Highfield
    Level 3
    QN: 610/2239/1
    Curriculum Active

    Highfield Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (RQF)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Highfield. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 4286 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    Highfield
    Syllabus Units
    163 Units
    Guided Hours
    4286 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Adapt and fit healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, or products, to meet individuals’ needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice related to adapting and fitting healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, associated systems or products to meet individuals’ needs.
    • Understand anatomy and physiology relevant to adapting and fitting prescribed items to meet individuals’ needs.
    • Understand specialist technical requirements of healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, associated systems or products.
    • Be able to adapt prescribed items to meet individuals’ needs.
    • Be able to fit prescribed items to meet the needs of individuals.
    2

    Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols relevant to the administration of medication
    • Know about common types of medication and their use
    • Understand procedures and techniques for the administration of medication
    • Be able to prepare for the administration of medication
    • Be able to administer and monitor medication
    3

    Administer oral nutritional products to individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to administer oral nutritional products to individuals in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines.2.
    • Understand common nutritional products and their uses.3.
    • Understand how to manage possible reactions to the use of nutritional products.4.
    • Be able to prepare for oral administration of nutritional products.5.
    • Be able to administer oral nutritional products to individuals.6.
    • Be able to maintain stock of nutritional products.
    4

    Advise and inform individuals on managing their condition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good practice in identifying information requirements
    • Understand health conditions
    • Understand the effects of change on individuals’ lifestyles
    • Be able to ascertain the information and advice needs of individuals
    • Be able to agree plans with individuals to adapt their lifestyle
    5

    Anatomy and physiology for maternity support worker

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the breast
    • Understand physical changes during pregnancy
    6

    Assist in implementing treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement mobility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which inform own role in assisting in treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    • Understand anatomical and physiological issues related to providing treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    • Understand treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    • Be able to implement treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    7

    Assist in receiving, handling and dispatching clinical specimens

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how health and safety measures are implemented when receiving, handling and dispatching clinical specimens
    • Understand reasons for using different containers and transport media for different clinical specimens
    • Be able to assist others to receive, handle, label and dispatch clinical specimens
    8

    Assist in testing individuals’ abilities prior to planning physical activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice relating to assisting in testing individuals’ abilities prior to planning physical activities
    • Understand health related issues and how these may impact physical activities
    • Understand motivation factors for physical activities
    • Be able to carry out preparations for assessments of individuals’ ability to exercise
    • Be able to assist the practitioner to administer tests to assess individuals’ ability to exercise
    9

    Assist in the administration of medication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the current legislation, guidelines and policies relevant to the administration of medication
    • Understand own role in assisting in the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for assisting in the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring an individual’s safety
    • Be able to assist with the preparation of the administration of medication
    • Be able to assist in the administration of medication
    • Be able to contribute to the management of medications and administration records
    10

    Assist in the administration of oxygen

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current organisational policies and procedures relating to the use of oxygen
    • Understand respiratory conditions that may require the use of oxygen
    • Understand the adverse effects of oxygen and how they can be minimised or prevented
    • Understand resources and equipment used when administering care in response to respiratory conditions
    • Be able to monitor and record saturation levels
    • Be able to assist in the preparation and administration of oxygen for individuals
    11

    Assist in the delivery of perioperative care and support to individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the potential effects of the perioperative environment and procedures on individuals undergoing perioperative care
    • Be able to support individuals in a perioperative environment according to their care plan
    • Be able to monitor individuals in a perioperative environment according to the requirements of their care plans
    12

    Assist in the implementation of programmes to increase mobility, movement and functional independence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to the implementation of programmes to restore mobility, movement and functional independence.
    • Understand health topics related to restoring movement and functional independence.
    • Understand treatment programmes related to restoring movement and functional independence.
    • Be able to assist in implementing programmes to restore mobility, movement and functional independence.
    • Be able to make records and provide information to the practitioner.
    13

    Assist others to plan presentations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand techniques and resources involved in planning presentations.
    • Be able to assist others to plan presentations.
    14

    Assist the practitioner to carry out health care activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice when assisting the practitioner to carry out health care activities
    • Be able to assist the practitioner in carrying out health care activities
    15

    Awareness of mental health legislation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of the Mental health legislations
    • Understand the key elements of mental health legislations
    • Understand ‘restraint’ as defined mental health legislations
    • Understand the importance of complying with the mental health legislations Code of Practice when working with individuals who lack capacity
    16

    Care for a newborn baby

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to caring for newborn babies
    • Understand how to meet the physical, social, emotional and developmental needs of newborn babies
    • Be able to contribute to the safety of newborn babies within own care
    • Be able to feed, bathe and clothe newborn babies in line with local policy and protocol
    17

    Care for individuals with urethral catheters

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation national guidelines, policies, protocols and best practice related to caring for individuals with urethral catheters
    • Understand the procedure of urethral catheterisation
    • Understand the use and application of catheter care equipment
    • Be able to prepare individuals to carry out urethral catheters care
    • Be able to carry out care for individuals with urethral catheters
    • Be able to monitor and check individuals undergoing urethral catheter care
    18

    Care for the Older Person

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the ageing process
    • Understand how to adapt communication when caring for the Older Person
    • Understand how to care for the older person
    19

