Healthcare Professions' Support

Begin Your Healthcare Career with Newham College's HNC and HND in Healthcare Professions’ Support!

Join us to navigate the dynamic UK healthcare sector and become a sought-after healthcare support professional.

Welcome to your path to success in the heart of the UK’s healthcare sector! Our Higher Nationals in Healthcare Professions’ Support are your key to becoming a skilled professional in this dynamic sector. Join us for a transformative journey tailored for your success!

• Specialised UK Healthcare Skills: Acquire the skills, knowledge, and understanding needed to excel in the UK’s health and social care sector.

• Cultural Competence: Develop insights into culturally diverse organisations within the UK, addressing cross-cultural issues and values crucial for effective healthcare practice.

• Insight into UK Healthcare: Understand the diverse roles within the UK healthcare sector, emphasising the importance of collaboration at all levels.

• Academic and Professional Growth: Progress in the UK healthcare system, gaining the skills and attributes essential for a successful career.

• Specialised Knowledge: Customise your learning with optional units, focusing on areas such as health psychology, managing quality in care environments, nursing principles, and more.

• Level 4/5 Achievement: Master healthcare principles, evaluation skills, and qualities necessary for effective decision-making in your chosen UK healthcare field..

Content
The purpose of the programme is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals who can meet the demands of employers in the rapidly evolving Healthcare sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualification also aims to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.

The overall aims of the programme are to:

• Provide a thorough grounding in healthcare principles at Level 4, which leads the student to the progression pathway at Level 5 relating to individual professions within the healthcare sector.

• Equip individuals with the essential qualities of a healthcare professional, including integrity, principles and values as they apply to a range of roles and responsibilities within the healthcare sector.

• Enable progression to a higher-level study such as a university degree by supporting the development of academic study skills and the selection of appropriate units for study at Level 5.

• Enable progression to further professional qualifications in specific healthcare disciplines by mapping the units studied to the requirements of the Professional Bodies applicable to that discipline.

Assessment

• Written assignments including essays, projects, and reports

• Demonstrating practical and professional skills

• Completion of placement portfolio

HNC ( Year 1) Curriculum
7 Core Mandatory Units:

• Law, Policy and Ethical Practice

• Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in Health and Social Care Practice

• Supporting the Individual Journey through Integrated Health and Social Care

• Fundamentals of Evidence-based Practice

• Principles of Health Education

• Effective Healthcare Practice Using Maths

• Applied Anatomy and Physiology

HND (Year 2) Curriculum
6 Core Mandatory Units:

• Innovation and Improvement through Participatory Action Research

• Reflective Approaches in Implementing Person-centred Practice

• Planning Care in Practice

• Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Long-term Health Conditions

• Team and Individual Leadership: Mentoring and Coaching Others

• End of Life Care Planning and Support

One Optional Unit from a choice of 23, including:

• Health Psychology

• Pharmacology and Medicine Management

• Nursing - Principles and Fundamentals of Practice

• Working with People Affected by Drug and Alcohol Addiction

• Supporting Mental Health Services