University of Lincoln Careers & Employability

Employers are interested in the skills and competencies you gained from your degree, therefore it is very important that you can recognise them and present them effectively on CVs and in interviews:

• Communication and interpersonal in order to take patient histories, explain diagnosis and treatment displaying empathy and sensitivity where appropriate
• Problem solving adopting a logical and analytical approach
• Accuracy in respect of patient record keeping and the dispensing of prescriptions
• Business skills and commercial awareness for self employment
• Ability to apply in depth knowledge and practical skills required for competent, confident and effective clinical practice within an interdisciplinary team network

Most graduates will become practitioners – Medical Herbalists and Acupuncturists – with most being self employed or working within a complementary or holistic therapy centre. Occasionally employment is in a hospital, pert time through the NHS 

For more information, see the occupational profiles on www.prospects.ac.uk

• Homeopath
• Dietitian
• Aromatherapist
• Pharmacist
• Other developing career opportunities are in research, journalism, retail, horticultural and manufacturing processes, HE lecturing.

Postgraduate study may enable you to explore aspects of Herbal Medicine or Acupuncture in greater depth, or to study a new subject. A post graduate qualification, either academic or vocational is required to enter many fields of work related to Herbal Medicine or Acupuncture such as those in the list above. There is also a need to keep skills and knowledge up to date throughout your career. Additional study in areas such as counselling can be beneficial to practice. You should consider why you want to do postgraduate study, whether it will affect your career prospects and whether you are likely to obtain funding. 

For general information and where to find courses please see our Postgraduate Study Section. For information on courses available at Lincoln click here.

Below are examples of Lincoln Herbal Medicine graduate destinations: 

• Consulting Medical Herbalist, Rose House Herbal Clinic
• Medical Herbalist, Lincoln Herbal Treatment Centre
• Sales Administrator, Pro Line Botanicals, Stamford, Lincs.
• Healthcare Assistant, Nottingham Emergency Medical Service
• Graduate Mental Health Worker, Nottinghamshire NHS Healthcare Trust
• Student Support Worker, Clear Links

 Below are examples of Lincoln Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture graduate destinations:

• Self employed acupuncturist, The Old Pit Practice, Durham
• Acupuncturist, Adroit Acupuncture, Boston, Lincs.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Assistant, The Zhai Clinic 
• Acupuncturist, Mind and Body Natural Health Centre, Bury
• Acupuncture Practitioner, Old Court Acupuncture, Lincoln

• Short Course in Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture, Institution unknown
• Short Course in Holistic Healing, Institution unknown
• Subject Knowledge Enhancement Chemistry PGCE,  for teaching, NTU
• M.Phil. Research in to sleep deprivation, University of Lincoln

• National Institute of Medical Herbalists
• Complementary Medicine Association
• Institute for Complementary Medicine
• Acupuncture Society
• British Acupuncture Council
• NHS Jobs
• The Herb Society
• WebMD
• Aisle7
• Royal Horticultural Society
• Chinese Medicine Times eJournal
• The Journal of Chinese Medicine

• Prospects
• Target Jobs
• Inside Careers
• Directgov Careers Advice
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