Careers in Health Sciences

You can be an essential part of the modern health care team

Looking for a secure job that pays well, offers great benefits, vacation and a pension, provides opportunities for lifelong learning and makes life better for other people?

Working alongside doctors and nurses, health science professionals are the experts who put the modern in modern health care. Health Science Association is the union that represents them.

Most health science professionals earn between $50,000 and $90,000 a year, and their skills are in great demand. That means you’ll find highly-paid work after as little as two years of training – work that’s challenging, dynamic and personally rewarding.

A variety of well-paid career options

HSA represents more than 130 professions. Here are just a few:

Laboratory technologist – a three year diploma program
Current starting wage: $26.25
Current top wage: $43.94

Physiotherapist – a two year master program after completion of your bachelor degree
Current starting wage: $29.04
Current top wage: $46.83

Medical radiation technologist (X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan, MRI) – a three year diploma program
Current starting wage: $26.25
Current top wage: $43.94

Nuclear Medicine Technologist – a two year diploma
Current starting wage: $25.25
Current top wage: $43.94

Hospital pharmacist – a four year bachelor degree followed by a doctorate in pharmacy
Current starting wage: $33.33
Current top wage: $55.99

Dietitian – a bachelor degree in dietetics plus a clinical internship
Current starting wage: $28.14
Current top wage: $45.48

Hospital social worker – a bachelor degree in social work
Current starting wage: $27.18
Current top wage: $45.48

Respiratory therapist – a three year diploma
Current starting wage: $26.17
Current top wage: $42.23

Scholarships that will help you get there

HSA offers a variety of scholarships and bursaries to help students get started:

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