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    CertHE Healthcare Practice

    Start Date: 12th September 2022

    Newcastle College Childcare 8
    • Length 1 year
    • Study Full-Time
    • Location Rye Hill Campus

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    CertHe Healthcare Practice (awarded by NCG)

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    The CertHE Healthcare Practice is your stepping stone to a nursing degree.

    Learning in a simulated hospital environment, this vocational healthcare degree will give you the foundation clinical and nursing skills to progress into further nursing studies, and will have access to industry experience from the qualified nurses that teach the degree. You will also study topics such as psychology, sociology and safeguarding, giving you the foundation knowledge to nursing.

    This healthcare course, which has been validated by health professionals, will include NHS guest speakers and NHS skills through training. The course has been validated by health professionals. 

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    What can I do with a qualification in Healthcare?

    Nurses Care Workers and Home Carers Senior Care Workers Dental 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.

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    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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    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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    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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