Career Benefits

Maritime medicine is one of the most exciting and developing specialties in the medical profession. It offers unique career benefits including the chance to practise a combination of private practice, emergency medicine and critical care, and provides exposure to invaluable and challenging experiences that will develop career-enhancing new skills.

Other career benefits include:

• Highly rewarding medicine with the opportunity to manage all facets of patient care from start to finish.
• Sophisticated onboard medical centres which make an appealing working environment with their state-of-the-art teleradiology and telemedicine facilities, critical care rooms with cardiac monitoring equipment, patient wards, treatment rooms, well stocked pharmacy and laboratory facilities.
• Satellite telecommunications to liaise with colleagues around the world to make accurate and informed diagnosis.
• Monthly onboard CPD programme and five days of paid continuing professional development per year.
• Development of management and team skills.

Onboard Benefits

As well as an exciting career to look forward to, life as a ship's nurse is packed with other benefits that you won't find elsewhere:

• Highly competitive salaries and remuneration package
• Up to four months leave per year
• Officer status onboard
• Family travel concessions
• Minimal onboard expenses
• Tax-free incentives
• Exciting social activities
• Double bedded accommodation with en-suite bathroom
• Room steward and laundry facilities
• Free flights to and from ships
• Access to most passenger areas and facilities including spa and gymnasium
• Opportunity to get off the ship and explore the destination ports