Summary of Qualification/Training:
Care Certificate – Anybody moving into a Health Care Assistant Role should complete the Care Certificate – please see the General Practice Learning & Development Portfolio for details of how to access this.
Health Care Assistant Fundamentals – Completion of the Health Care Assistant Fundamentals (2 day course plus competency sign off in the practice) would be beneficial.
Clinical Study Days – a range of clinical study sessions are available on a regular basis such as blood pressure monitoring and ECG. These can be accessed as required. Details are in the Portfolio.
Functional Skills – HCAs who are looking to develop their skills further and who do not already have a level 2 qualification in maths and English should consider undertaking a functional skills course as this will then enable them to access Nurse Associate and Registered Nurse programmes, again details are in the Portfolio.
Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care – this can be completed at level 2 or level 3. Please see the ‘Apprenticeships’ page (which is in this section of the Practice Hub) for more information. It is usually necessary for anybody undertaking the apprenticeship to work a minimum of 30 hours per week. Some providers will allow those working less hours to complete an apprenticeship but it will take longer than 18 months. Please click here for the Frequently Asked Questions Document for the Senior Health Care Worker Apprenticeship.
There is currently an opportunity for backfill to be made available for one day per week for completion of the Level 3 Senior Health Care Worker Apprenticeship. If interested please complete this expressions of interest form –Expression of Interest Form. For more information please contact Alison.Greensmith@nhs.net or Maria Murphy – mmurphy@nhs.net.
Greater Manchester Health Care Support Worker Foundation Programme
Free accredited clinical training combined with dedicated and experienced clinical support. For all staff working in a General Practice or Primary Care Network. For further information please here.
Cost:
The majority of the training available is free for all those working in Stockport General Practice.