Healthcare Support (QQI Level 5 Certificate)
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Have you thought about a career within the healthcare sector?
Health Care Assistants work in many different areas of the healthcare sector including;
Hospitals (general care on hospital wards)
Accident & Emergency
Pediatrics (children from 1 – 18 years old)
Maternity Care (maternity care assistants)
Nursing Homes (care for the elderly)
Homecare (caring for the elderly, pediatric and intellectual disability service users)
Intellectual Disabilities
General HSE staff.
Our healthcare support course is designed to equip learners with the skills, knowledge, and competence necessary to enter into a variety of support roles within the healthcare sector or progress to a related course in a higher education institute. Many people start life as a HCA before deciding to move onto nursing or maternity care. It is a qualification that is very highly regarded.
This award requires the following modules to be taken:
Care Skills
Human Growth and Development
Care Support
Social Studies
Safety and Health at Work
Work Experience
Communications
Care of the Older Person