Pathways into Compassionate Care: Healthcare Support Apprenticeships
Healthcare Support Worker:
The healthcare support worker apprenticeship will develop apprentices who are new to healthcare to be able to provide compassionate care to individuals. They will learn how to carry out well-defined routine clinical duties like monitoring an individual’s conditions (by checking things like blood pressure, temperature or weight), checking on their overall progress, comfort and wellbeing.
This programme is a hybrid one with on and off-the job learning. Monthly workshops will deliver the knowledge which will then be assessed in practice in the workplace. The education coach will deliver theoretical learning then conduct observations of practice to ensure competency. Apprentices will build a portfolio of evidence.
The apprentice must complete the15 standards as set out in the Care Certificate which is part of the programme unless already covered as part of workplace practices.
Senior Healthcare Support Worker:
The apprenticeship standard provides the apprentice with a high level of skills, knowledge, values, and behaviours that are required of the senior healthcare support worker. On completion of this apprenticeship the apprentice will become competent to fulfil the role as a Senior Healthcare Support Worker.
Specialist pathways are followed for this apprenticeship, designed to ensure competence across a variety of disciplines. Available pathways are Adult Nursing, Maternity, Mental Health, Children and Young People, Allied Health Professional, Theatre and Diagnostic Imaging.
This programme is a hybrid one with on and off-the job learning. Monthly workshops will deliver the knowledge which will then be assessed in practice in the workplace. The education coach will deliver theoretical learning then conduct observations of practice to ensure competency. Apprentices will build a portfolio of evidence.
The apprentice must complete the15 standards as set out in the Care Certificate which is part of the programme unless already covered as part of workplace practices.
For more information and how to apply please contact: bhrut.apprenticeships@nhs.net