  • • run sick bay for a submarine's company
  • • provide emergency response while dived
  • • assist visiting medical officers during work-up
  • • maintain medical stores and controlled drugs
  • • manage patient evacuation planning

Equipment

  • • submarine sickbay equipment
  • • deployable medical kit

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Civilian Translations

84% Match

Sole-medic emergency response experience in an austere environment exceeds requirements for civilian ambulance service ECA roles.

Core Transferable Skills

emergency first response
primary healthcare
clinical record keeping