    Care for the physical and nutritional needs of babies and young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to provide physical care for babies and young children
    • Be able to provide routines for babies and young children that support their health and development
    • Be able to provide opportunities for exercise and physical activity
    • Be able to provide safe and protective environments for babies and young children
    • Be able to provide for the nutritional needs of babies under 18 months
    • Be able to provide meals to meet the nutritional needs of young children from 18-36 months
    20

    Carry out blood collection from fixed or central lines

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, and protocols which impact on own role.2.
    • Understand the procedures involved in the collection of arterial blood.3.
    • Be able to prepare to carry out blood collection.4.
    • Be able to carry out blood collection procedures.5.
    • Be able to record
    • report and forward on blood samples.6.
    • Be able to monitor and report on blood collection.
    21

    Carry out vision screening

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policy and good practice related to carrying out vision screening
    • Understand the factors related to vision screening
    • Be able to prepare to carry out vision screening
    • Be able to carry out vision screening
    • Be able to support individuals during and after the procedure
    22

    Carry out wound drainage care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, best practice and safety measures related to undertaking wound drainage care
    • Understand the principles of wound drainage and use of related equipment
    • Understand procedures and techniques involved in wound drainage
    • Be able to prepare for wound drainage care
    • Be able to carry out wound drainage care
    23

    Cleaning, decontamination and waste management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to maintain a clean environment.2.
    • Understand the principles and steps of the decontamination process.3.
    • Understand the importance of good waste management practice.4.
    • Be able to undertake the decontamination process.
    24

    Collaborate in the assessment of environmental and social support in the community

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to the provision of environmental and social support in the community
    • Understand how to assess the need for, and provision of, environmental and social support in the community
    • Be able to carry out assessments in collaboration with others to establish the need for, and provision, of environmental and social support in the community
    • Be able to plan changes to be made to the environment and social support with individuals and relevant others
    25

    Collate and communicate health information to individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice in collating and communicating health information to individuals.2.
    • Be able to identify the health information to be collated and communicated.3.
    • Be able to communicate health information.
    26

    Communicate with children and young people in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why effective communication with children and young people is important in the work setting
    • Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of children and young people and those involved in their care
    • Understand the rationale for the use of play and distraction techniques for communicating with children and young people
    • Understand the implementation of play and distraction techniques in the work setting
    27

    Communicate with individuals about promoting their health and wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the relationship between health, wellbeing and lifestyle
    • Understand factors influencing health and wellbeing.3.
    • Be able to communicate with individuals and others when promoting health and wellbeing.4.
    • Be able to encourage individuals to address issues relating to their health and wellbeing.
    28

    Conduct external ear examinations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to conduct external ear examinations in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Know the anatomy of the ear as related to conducting ear examinations
    • Understand reasons for conducting an examination of the external ear
    • Be able to prepare to conduct external ear examinations
    • Be able to conduct external ear examinations
    • Be able to record and report results from external ear examinations
    29

    Conduct hearing assessment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to conduct hearing assessments in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the ear related to hearing
    • Understand how to maintain equipment required to assess individuals’ hearing
    • Be able to prepare to conduct hearing assessments
    • Be able to conduct hearing assessments
    • Be able to record and report the results of hearing assessments
    30

    Conduct routine maintenance on clinical equipment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and best practice related to conducting routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Understand the procedures involved in conducting routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Be able to prepare to carry out routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Be able to carry out routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Be able to report and record on routine maintenance carried out on clinical equipment
    31

    Contribute to monitoring the health of individuals affected by health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand monitoring of the health of individuals affected by health conditions
    • Be able to carry out observations of the health of individuals affected by health conditions
    • Be able to record and report on observations
    • Be able to respond to changes in an individual’s condition
    32

    Contribute to the care of a deceased person

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the factors that affect how individuals are cared for after death
    • Be able to contribute to supporting those who are close to deceased individuals
    • Be able to contribute to preparing deceased individuals prior to transfer
    • Be able to contribute to transferring deceased individuals
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to the death of individuals
    33

    Contribute to the discharge of individuals to carers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the procedures for discharging individuals to a carer.2.
    • Be able to prepare individuals for discharge.3.
    • Be able to contribute to the discharge of individuals to carers.
    34

    Contribute to the effectiveness of teams

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of own role and how it contributes to the team performance
    • Be able to reflect on own performance
    • Be able to manage time and commitments effectively
    • Be able to establish effective working relationships with all members of the team
    35

    Contribute to the safe use of medical devices in the perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of following health and safety requirements when using medical devices in the perioperative environment
    • Be able to check and handle medical devices in the perioperative environment, according to health and safety procedures
    • Be able to check the integrity of instrument trays
    • Be able to dispose of used items and equipment safely
    36

    Coordinate the progress of individuals through care pathways

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines in relation to coordinating the progress of individuals through care pathways
    • Understand the coordination of individuals through care pathways
    • Be able to coordinate the progress of individuals through care pathways
    37

    Deliver exercise sessions to improve individuals’ health and wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to delivering exercise sessions
    • Understand the role of exercise and its physical effects on the body
    • Understand the principles and rationales for exercise programmes
    • Understand the use of exercise equipment
    • Be able to deliver exercise sessions
    38

    Deliver Training through Demonstration and Instruction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to deliver training through demonstration and instruction
    • Be able to deliver training by demonstration and instruction
    • Be able to review learning and training
    39

