Physics and Engineering applied to Medicine and Biology, is advanced through people working in the field, and so a key part of IPEM meeting its charitable objective is to promote careers in all relevant areas and to facilitate and to provide training and opportunities for professional development wherever possible.

In the United Kingdom, which is the main geographical area of IPEM's activities, the majority of career opportunities are in the National Health Service, although there are also opportunities in private sector healthcare, in healthcare industries and in teaching and research.  IPEM aims to improve the provision of quality careers information in all these areas, directly through these pages and by links to external websites.  It will, however, take time to develop the careers pages on the menu items in the drop-down menu bar under this menu item.

The Training of Clinical Scientists and Clinical Technologists to work in medical physics and clinical engineering is a critical activity for the National Health Service, and IPEM has played a significant role over many years in the organisation of this training, and the development and maintenance of standards of competence, first for Medical Physicists and Clinical Engineers, and now for Clinical Technologists.

The drop-down menu item for Training in Clinical Science leads to articles about the NHS Clinical Science Training Scheme, how the Institute organises Clinical Science Training in Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, IPEM Accreditation of Training Centres and IPEM Accreditation of MSc Courses relevant to this training.

The drop-down menu item for Training in Clinical Technology leads to articles that describe the Institute's Training Scheme for Clinical Technologists, Routes of Entry, IPEM Accreditation of Training Centres for Clinical Technologist training and IPEM Accreditation of BSc Courses in Clinical Technology that are relevant to this training.

Registration by the Health Professions Council is now a necessity for Clinical Scientists and is likely to be for Clinical Technologists, if the application by the Voluntary Register for Clinical Technologists is successful.  Such registration takes place when set standards of competence have been demonstrated and it is the aim of the training scheme for Clinical Scientist training in medical physics or clinical engineering and the training scheme for Clinical Technologists to allow the trainees to develop the necessary levels of competence.  The drop-down menu items under Registration lead to articles that give the current arrangements regarding registration in both cases.

Professional Development, strictly speaking, is all professional development activity following full-time education, including what IPEM terms "pre-registration training" for those working in the NHS.  The Engineering Council UK refers to this phase of engineering training as "Initial Professional Development".  Here, the drop-down menu item for Professional Development leads to articles which relate solely to professional development after the initial professional development or the pre-registration phase of one's career.