T Level in Health - Supporting Healthcare: Supporting the Adult Nursing Team

Course Overview

In your first year you will study a range of core competencies covering the core principles of what is required to become a practitioner within Health and Social Care. In your second year you will study and gain specific core competencies in Adult Nursing.

You will be assessed though exams, employer set projects, controlled assessments and practical skill tests. As part of achieving the overall T Level programme you will complete a substantial industry placement with an external employer, a minimum of 315 hours industry placement.

Course Requirements

5 GCSE’s at grade 4 or above including maths, English Language and Science.

What you will Learn

Equivalent to three A Levels, this T Level specialises in the area of Adult Nursing where you will also benefit from a a large industry placement working with an employer within the adult nursing sector. This opportunity will complement your areas of study which will include:

• A general understanding of Health

• Working within the Health sector

• Health, safety and environmental regulations

• Managing information and data

• Principles of good scientific and clinical practice

• Core science concepts.

Assessment

• Exams

• Employer Set Projects – a title released by the exam board with a controlled assessment over 14.5 hours

• Controlled Assessments

• Practical Skills Tests

Progression

• Successful completion of this course can lead to progression into higher level study, an apprenticeship or employment in the Health sector.

Career Options

• Adult nursing

• Healthcare support worker in a health setting

• Senior healthcare support worker in a health setting

• Emergency care assistant

• Maternity support worker

Mandatory Units

• The first year you will study 2 main components.

Concept A

• Working within the health and science sector

• Health, safety and environmental regulations in the health and science sector

• Managing information and data within the health and science sector

• Good scientific and clinical practice

• Core science concepts

• The healthcare sector

• Providing person centred care

• Health and wellbeing

• Further science concepts

• Health and safety regulations applicable in the healthcare sector

• Infection prevention and control in health specific settings

• Managing personal information

Concept B – Core science concepts and further science concepts in health
Year 2

• Supporting the Adult nursing team

• PO1 – Assisting the adult nursing team with clinical skills

• PO2 – supporting individuals to meet activities of daily living

• PO3 – Assist in skin integrity assessment and with the care and treatment of skin conditions