    Dementia Awareness

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand dementia
    • Understand models of dementia
    • Know types of dementia and their causes
    • Understand an individual’s experience of dementia
    40

    Develop and agree individualised care plans for babies and families

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand how to access and gather relevant information for care planning
    • Understand the factors which impact on care planning needs
    • Be able to develop and agree individualised care plans for babies and families
    41

    Develop positive relationships with children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand the importance of developing positive relationships with children and young people
    • Be able to establish positive relationships with children and young people
    • Be able to provide information and advice to children and young people
    42

    Duty of care in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice2 Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care
    • Know how to respond to concerns, comments and complaints
    • Know how to recognise and respond to adverse events, incidents, errors and near misses
    43

    Effective communication and building relationships in mental health work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand key principles for communication and relationships in mental health support
    • Understand effective communication skills in building and sustaining relationships in mental health care with individuals and others
    • Understand how to support individuals in their relationships4 Be able to build and maintain therapeutic relationships with individuals, carers and their families
    44

    Effective communication in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting.2.
    • Understand the variety in people’s communication needs and preferences.
    • Be able to communicate effectively with others.
    • Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals.
    • Understand the role of independent advocacy services in supporting individuals to communicate their wishes, needs and preferences.
    • Understand confidentiality in care settings.
    45

    Enable children and young people to understand their health and wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand factors which impact upon enabling children and young people to understand their health and wellbeing
    • Be able to establish positive relationships with children, young people and relevant others to enable children and young people to understand their health and wellbeing
    • Be able to develop a care plan in partnership with the child or young person to help them to achieve an understanding of the nature of their needs and preferences
    46

    Enable individuals with behaviours that challenge to develop strategies to manage their behaviour

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, policies and practice in relation to supporting individuals to manage their behaviour
    • Understand the factors that influence behaviour
    • Be able to work with individuals to recognise the impact of their behaviour on others
    • Be able to support individuals to develop strategies for managing behavioural responses and the use of proactive approaches to manage behavioural responses
    • Be able to evaluate and review strategies for managing behavioural responses.
    47

    Enable mental health service users and carers to manage change

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the different ways in which individuals with mental health may react to change
    • Be able to apply an active approach in supporting mental health service users or carers to manage change
    48

    Examine the feet of individuals with diabetes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand best practice in diabetic foot care
    • Understand the factors affecting foot health in individuals with diabetes
    • Be able to prepare to conduct an examination on the feet of individuals who have diabetes
    • Be able to conduct an examination on the feet of an individual with diabetes
    • Be able to advise individuals with diabetes about foot health
    • Be able to report the outcome of foot examinations
    49

    Give presentations to groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand policies, protocols and good practice related to group presentations.
    • Understand factors which contribute to effective group presentations.
    • Be able to plan a presentation to facilitate learning.
    • Be able to present information to a group.
    50

    Human structure and functionality

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the structure and function of the human body.
    • Understand factors that affect the function of the human body.
    51

    Implement hydrotherapy programmes for individuals and groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to implementing hydrotherapy programmes
    • Know musculoskeletal aspects of the body
    • Understand principles of hydrotherapy practice
    • Be able to implement hydrotherapy programmes
    • Be able to report to the practitioner on the outcomes of the hydrotherapy programme
    52

    Implement positive behaviour support

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legislative frame
    • work in relation to positive behaviour support
    • Understand behaviour as a means of expression
    • Understand approaches to positive behavioural support
    • Be able to monitor the behaviour of individuals
    • Be able to agree strategies for positive behaviour support with individuals and others
    • Be able to implement positive behaviour support plans
    • Be able to support individuals through incidents of behaviour
    • Be able to develop practice in relation to positive behaviour support
    53

    Implement therapeutic group activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of therapeutic group activities
    • Be able to plan and prepare for therapeutic group activities
    • Be able to support individuals during therapeutic group activities
    • Be able to contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic group activities
    54

    Inform an individual of discharge arrangements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand discharge and post discharge information needs of individuals
    • Be able to inform individuals of discharge arrangements
    55

    Insert and secure nasogastric tubes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to inserting and securing nasogastric tubes
    • Understand purpose and functions of nasogastric tubes and associated procedures
    • Be able to prepare for the insertion of a nasogastric tube
    • Be able to insert a nasogastric tube
    • Be able to measure
    • record and dispose of nasogastric aspirate following policies, procedures and protocols
    • Be able to provide aftercare for individuals following nasogastric tube insertion
    56

    Maintain Infection prevention and control in a care setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own role in the prevention and control of the spread of infection
    • Be able to work in ways to prevent and control the spread of infection
    57

    Maintaining quality standards in the health sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to provide a quality service within legislation, policies and procedures.2.
    • Understand the importance of working with others to provide a quality service.3.
    • Know how to monitor quality standards.4.
    • Understand the importance of prioritising own workload to reduce risks to quality.
    58

    Make recommendations for the use of physical resources in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to make recommendations for the use of physical resources in a health setting.2.
    • Be able to interpret information to inform expenditure proposals, in line with organisational plans and objectives.3.
    • Be able to present proposals for expenditure for physical resources to stakeholders.4.
    • Be able to negotiate proposals for expenditure for physical resources with stakeholders.
    59

    Manage the use of physical resources in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to control the use of physical resources in a health setting in line with local policy and protocol
    • Be able to advise team members on the control of expenditure and physical resource usage in a health setting
    • Be able to monitor expenditure and physical resource usage in a health setting
    60

