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Senior Healthcare Support WorkerApproved3YesSenior Healthcare Support Worker
This apprenticeship standard is approved for delivery
Senior Healthcare Support Workers help registered practitioners deliver healthcare services to people. As an experienced support worker, you carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. You provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence. You may work in a range of services eg hospital, community, health or day case unit, birth centre or midwifery led unit, someone’s home, operating theatre, nursing or care home, assessment centre, hospice, school, prison, GP surgery, charity, working in partnership with individuals, families, carers and other service providers.
Options: adult nursing support, mental health support, maternity support, theatre support, children and young people support and allied health profession therapy support. Additional potential option for ambulance support is in development.
Route: Health and Science
Funding £ (Max): 5,000
Reference: ST0217
Typical length: 18-24 months
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Level 3
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Status: Approved
- Proposal Approved
- Standard Approved
- EPA Plan Approved
- Funding Band Assigned
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Midwife (Degree)Approved6YesMidwife (Degree)
This apprenticeship standard is approved for delivery
A midwife is the first and main contact for a woman, her partner and family, recognised as a responsible and accountable professional, the midwife acts as an advocate for the woman, working in partnership with her and giving the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Midwives are lead co-ordinators of care as well as the first point of contact for a woman, her baby and family. They offer support, care and advice and are responsible for facilitating births and providing care for the newborn. Midwives are experts in normal physiological birth and in supporting the woman through all birth outcomes.
Route: Health and Science
Funding £ (Max): 27,000
Reference: ST0794
Typical length: 48 months
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Skills for Health is facilitating this Trailblazer.
Level: 6
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Status: Approved
- Proposal Approved
- Standard Approved
- EPA Plan Approved
- Funding Band Assigned
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Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Degree)Approved7YesAdvanced Clinical Practitioner (Degree)
This apprenticeship standard is approved for delivery
Advanced Clinical Practitioners are experienced clinicians who demonstrate expertise in their scope of practice. Advanced Clinical Practitioners manage defined episodes of clinical care independently, from beginning to end, providing care and treatment from the time an individual first presents through to the end of the episode, which may include admission, referral or discharge or care at home. They carry out their full range of duties in relation to individuals’ physical and mental healthcare and in acute, primary, urgent and emergency settings (including hospitals, general practice, individuals’ homes, schools and prisons, and in the public, independent, private and charity sectors). They combine expert clinical skills with research, education and clinical leadership within their scope of practice. Advanced Clinical Practitioners work innovatively on a one to one basis with individuals as well as part of a wider team. They work as part of the wider health and social care team and across traditional professional boundaries in health and social care.
Route: Health and Science
Funding £ (Max): 12,000
Reference: ST0564
Typical length: 36 months
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Level 7
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- News/updates
- Organisations involved
- Proposal submitted (anonymised version)
- Advanced Clinical Practice in England – Final report
Status: Approved
- Proposal Approved
- Standard Approved
- EPA Plan Approved
- Funding Band Assigned
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Assistant Practitioner (Health)Approved5YesAssistant Practitioner (Health)
This apprenticeship standard is approved for delivery
Assistant Practitioners work as part of the wider health and social care team and have direct contact with patients, service users or clients providing high quality and compassionate care. Assistant Practitioners work at a level above that of Healthcare Support Workers and have a more in-depth understanding about factors that influence health and ill-health (e.g. anatomy and physiology). Assistant Practitioner is a job title applied to a very wide variety of roles that have been developed locally by employers to meet individual service need. Upon successful completion of this standard, individuals will have obtained the core skills, knowledge and values/behaviours to become an Assistant Practitioner.
Route: Health and Science
Funding £ (Max): 12,000
Reference: ST0215
Typical length: 18-24 months
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Level 5
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- Organisations involved
- Care Certificate information
- Self-declarers
- Self-declaration form
- Provider Readiness Report
- Employer Brief
- FAQs for EPAOs
Status: Approved
- Proposal Approved
- Standard Approved
- EPA Plan Approved
- Funding Band Assigned
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Healthcare Support WorkerApproved2YesHealthcare Support Worker
This apprenticeship standard is approved for delivery
Healthcare support workers (HCSWs) work as part of a team providing high quality and compassionate care to individuals. You will carry out well-defined routine clinical duties like monitoring an individual’s conditions (by checking things like blood pressure, temperature or weight), checking on their overall progress, comfort and wellbeing. Depending on where you work, you may also help them to eat, drink, wash, dress or go to the toilet. You will prepare individuals for healthcare activities carried out by other members of the healthcare team, looking after them before, during and/or after those activities in line with their care plan. You will also carry out non-clinical duties and, depending on where you work, this could include things like keeping records, making beds, tidying up your work area, returning or cleaning the equipment used during a clinical activity. You will be able to address straightforward problems in your day to day work, reporting concerns and changes to the appropriate person in a timely manner. HCSWs work in a range of healthcare settings and your team may include workers from both health and social care. You will report to a registered healthcare practitioner who will directly or indirectly supervise your work.
Route: Health and Science
Funding £ (Max): 3,000
Reference: ST0216
Typical length: 12-18 months
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Level 2
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Status: Approved
- Proposal Approved
- Standard Approved
- EPA Plan Approved
- Funding Band Assigned