Assistant Practitioner (Health) - Higher Apprenticeship - FdSc

What's covered in the course?

The Cert HE/FdSc Health and Social Care are full-time apprenticeships delivered at the City South campus, and have been carefully designed to provide the skills you and your current or future employer need.

Expert teaching staff in our School of Nursing and Midwifery and School of Health Sciences provide the guidance needed to make sure you secure the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviours that will advance your career.

The course equips successful candidates for a range of roles in health or social care settings, local authorities, the voluntary sector and private care settings.

In undertaking this course you will explore and develop clinical skills, compassionate care delivery, responsibility and accountability, infection control, confidentiality, consent, and many more.

The course offers an introduction to anatomy and physiology, and examines social, psychological and cultural influences relevant to your area of work. Pathway specific modules will enable you to undertake more in-depth study in an area relevant to your role, practice and service user group