    Managing symptoms in end of life care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the effects of symptoms in relation to end of life care
    • Understand how to manage symptoms in end of life care
    • Be able to manage symptoms in end of life care
    • Be able to integrate symptom management in the care management process
    61

    Measure and record individuals’ body fluid balance in a perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand safe procedures relating to measuring and recording individuals’ fluid balance in a perioperative environment
    • Be able to measure
    • record and review an individual’s body fluid balance in a perioperative environment
    • Be able to manage equipment after measuring an individual’s body fluid balance
    62

    Monitor and maintain the environment and resources during and after healthcare activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the procedures for monitoring and maintaining the environment and resources
    • Be able to operate equipment
    • Be able to monitor and maintain the environment and resources
    • Be able to clean resources in own work area
    63

    Monitor individuals progress in relation to managing their body weight and nutrition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to monitor individuals progress in relation to managing their weight and nutrition in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Be able to monitor individuals progress in managing their body weight
    • Be able to support individuals in re-establishing goals for further progress
    64

    Move and position individuals safely in accordance with their care plan

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policies, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct in relation to moving and positioning individuals
    • Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals
    • Be able to minimise risk before moving and positioning individuals
    • Be able to move and position an individual
    • Know when to seek advice and/or assistance from others when moving and positioning an individual
    65

    Obtain a client history

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and best practice related to obtaining a client history
    • Be able to prepare to obtain a client history
    • Be able to obtain a client history
    66

    Obtain and test capillary blood samples

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to obtaining and testing capillary blood samples
    • Understand the anatomy, physiology in relation to, and the purpose of, obtaining and testing capillary blood samples
    • Be able to prepare to obtain capillary blood samples
    • Be able to obtain capillary blood samples
    • Be able to test and record the results of blood samples
    • Be able to pass on the results of blood samples
    67

    Obtain and test specimens from individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice in relation to obtaining, carrying, testing and storing specimens
    • Understand the processes involved in obtaining and testing specimens from individuals
    • Be able to prepare to obtain specimens from individuals
    • Be able to obtain specimens from individuals
    • Be able to test specimens
    • Be able to report on the outcomes on the test of specimens
    68

    Obtain venous blood samples

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to obtaining venous blood samples.2.
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology relating to obtaining venous blood samples.
    • Be able to prepare to obtain venous blood samples.4.
    • Be able to obtain venous blood samples.5.
    • Be able to prepare venous blood samples for transportation.
    69

    Perform first line calibration on clinical equipment to ensure it is fit for use

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role when calibrating equipment.
    • Understand the procedures involved in the calibration of equipment
    • Be able to run tests on equipment
    • Be able to conclude and report on tests on equipment
    70

    Perform intravenous cannulation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and best practice which impact on performing intravenous canulation
    • Understand the purpose and functions of intravenous cannulation
    • Be able to prepare to carry out intravenous cannulation
    • Be able to carry out intravenous cannulation
    • Be able to monitor and report on the intravenous cannulation
    71

    Perform routine electrocardiograph (ECG) procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role when performing routine electrocardiograph procedures
    • Understand the purpose and functions of electrocardiographs
    • Be able to prepare to carry out routine electrocardiograph procedures
    • Be able to carry out routine electrocardiograph procedures
    72

    Perform the non-scrubbed circulating role for perioperative procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to perform the non-scrubbed circulating role for perioperative procedures in line with policies, protocols and good practice
    • Be able to perform the non-scrubbed circulating role for perioperative procedures in line with policies, protocols and good practice
    • Know how medical devices are used for surgical interventions
    • Be able to work with medical devices and equipment for clinical procedures in accordance with requirements
    73

    Person-centred practice, choice and independence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the application of person-centred practices in care settings
    • Understand the importance of individuals’ relationships
    • Be able to apply person-centred approaches
    • Be able to promote individuals’ rights to make choices
    • Be able to promote individuals’ independence
    • Understand the role of risk assessments in promoting person-centred approaches, choice and independence
    74

    Prepare anaesthetic environment and provide support for pre and post operative anaesthesia and recovery

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health and safety measures specific to carrying out activities in the anaesthetic/recovery environment
    • Understand the parameters for clinical readings taken in the anaesthetic/recovery environment
    • Be able to prepare and maintain anaesthetic/recovery equipment for the reception of individuals
    • Be able to assist the registered practitioner in caring for an individual in the anaesthetic/recovery environment
    75

    Prepare and apply dressings and drains to individuals in the perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the health and safety measures related to preventing wound contamination and cross infection when preparing and applying dressings and drains
    • Understand how medical devices are used in the application of dressings, wound supports and drains in the learner environment
    • Be able to select and prepare dressings and drains according to individual requirements
    • Be able to apply dressings and attach drains according to individual requirements
    76

    Prepare and dress for scrubbed clinical roles

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to follow safe procedures when preparing and dressing for scrubbed clinical roles
    • Understand how to dress for scrubbed clinical roles
    • Be able to work within scrubbed clinical roles
    77

    Prepare and provide surgical instrumentation and supplementary items for the surgical team

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to prepare and provide surgical instrumentation and items for the surgical team in line with health and safety procedures and protocols
    • Be able to prepare surgical instruments and supplementary items for the surgical team
    • Be able to provide surgical instruments and supplementary items for the surgical team
    • Be able to dispose of waste from the sterile field
    78

