Acupuncturist : Employers and vacancy sources

Acupuncture is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Over the past 20 years, there has been a significant rise in the number of acupuncturists registered with the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) .

The vast majority of acupuncturists are self-employed and work from their own home or premises and/or visit patients' homes. There are some who work at private multidisciplinary complementary healthcare or medical centres where they may rent a treatment room. A few companies, keen to enhance their employees' potential, hire acupuncturists to treat their staff.

Although still quite rare, opportunities for part-time work through the NHS (see NHS Careers ) or through general practitioner (GP) practices are increasing, in areas such as:

• pain management;
• oncology;
• antenatal care.

Limited part-time work may be available in hospices.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Job is Job - Acupuncture Jobs  - search engine listing acupuncture jobs.
• NHS Careers  
• The On Board Spa Company  - information about acupuncturist careers on cruise ships.
• Simply Hired - Acupuncture Jobs  - search engine listing acupuncture jobs.

Since acupuncturists are generally self-employed, vacancy adverts are limited.

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