Careers

165 years of pioneering innovation requires a relentless focus on what’s next.
We’re focused on you. You’re what’s next.

Careers with purpose

Work that inspires you, changes patients’ lives.

As a portfolio medical technology business, we’re focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue. We exist to restore people’s bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living.

When you join our team, your work brings new purpose to each day. It’s a devotion to caring. A collaboration of all the best ideas. The courage to transform a vision into reality. When you are at your best, a patient’s world changes for the better.

Our culture

We believe that it’s our culture - of care, courage and collaboration - that really sets us apart.

DEVELOPING YOU

Setting you up for success, at every level

Are you simply being pushed? Or given the freedom to stretch and grow?

Careers

SUPPORTING YOU

Your wellbeing. Our priority.

Wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do. You matter and we want to help you live a Life Unlimited, which is why we've developed a comprehensive reward programme. Built around wellbeing, for our employees and their families, it's designed to help you feel good, think great and live better.

Your local Talent Acquisition team will share full details of your reward package during the recruitment process.

Flexible working arrangements are subject to local labour laws and the requirements of each role.

Inclusion and belonging

At Smith+Nephew, we strive to create a culture of belonging where all employees can bring their full selves and best ideas. We are committed to creating a psychologically safe environment that fosters innovation, delivers business success and strengthens engagement and personal fulfilment.

Employee Inclusion Groups (EIGs) support our commitment to inclusion and belonging. EIGs are voluntary, employee-led groups that foster an inclusive and equitable workplace and provide a network for employees to engage and collaborate.

OUR WORK, YOUR OPPORTUNITY

What we do

With colleagues based in 100 countries, a world of opportunity, possibilities and career mobility awaits.

Our leading-edge technologies help healthcare professionals to support their patients back to health and mobility.

If you want to drive to make a difference, if you want to train to be your best, if you want to join the field of medical innovation, explore our career opportunities. It could be part of your Life Unlimited.

Our departments

Sales & Marketing

Driven by a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of patients, our Sales, Marketing and Medical Education teams believe in our products and their potential to help patients to live a Life Unlimited.

Whether you join our Sales or Marketing teams, you will be empowered to build strong relationships and specialise in innovative product areas, helping to bring our story to life.

Every year we provide tens of thousands of surgeons and nurses with opportunities to evaluate the latest evidence, learn innovative surgical techniques and practice the effective use of our products through our medical education programmes. As a member of our Medical Education team, you will be at the centre of bringing our programmes to life in world-class training facilities.

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

We take great pride in our manufacturing expertise, ensuring precision in every stage of the manufacturing process.

As a member of our Manufacturing team, you will generate the exact components needed to assemble medical devices, endeavouring to guarantee that patients have access to the safe and effective treatments they require.

Our global Supply Chain function is wide-ranging and pivotal to the success of our business. From demand planning and sourcing, to distribution and customer care, you will be ensuring that the right products are delivered to the right customers, at the right time.

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs

When it comes to our products, we ensure we are delivering the best in quality. This means meeting the highest standards of safety and efficacy.

As a member of our Quality Assurance team, you will establish and enforce these standards and protocols for all stages of product development, manufacturing and distribution, to guarantee that our devices meet regulatory requirements and industry standards.

In Regulatory Affairs, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our devices meet all legal and quality standards, allowing them to be marketed and distributed to healthcare professionals and patients with confidence.

Research, Engineering & Innovation

Innovation is at the heart of Smith+Nephew. From initial concept to prototyping and product development, our Research and Development teams work to create technologies that address real-world problems and support patient wellbeing.

Whether you are a Research Scientist, Product Development Engineer or a Clinical and Medical Affairs Specialist, your technical knowledge and expertise will help us to take the limits off living for even more patients around the world.

Corporate functions

Finance, HR, IT, Legal services, Compliance, Facilities or Business Development. When you join us in one of our corporate functions, you will be working at the centre of our business, ensuring that we are best positioned to deliver our purpose of Life Unlimited, ethically, securely and sustainably.

Our stories

External Recognition + Memberships

Recruitment Fraud Warning

It has come to our attention that candidates have been contacted through job sites such as Indeed and Career Builder, by people impersonating Smith+Nephew recruiters.

Please note that we will only ever contact you through an email address from the domain @smith-nephew.com and we do not interview via apps such as Trillian or Ring Central.

If you are concerned by any correspondence you receive claiming to be from Smith+Nephew, please contact us via our Speak Up Line.

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