    Prepare for and carry out extended feeding techniques

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, protocols and agreed ways of working when using extended feeding techniques
    • Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to extended feeding3 Understand extended feeding techniques
    • Be able to prepare for extended feeding
    • Be able to carry out and complete extended feeding techniques
    • Be able to maintain records and report on extended feeding
    79

    Prepare individuals for healthcare activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policy and good practice related to the preparation of individuals for healthcare activities
    • Be able to prepare individuals for healthcare activities
    • Be able to record and report healthcare activities
    80

    Principles of Health Promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that influence health
    • Understand behaviour change in health promotion
    • Understand the role of effective communication in health promotion
    81

    Promote effective handling of information in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand requirements for handling information in care settings
    • Be able to implement good practice in handling information
    • Be able to support others to handle information
    • Be able to support audit processes within own role and responsibilities
    82

    Promote equality and inclusion in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion
    • Be able to work in an inclusive way
    • Be able to promote diversity, equality and inclusion
    83

    Promote Health, Safety and Wellbeing in Care Settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
    • Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
    • Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness
    • Be able to reduce the spread of infection
    • Be able to move and handle equipment and other objects safely
    • Be able to handle hazardous substances and materials
    • Be able to promote fire safety in the work setting
    • Be able to implement security measures in the work setting
    • Know how to manage stress
    84

    Promote personal development in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what is required for competence in own work role
    • Be able to reflect on practice
    • Be able to evaluate own performance
    • Be able to agree a personal development plan
    • Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
    85

    Provide advice and information to enable parents to promote the health and wellbeing of their newborn babies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to providing advice and information to parents/carers on the health and wellbeing of newborn babies
    • Understand the requirements for the health and wellbeing of newborn babies and their parents/carers
    • Be able to provide advice and information that enables parents/carers to meet the health and wellbeing needs of their newborn babies
    86

    Provide advice on foot care for individuals with diabetes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good practice in diabetic foot care
    • Understand the factors affecting foot health in individuals with diabetes
    • Be able to discuss foot examination results with individuals/carers
    • Be able to advise individuals/carers on the management of foot health
    • Be able to complete records
    87

    Provide agreed support for foot care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the signs and causes of foot and toenail abnormalities
    • Be able to provide support for assessed foot care needs
    • Be able to promote the individual’s engagement in their own foot care
    • Be able to provide foot care safely 5 Be able to record and report on foot care
    88

    Provide information and advice to individuals on eating to maintain optimum nutritional status

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know factors which can affect the nutritional status of individuals
    • Know how to advise individuals on maintaining optimal nutritional status
    • Be able to obtain specific body measurements from individual
    • Be able to provide individuals with information and advice on eating to maintain optimum nutritional status
    89

    Provide support for individuals with communication and interaction difficulties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice to related to supporting individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
    • Understand roles and responsibilities of those supporting individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
    • Understand communication impairments and disorders that ca
    • use communication and interaction difficulties
    • Understand methods of interacting with individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
    • Be able to support individuals with communication and interaction difficulties to carry out learning tasks and activities
    • Be able to support individuals with communication and interaction difficulties to communicate with others
    90

    Provide support for mobility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of mobility
    • Be able to prepare for mobility activities
    • Be able to support individuals to keep mobile
    • Be able to observe
    • record and report on activities to support mobility
    91

    Provide support to individuals to continue recommended therapies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of supporting individuals to continue recommended therapies.
    • Be able to encourage individuals to continue recommended therapies.
    • Be able to support individuals to continue recommended therapy.
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on observations during recommended therapy.
    • Be able to contribute to evaluation and review of recommended therapies.
    92

    Provide support to manage pain and discomfort

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort
    • Be able to assist in minimising individuals’ pain or discomfort
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on the management of individuals’ pain or discomfort
    93

    Provide support to the surgical team when preparing individuals for operative and invasive procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to prepare individuals for operative and invasive procedures in line with national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice
    • Understand the factors to be considered in the choice of surgical instruments and supplementary items during operative procedures
    • Be able to assist in the preparation of an individual for operative and invasive procedures
    • Be able to select, handle and dispose of surgical instruments and supplementary items for operative and invasive procedures
    94

    Receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field in line with health and safety guidance
    • Be able to receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field
    95

    Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the regulations and legislation that applies to the mis
    • use use of substances in line with organisational procedures
    • Understand the indications of substance mis
    • use 3 Be able to assess and monitor risk in accordance with organisational procedures
    • Understand how to handle information and maintain records in line with organisational procedures
    • Be able to refer individuals to appropriate services in line with organisational requirements
    96

    Remove wound closure materials

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin and underlying tissues2 Understand wound healing and contamination
    • Understand the rationale for following approved procedures and techniques to remove wound closures
    • Be able to prepare to remove wound closure materials
    • Be able to remove wound closure materials
    • Be able to record and report outcomes of procedures
    97

    Remove wound drains

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and best practice in relation to removing wound drains
    • Understand factors related to the removal of wound drains
    • Be able to prepare to remove wound drains
    • Be able to care for and support the individual during and after the procedure
    98

    Reprocess endoscopy equipment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice related to the reprocessing of endoscopy equipment
    • Understand the procedures involved in reprocessing endoscopy equipment
    • Be able to carry out the reprocessing procedure
    • Report on and record the reprocessing of endoscopy equipment
    99

