About allied health professions
There are over 70 allied health professions consisting of technical, therapy, social/community, and clinical assisting occupations and regulated professions. Allied health professionals deliver, support, or inform direct patient care and have completed occupation-specific education or training.
In collaboration with B.C.’s publicly funded health employers, Health Match BC supports the recruitment of hospital pharmacists, diagnostic medical sonographers, medical laboratory technologists (MLTs), medical radiation technologists (MRTs), occupational therapists (OTs), and physiotherapists (PTs).
Featured allied health professions
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Medical laboratory technologists
Occupational therapists
Physiotherapists
Other supported allied health professions
Hospital pharmacists
Pharmacists practicing in British Columbia must be registered with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia. With advanced training, including hospital residencies, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of patient care within one of Canada’s most integrated health-care systems
Interested in becoming a hospital pharmacist in B.C.?
Sonographers
To be eligible for employment in B.C., diagnostic medical sonographers must have graduated from a recognized/accredited program and have current certification or eligibility for membership with Sonography Canada. Join the many Canadian and internationally educated diagnostic medical sonographers who move to British Columbia every year.
Interested in becoming a sonographer in B.C.?
Medical radiation technologists
To work as a medical radiation technologist in B.C., you must meet the credentialing and competency standards recognized by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.
Interested in becoming a medical radiation technologist in B.C.?
B.C. news for allied health professionals
See a pharmacist for treatment now
Get your minor illnesses – like pink eye, rashes, sprains and UTIs – checked and treated, renew your prescriptions, and get free birth control at a pharmacy.
Growing the allied health workforce to improve patient care
The new Allied Health Strategic Plan will help grow the allied health workforce so people can get the care they need, when they need it. It includes more than 70 disciplines vital to the team-based care people rely on, such as getting a blood sample collected by a medical laboratory assistant, seeing a physiotherapist after surgery, or talking about mental health and community supports with a social worker.
Providing home and community care for seniors
Many seniors want to live in their homes longer. That’s why we’re helping more seniors get home health-care support for daily activities like bathing and nutrition and access the community services they rely on, like grocery shopping, snow shoveling and rides to and from medical appointments.