Course Summary
The objectives of this qualification are to equip students with:
• the core knowledge and core skills relevant to health
• up to date occupational knowledge and skills that have continued currency amongst employers and others
• the necessary English, mathematics and digital skills
• threshold competence that meets employer expectations and is as close to full occupational competence as possible – in the case of Dental Nursing, students are required to achieve safe beginner status
• opportunities to manage and improve their own performance
Course Content
Core component:
- Working within the health and science sector
- The healthcare sector
-Health, safety and environmental regulations in the health and science sector
-Health and safety regulations applicable in the healthcare sector
-Managing information and data within the health and science sector
-Managing personal information
- Good scientific and clinical practice
- Providing person-centred care
-Health and wellbeing
- Infection prevention and control in health specific settings
- Safeguarding
Course Assessment
This is an exam based qualification
Materials
Uniform, Pens, paper, IT equipment
Progression
Students who achieve this qualification could progress to the following, depending on their chosen occupational specialism:
• employment:
o dental nurse
o ambulance support worker
o healthcare support worker in a health setting
o senior healthcare support worker in a health setting
• higher education
• apprenticeship (progression onto lower level apprenticeships may also be possible in some circumstances, if the content is sufficiently different)
Entry Requirements
This qualification is designed for post-16 students
Students will need to have GCSE maths, english and science at grade 5 and two other GCSE at a grade 4
