A wide range of employment opportunities are available to medical biological scientists. These include, but not limited to:

Government sector:

• Lecturer at Universities.
• Researcher in research institutions such as Medical Research Council (MRC), Human Science Research Council (HSRC) etc.
• Research Administrator at National and Provincial Departments of Health
• Medical Scientist at Public Laboratories, e.g. NHLS, CSIR.

Private Sector:

• Clinical Research associate at Pharmaceutical laboratories (research).
• Sales representative for pharmaceutical and Medical laboratory supplies companies
• Medical scientist in private diagnostic laboratories