    Responsibilities of a senior healthcare support worker

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand agreed ways of working
    • Understand working relationships in healthcare settings
    • Be able to follow agreed ways of working
    • Be able to work in partnership with others
    100

    Safeguarding and protection in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand principles of safeguarding adults
    • Know how to recognise signs and symptoms of ab
    • Understand how to respond to suspected or alleged ab
    • Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from ab
    • Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of ab
    • Understand how to recognise and report unsafe practices
    • Understand principles for online safety
    101

    Select and wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work in healthcare settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, local policy and protocols in relation to dressing for work in a healthcare setting
    • Understand how to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a healthcare setting
    • Be able to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a healthcare setting
    102

    Service improvement within the health sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to evaluate own work and that of others to identify improvements
    • Understand how to make constructive suggestions about how services can be improved
    • Understand how to discuss and agree improvements with others
    • Understand how to make agreed improvements to own work and how to support others to make changes
    103

    Study skills for senior healthcare support workers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what is meant by study skills within the context of the role of Senior Healthcare
    • Support Worker
    • Understand the qualities and abilities required of an independent learner
    • Understand how to use investigatory techniques
    • Understand plagiarism and the consequences of plagiarism
    • Understand how to reference information sources
    • Be able to plan and carry out an extended piece of work
    • Be able to present an extended piece of work.
    • Be able to review an extended piece of own work
    104

    Support carers to meet the care needs of individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to supporting individuals in the community
    • Understand why individuals might require support
    • Understand how to ensure individuals receive the support they need from carers
    • Be able to support carers to meet the care needs of individuals
    • Know how to support and promote individuals to take responsibility for own health and wellbeing.
    105

    Support children and young people experiencing transitions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of transitions on children and young people
    • Understand how to support children and young people experiencing transitions
    • Understand influences on children and young people experiencing transitions
    106

    Support children and young people with additional needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of working with children and young people with additional needs
    • Be able to work in partnership with families with children or young people with additional needs
    • Be able to support age and developmentally appropriate learning, play or leisure opportunities for children or young people with additional needs
    • Understand how to evaluate
    • support and develop existing practice with children and young people with additional needs
    • Understand how to work in partnership with other agencies and professionals to support provision for children and young people with additional needs
    107

    Support children and young people with mental health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements which protect children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand the needs of children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand interventions available to support children and young people with mental health conditions and their parents or carers
    • Understand education provision for children and young people within a mental health setting
    • Be able to support a child or young person with a mental health condition
    108

    Support independence in the tasks of daily living

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand principles for supporting independence in the tasks of daily living
    • Be able to establish what support is required for daily living tasks
    • Be able to provide support for planning and preparing meals
    • Be able to provide support for buying and using household and personal items
    • Be able to provide support for keeping the home clean and secure
    109

    Support individuals at the end of life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the aims and principles of end-of-life care
    • Understand factors affecting end of life care
    • Understand advance care planning in relation to end of life care
    • Be able to provide support to individuals and key people during end of life care
    • Understand the role of organisations and support services available to individuals and key people in relation to end of life care
    • Be able to support individuals through the process of dying
    • Be able to take action following the death of individuals
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to the dying or death of individuals
    110

    Support individuals during a period of change

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand reasons for and responses to change
    • Be able to support individuals to plan how to manage or adapt to change
    • Be able to support individuals to manage or adapt to change
    • Be able to evaluate the support provided during a period of change
    111

    Support individuals during emergency situations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and procedures related to supporting individuals during emergency situations
    • Understand how being involved in an emergency situation can impact on individuals’ health and well being, and how the negative effects can be reduced
    • Understand how to support individuals during emergency situations
    • Be able to provide support to individuals during emergency situations
    112

    Support individuals during the last days of life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of the last days of life on the individual and others
    • Understand how to respond to common symptoms in the last days of life
    • Be able to support individuals and others during the last days of life
    • Be able to respond to changing needs of an individual during the last days of life
    • Be able to work according to national guidelines, local policies and procedures, taking into account preferences and wishes after the death of the individual
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to an individual’s dying or death
    113

    Support individuals in undertaking their chosen activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice when supporting individuals to undertake chosen activities.
    • Understand concepts for supporting individuals to undertake chosen activities, services or facilities.
    • Be able to make plans with individuals to undertake chosen activities.
    • Be able to support individuals to undertake chosen activities.
    114

    Support individuals to access and use information about services and facilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand ways to support individuals to access information on services and facilities
    • Be able to work with individuals to select and obtain information about services and facilities
    • Be able to work with individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to evaluate the information accessed on services and facilities
    115

    Support individuals to access and use services and facilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that influence individuals’ access to services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to select services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to access and use services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to review their access to and use of services and facilities
    116

    Support individuals to carry out their own health care procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health care procedures likely to be undertaken by individuals
    • Be able to support individuals to prepare to carry out their own health care procedures
    • Be able to support individuals to carry out health care procedures
    • Be able to monitor health care procedures undertaken by individuals
    117

    Support individuals to eat and drink

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to support individuals to make choices about food and drink
    • Be able to prepare to provide support for eating and drinking
    • Be able to provide support for eating and drinking
    • Be able to clear away after eating and drinking
    • Be able to monitor eating and drinking and the support provided
    118

