CertHE Healthcare Practice

Start Date: 8th September 2025

Length 1 year
Study Full-Time
Location Rye Hill Campus

Qualification Gained

CertHE Healthcare Practice (awarded by NCG)

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The CertHE Healthcare Practice is your first step towards studying a nursing degree. Learning in a simulated hospital environment, this vocational healthcare degree will give you the foundation clinical skills to progress into further studies, and you will benefit from the industry experience of the qualified nurses who teach the degree. You will also study topics such as psychology, sociology and safeguarding, giving you a foundation knowledge in nursing. The course has been validated by health professionals.

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Dawda Sarjo

FdSc Healthcare Practice

"My base of specialist knowledge and skills have grown significantly while I've studied at Newcastle College University Centre, so I know that when I enter the nursing field, I'll be able to put what I know straight into practice to help people. Thanks to my tutors, my career destination is within reach."

Xania Prentice

BSc (Hons) Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication (Top-Up)

"As an older student, learning as a beginner meant I was able to bring all my life experience onto this course. I've studied modules ranging from trauma to gender to bereavement, and all of it fascinated me. But to me, this course wasn't just about qualifying in psychology - I've found my calling here, by discovering how people work and figuring out how I could help them."

Daily tasks:

Delivers lectures and other forms of formal training relating to nursing practice.
Plans, manages, provides and evaluates nursing care services for patients, supervises the implementation of nursing care plans.
Advises on nursing care, disease prevention, nutrition, etc. and liaises with hospital board/ management on issues concerning nursing policy.
Plans duty rotas and organises and directs the work and training of ward and theatre nursing staff.
Participates in the preparation for physical and psychological treatment of mentally ill patients.
Monitors patient.
Manages own case load.
Assists medical doctors and works with other healthcare professionals to deal with emergencies and pre-planned treatment of patients.

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Median Salary

£37,835 View more

Daily tasks:

Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
Monitors service users.
Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
Generally assists with service users.
Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, and assists with feeding if required.
Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.

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Median Salary

£19,742 View more

Daily tasks:

Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
Monitors service users.
Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
Generally assists with service users.
Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, assists with feeding if required.
Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.
Responds to emergencies and provides guidance and support to care workers.
Takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty.

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Median Salary

£20,401 View more

Daily tasks:

Maintains records, processes and mounts x-ray films and undertakes reception duties.
Removes water and saliva from patient.
Assists with minor treatment, such as preparing materials for fillings.
Hands required equipment and medication to dentist during examination.
Prepares and sterilises instruments and follows guidelines to maintain sterile conditions within the surgery.
Prepares patient for examination.

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Median Salary

£21,303 View more

Nurses

Daily tasks:

Delivers lectures and other forms of formal training relating to nursing practice.
Plans, manages, provides and evaluates nursing care services for patients, supervises the implementation of nursing care plans.
Advises on nursing care, disease prevention, nutrition, etc. and liaises with hospital board/ management on issues concerning nursing policy.
Plans duty rotas and organises and directs the work and training of ward and theatre nursing staff.
Participates in the preparation for physical and psychological treatment of mentally ill patients.
Monitors patient.
Manages own case load.
Assists medical doctors and works with other healthcare professionals to deal with emergencies and pre-planned treatment of patients.

Median Salary

£37,835 View more

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Care Workers and Home Carers

Daily tasks:

Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
Monitors service users.
Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
Generally assists with service users.
Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, and assists with feeding if required.
Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.

Median Salary

£19,742 View more

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Senior Care Workers

Daily tasks:

Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
Monitors service users.
Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
Generally assists with service users.
Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, assists with feeding if required.
Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.
Responds to emergencies and provides guidance and support to care workers.
Takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty.

Median Salary

£20,401 View more

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Dental Nurses

Daily tasks:

Maintains records, processes and mounts x-ray films and undertakes reception duties.
Removes water and saliva from patient.
Assists with minor treatment, such as preparing materials for fillings.
Hands required equipment and medication to dentist during examination.
Prepares and sterilises instruments and follows guidelines to maintain sterile conditions within the surgery.
Prepares patient for examination.

Median Salary

£21,303 View more

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