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Clinical Healthcare Apprenticeships within General Practice Do you want to make a difference? Clinical Healthcare Apprenticeships in General Practice Healthcare Assistants Many more school leavers are using healthcare assistant apprenticeships as a route into a caring career. Healthcare assistants work in hospitals or community settings, such as GP surgeries, under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional. Working life Healthcare assistants (HCA) have a lot of direct contact with patients and work under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional, usually a nurse. Sometimes staff working in HCA roles are known as nursing assistants, nursing auxiliaries or clinical healthcare support workers The work varies depending on where you’re based. In a health centre or general practice (GP) surgery, you will be asked to: Take blood samples Undertake physiological measurements such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight Complete new patient checks and screen for medical conditions Sterilise equipment Do health checks Restock consulting rooms Test patient samples such as urine Do health promotion or health education work Undertake simple dressings Support and prepare patients for and during procedures Skills and personal characteristics needed To be an HCA, you’ll need to be: Caring and kind Cheerful and friendly Willing to be hands-on with patients Willing to do personal care tasks (e.g. washing, toileting) Able to follow instructions and procedures Able to work as part of a team but use your own initiative You’ll also need: Communication skills, including listening Organisational skills Observational skills Attention to detail and accuracy To understand person centred care To be committed to ongoing development and training Everyone who works in the NHS, whether clinical or non-clinical contributes to improving patient care. Why not see if you’d be suited to a career in a nursing team by taking this quiz? 2 Clinical Healthcare Apprenticeships in General Practice Once you have finished your training you will sometimes be expected to work on your own and will need to be confident meeting and working with patients. How? Opportunities are available across Yorkshire and the Humber to train to become an HCA in general practice. You will be paid (at least the National Minimum Wage for your age, higher than the apprenticeship wage) while you work and study and won’t have to pay for any of your training. You will need a pass at a minimum of Level 1 in the apprenticeship literacy and numeracy test, along with basic computer experience. GCSE A* - E in maths and English (or equivalent) and GCSEs in science or health and social rare related subjects are desirable but not essential. Most important are your values and personality traits, and willingness to undertake all the training provided. The training will take 15-18 months. At this point you will be a fully competent HCA and can either stay at the practice where you trained or get a job at another. Training and development Why is this a good opportunity? Your training as a healthcare assistant will include: This scheme provides an excellent opportunity to get into the NHS, one of the world’s largest employers. Later on in your career you may decide to step up and train to be a registered nurse, or go into other healthcare roles. There will be lots of chances to undertake further training and development. You will also earn a higher salary than many other apprenticeships attract, and will get to experience a rewarding and varied job, helping patients every day. Level 3 QCF Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support This is the main apprenticeship qualification. You will learn together with other HCAs and also whilst working in your own practice. Examples of what you will study include communication, infection control, health and safety and equality and diversity. Other skills Interested and want to find out more? You will also take on some additional training to enable you to support the rest of your team at the practice. This will mainly be in clinical skills such as taking blood from patients, emergency first aid and wound care. Contact Details Sharon Simister Project Co-ordinator Health Education England in Yorkshire and the Humber [email protected] You will be fully supported in all this training by your colleagues at your practice and tutors from your local college. National Apprenticeship Service http://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/ Is this right for me? Health Careers https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/ You should think carefully about whether you would enjoy a healthcare support role. Providing care to patients can be tough, but is an incredibly rewarding career. Your training will be busy and sometimes challenging but interesting and varied too. Step into the NHS http://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/ 3