    Support individuals to live at home

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of supporting individuals to live at home.
    • Be able to contribute to planning support for living at home.
    • Be able to work with individuals to secure additional services and facilities to enable them to live at home.
    • Be able to work in partnership to introduce additional services for individuals living at home.
    • Be able to contribute to reviewing support for living at home.
    119

    Support individuals to manage continence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that affect the management of continence
    • Be able to support individuals and their carers to manage continence issues
    • Be able to support the use of equipment to manage continence
    • Be able to maintain infection control when supporting individuals to manage continence
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on support for managing continence
    120

    Support individuals to manage dysphagia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to support individuals to manage dysphagia in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Understand how dysphagia affects individuals
    • Know the importance of nutritional intake and environment for individuals with dysphagia
    • Be able to support individuals in managing dysphagia by developing skills through participating in therapy programmes
    • Be able to provide information to colleagues regarding individuals’ treatment
    121

    Support individuals to manage their own recovery from mental health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles that promote and support recovery from mental health conditions.
    • Know the range of aspects that may be addressed in a recovery plan.3.
    • Be able to support an individual to use approaches for managing their own recovery from mental health conditions.
    122

    Support individuals to meet personal care needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with individuals to identify their needs and preferences in relation to personal care
    • Be able to provide support for personal care
    • Be able to support individuals to use the toilet
    • Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
    • Be able to support individuals to manage their personal appearance
    • Be able to monitor and report on support for personal care
    123

    Support individuals to retain, regain and develop skills for everyday life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the context of supporting skills for everyday life
    • Understand how to support individuals to retain, regain and develop skills for everyday life
    • Be able to support individuals to plan for retaining, regaining and developing skills for everyday life
    • Be able to support individuals to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life
    • Be able to evaluate support for retaining, regaining or developing skills for everyday life
    124

    Support individuals undergoing health care activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand healthcare activities in order to support individuals
    • Be able to prepare individuals to undergo healthcare activities
    • Be able to support individuals undergoing healthcare activities
    • Be able to support individuals following health care activities
    125

    Support individuals who are bereaved

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the effects of bereavement on individuals
    • Understand principles for supporting individuals who are bereaved
    • Be able to support individuals to express their response to loss
    • Be able to support individuals who are bereaved
    • Understand the role of specialist agencies in supporting individuals who are bereaved
    • Be able to manage own feelings when providing support for individuals who are bereaved
    126

    Support individuals who are distressed

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand causes and effects of distress on individuals
    • Understand potential impacts on own well-being when supporting an individual who is distressed
    • Be able to prepare to support individuals who are experiencing distress
    • Be able to support individuals who are experiencing distress
    • Be able to support individuals to reflect on incidents of distress
    • Be able to record and report on an individual’s distress to identify patterns and trends
    127

    Support individuals with cognition or learning difficulties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals with cognition or learning difficulties
    • Understand cognitive or learning difficulties
    • Be able to assist the therapist/supervisor to prepare learning activities
    • Be able to support individuals with learning activities
    • Be able to assist in reviewing learning
    128

    Support individuals with feeding babies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and good practice guidelines related to feeding babies
    • Know how to feed babies in line with evidence-based practice
    • Be able to communicate with individuals when assisting with feeding babies
    • Be able to support the individual with feeding babies
    129

    Support individuals with mental health conditions to change patterns of behaviour using coping strategies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal, service and social context of work with individuals in relation to their behaviour
    • Be able to gather and use relevant information to explore behavioural responses from an individual with mental health conditions
    • Be able to support an individual with mental health conditions to plan a strategy for changing patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact
    • Be able to support an individual with mental health conditions and significant other to review a strategy for changing patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact
    130

    Support individuals with specific communication needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand an individual’s specific communication needs
    • Understand how to support the use of communication technology and aids
    • Be able to contribute to identifying and addressing specific communication needs of individuals
    • Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication method
    • Be able to promote person-centred values when supporting effective communication between individuals and others
    • Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided
    131

    Support individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills.
    • Understand range of developmental, progressive and acquired disorders that can impact on developing or developed communication across the lifespan.
    • Understand factors affecting individuals’ ability to communicate.
    • Understand how therapeutic programmes and activities are used to support and enhance communication.
    • Be able to prepare to support individuals with speech and language disorders during agreed therapeutic activities.
    • Be able to support the implementation of agreed therapeutic programmes and activities to help individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills.
    132

    Support parents or carers to interact with and care for their newborn baby

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents or carers to interact with and care for their newborn baby
    • Understand how to support parents or carers to interact and care for their newborn babies
    • Be able to support parents or carers in caring for, interacting with and forming bonds with their newborn babies
    • Be able to support parents or carers in feeding and keeping their babies clean and safe
    133

    Support parents/carers and those in a parental role to care for babies during their first year

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies
    • Understand how to support the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of babies during their first year
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers in relation to keeping their babies safe
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers to look after the health needs of their babies
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers in meeting the developmental needs of their babies
    134

    Support positive risk taking for individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of risk-taking in everyday life
    • Understand the importance of a positive, person-centred approach to risk-assessment 3 Understand duty of care in relation to supporting positive risk-taking
    • Understand the frame
    • work which underpins an individual’s right to make decisions and take risks
    • Be able to support individuals to make decisions about risks
    • Be able to support individuals to take risks
    135

