Be part of a team of health professionals empowered to deliver high-quality patient-centred care. Develop or extend your skills to become an Assistant Practitioner within our local area and earn your FdSc degree!
Are you ready to pursue a rewarding healthcare career while staying local? The Assistant Practitioner Health Foundation Degree programme is your pathway to success. Local healthcare employers demand a flexible, critically aware, and highly trained workforce capable of thriving in a constantly evolving sector. This program, developed in partnership with local employers, equips you with the skills and practical experience necessary to meet these demands through both simulated and real-world healthcare environments.
As an assistant practitioner, you will work across the NHS in various settings, often independently and under the direct supervision of healthcare professionals such as nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists, and dietitians. You will be an integral part of a larger healthcare team, engaging directly with patients, service users, and clients in hospitals and community settings. This program emphasises person-centred care, enabling you to understand and address the diverse needs of individuals while becoming a reflective practitioner. You will complete rigorous theoretical and competency-based coursework, along with 770 hours (approximately 20 weeks) of required placements in the local healthcare industry over the two-year programme. Once qualified and employed, you will execute established procedures, seek guidance from professionals as needed, and may mentor healthcare assistants, trainee assistant practitioners, and student nurses.
In this programme, you will embody the core values and behaviours of the NHS while mastering knowledge related to the prevention of physical and mental health and illness, tailored to the specific requirements of your care setting. You will engage with the most current evidence-based practices and guidelines to ensure you are fully equipped to provide exemplary care. Access to two well-equipped ward areas, featuring specialised tools such as interactive mannequins, moving and handling equipment, instruments for checking vital signs, artificial wounds, and artificial skin for injections, will enhance your learning experience. All practical skills will be firmly rooted in theory and research, fostering your critical thinking abilities and reflective practice. With this comprehensive education, you will emerge ready to deliver high-quality healthcare with confidence.
The assistant practitioner qualification is also a gateway to further training at Level 5 or 6 to become a registered healthcare professional, such as a nurse, paramedic, radiographer, and more. Currently, in the NHS, an assistant practitioner is usually paid at Band 4. You will usually work standard hours of around 37.5 a week and may work shifts, which could include nights, early starts, evenings, and weekends.
To achieve the HTQ status, both level 4 and level 5 pathways must be completed.
This Higher Technical Qualification is approved against occupational standards decided by employers.
Learn more about Higher Technical QualificationsLevel 4
Preparing for Professional Practice - Health
Introducing Clinical Skills
Research and Study Skills
Developing Clinical Skills
Anatomy and Physiology
Counselling Skills and Communication
Introduction to Mental Health
Level 5
Developing Practice Skills - Health
Advancing Skills and Medicine Management
Psychology within a Healthcare Setting
Health Promotion and Wellbeing
Contemporary Issues in Health
Understanding Pain
Child and Adolescence Health and Development
Assessment methods consist of essays, reports, case studies, reflections, group and individual presentations, practical skills demonstrations and (CAP) Continual Assessment of Practice documents to NMC standards of competencies.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
Standard offer
Applicants will require 80 UCAS points, or 60 Access-to-HE Credits (of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3). Applicants are required to hold English and Maths GCSE (or equivalent) at grade C/4. This must be achieved prior to the start of the course.
Non-standard offer
Non-standard entry is intended to support students who may not meet the standard academic entry requirements of a HE programme, normally level 3 qualifications which attract UCAS points (for instance A-levels or BTEC level 3 courses). An applicant must be able to demonstrate recent work/experience in the relevant sector which would give them skills and knowledge comparable to applicants with Level 3 qualifications.
Consideration will be given to those applicants with relevant experience within the health and care sector. All such applicants will be set an appropriate piece of work of a 1500-word essay and a judgement made considering their academic potential and relevant experience and motivation.
Students will still be required to have GCSE/level 2 Maths and English pass grade C/4 or above.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £8500 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Accommodation costs are £85-105 per week.
Email:infocent@grimsby.ac.uk
Phone:0800 315 002
Email:headmissions@grimsby.ac.uk
Phone:0800 328 3631
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Grimsby
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At TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges)
