Assistant Health and Social Care Practitioner, FdS
Bachelor's degree
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Bachelor's degree
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Duration
2 Years
This programme prepares students to meet workforce needs as Band 4 Assistant Practitioners in health or social care within the NHS. It is aimed at those who are already working in the NHS as Assistant Practitioners or who have been identified by their employer as having the potential to work as an Assistant Practitioner. The programme offers a practice-led and competency–based curriculum in which a strong emphasis on work based learning will facilitate and enhance a student's learning, complementing and consolidating the theoretical components of the programme. Work based learning provides Assistant Healthcare Practitioner identity throughout the programme and offers students the opportunities to achieve and demonstrate the programme's learning outcomes, skills and practice learning outcomes necessary to work as an Assistant Practitioner. Skills you'll develop To provide flexibility, knowledge, skills and motivation as a basis for future studies and career development. To enhance students' lifelong working skills and continuing professional development and contribute to children services. To develop a range of graduate transferable skills at appropriate levels.. Outcomes To develop the skills and knowledge to plan, implement and evaluate the immediate and ongoing care needs of clients/patients. To have an awareness of research and be able to appraise own practice and that of the service to ensure quality of care. To develop the skills of self-appraisal, be able to identify areas for personal and professional development and support the training and development needs of colleagues..
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Applicants should have:80 UCAS points from an A-Level or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above or be able to demonstrate their ability to work at that level.. Students must be in employment with a NHS Trust which has agreed to support the student throughout the programme.. Applicants with alternative qualifications such as NVQ level 3 in Caring PLUS GCSE grade A - C in English Language or equivalent. OR Access to Higher Education Diploma - 45 credits at level 3 plus 15 credits at either level 2 or
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Subjects
- Health and Social Care
- Healthcare
- NHS Training
- Health
- Healthy Eating
- Health Visitor
- Health nursing
- Health Care
- Health Management
Course programme
Year 1
- Introduction to Concepts and Theories of Health (15 credits)
- Introduction to Healthcare Skills (30 credits)
- Assistant Healthcare Practitioner: An Introduction (30 credits)
- Assistant Healthcare Practitioner: Work Based Learning 1 (30 credits)
- Academic and Personal Development (15 credits)
Year 2
- Information Technology Skills for Health and Social Care (15 credits)
- Healthcare Skills (30 credits)
- Transition to Assistant Healthcare Practitioner (30 credits)
- Assistant Healthcare Practitioner: Work Based Learning 2 (30 credits)
- Introduction to the Research Process (15 credits)
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Assistant Health and Social Care Practitioner, FdS