Healthcare Professions Support - HNC

Gateshead College

Are you looking for a professional career in the health sector? Are you already employed in the health sector and eager for professional promotion? Then our HTQ course in Healthcare Professions is ideal for you.Our Higher Technical Qualifications or HTQs are co-designed with employers to address an increasing need for high quality professional and technical education pathways. So, you not only get the knowledge you need to apply, or progress, but also the skills employers want in only 12 months.The course aims to:Give you the practical, interpersonal and thinking skills that algin with the latest professional standards.Offer a range of learning opportunities such as group projects, supervised placements and the creation of a practice-basede development portfolio.Provide extensive work-based learning, allowing you to put your theoretical knowledge into working practice.The Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) – Level 4 HNC in Healthcare Professions Support for England is equivalent to one year of a degree.The total qualification time for the Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Healthcare Professions’ Support for England includes a minimum requirement of 225 hours’ work placement or experience in healthcare settings. The mandatory elements of work placement/experience are as follows: Minimum number of placements: 1Minimum number of hours in each placement: 75 (225 in total but a minimum of 75 in each placement)Settings: Any health or health-related social care setting providing direct healthcare to service users.

Health Care and Social Sciences