The Ministry for Health consists of around 8,000 public service employees ranging from professional, technical, managerial, support staff and clerical categories amongst others. Since the Ministry for Health provides a public health service to society, the majority of the workforce is made up of various healthcare professionals and para-professional staff, who offer a multi-disciplinary service to the general public.

Each healthcare profession is covered by a sectoral agreement which offers the opportunity of a career progression in a structured manner and pay packages related to the specific profession.​

These categories include:

Allied Health Professionals​
Allied Assistants
Dental Class
Dental Surgery Assistants
Decontamination Technicians
Electrocardiography Technicians
Emergency Ambulance Responders
Environmental Health Officers
Medical Class
Medical Physics Class
Nursing & Midwifery Class
Pharmacy Class
Pharmacy Technicians
Phlebotomy Technicians
Psychology Class
Scientific Class
Social Work Class