    Support the spiritual wellbeing of individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of spiritual wellbeing for individuals
    • Be able to identify the spiritual needs of an individual and others
    • Understand the impact of values and beliefs on own and an individual's spiritual wellbeing
    • Be able to support individuals' spiritual wellbeing
    136

    Supporting the care of individuals with nasogastric tubes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to care for individuals with nasogastric tubes in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the upper gastrointestinal system and its relevance to nasogastric procedures
    • Be able to prepare to carry out nasogastric procedures
    • Be able to support individuals undergoing nasogastric procedures
    137

    Transport, transfer and position individuals and equipment within the perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of health and safety measures when transporting, transferring and positioning individuals and equipment in the perioperative care environment
    • Understand the requirements for pressure area care in the perioperative environment
    • Be able to prepare to transport individuals within the perioperative care environment
    • Be able to assist in the transfer and positioning of individuals within the perioperative environment
    138

    Understand Advance Care Planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of advance care planning
    • Understand the process of advance care planning
    • Understand person centred approaches to advance care planning
    139

    Understand care and support planning and risk management in mental health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to work within the care and support planning process in mental health.2.
    • Understand how to work within a risk management process in mental health care.
    140

    Understand child and young person development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth - 19 years
    • Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice
    • Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development
    • Understand the importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people
    • Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development
    141

    Understand end of life care for individuals with specific health needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand considerations for individuals at end of life
    • Understand how to support individuals affected by symptoms at end of life
    • Understand how to support significant others at the end of life of an individual with specific health needs
    142

    Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legislation, policies and procedures, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct for safeguarding children and young people
    • Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
    • Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied
    • Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and wellbeing
    • Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people
    143

    Understand long term conditions and frailty

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand frailty and the impact of this on individuals.2.
    • Understand long term conditions.3 Know how to support individuals with frailty or long-term conditions.
    144

    Understand mental health and behaviour management of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand mental health and mental wellbeing
    • Understand mental health conditions that affect children and young people
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements in relation to supporting children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand the use of behaviour management strategies for children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand supervision of children and young people with mental health conditions
    145

    Understand mental health interventions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the needs of individuals with mental health conditions
    • Understand the strengths and limitations of the main interventions in mental health
    • Know the key principles and factors that underpin the choice of mental health interventions
    146

    Understand mental ill health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the types of mental ill health. 2.
    • Understand the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social network3.
    • Understand the difficulties individuals with mental ill health may face
    • Know how to recognise and respond to deterioration in an individual’s overall health and wellbeing.
    • Know how to recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity.
    • Understand how to identify situations of risk to individuals with mental ill-health and to self and others
    147

    Understand Planning and the Practical Application of health promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand methods of health promotion planning
    • Understand practical application opportunities for health promotion
    • Understand the scientific basis of health promotion
    148

    Understand the administration of medication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the current legislation, guidelines and policies relevant to the administration of medication
    • Understand the roles and responsibilities involved in the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring an individual’s safety
    • Understand the management of medications and administration records
    149

    Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how legislation and policies support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities
    • Understand the nature, causes and characteristics of learning disability
    • Understand the historical context of learning disability
    • Understand the principles and practice of advocacy, empowerment and active participation in relation to supporting individuals with learning disabilities and their families
    • Understand how views and attitudes impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and their family carers
    • Understand how to promote communication with individuals with learning disabilities
    150

    Understand the importance of personal wellbeing and personal wellbeing when working in mental health services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own wellbeing
    • Understand the importance of maintaining and improving own wellbeing when working in mental health services
    • Know how to manage own stress and anxiety when working in mental health services
    • Know how to maintain and improve own wellbeing when working in mental health services
    • Be able to review and promote own mental health and wellbeing when working in mental health services
    151

    Understand the legal, policy and service framework in mental health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal and current policy frame
    • work for mental health
    • Understand the service frame
    • work for mental health and the roles and responsibilities of agencies
    • Understand the rights and responsibilities of individuals using mental health services and of others within mental health care settings
    152

    Understand the process and experience of dementia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the neurology of dementia
    • Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia
    • Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person centred approach
    153

    Understanding suicide interventions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the causes and prevalence of suicidal behaviour
    • Understand the process of suicide intervention
    • Understand the role of the main caregiver and other professionals in managing suicide interventions
    154

    Understanding the Effect of Dementia on End-of-Life Care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand considerations for individuals with dementia at end of life
    • Understand how to support individuals with dementia affected by symptoms at end of life
    • Understand how to support carers of individuals with dementia at end of life
    155

    Undertake agreed pressure area care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to pressure area care
    • Understand good practice in relation to own role when undertaking pressure area care
    • Be able to follow the agreed care plan when undertaking pressure area care
    • Understand the use of materials, equipment and resources available when undertaking pressure area care
    • Be able to prepare to undertake pressure area care
    • Be able to undertake pressure area care
    156

    Undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin, nose, mouth, eyes and ears in relation to cleansing
    • Be able to prepare for undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Be able to undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Be able to record and report the outcome of the personal hygiene activity
    157

    Undertake physiological measurements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice for undertaking physiological measurements.
    • Understand the physiological states that can be measured.
    • Be able to prepare to take physiological measurements.
    • Be able to undertake physiological measurements.
    • Be able to record and report results of physiological measurements.
    158

    Undertake stoma care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to assessment for stoma care
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology in relation to conditions requiring stoma care
    • Be able to prepare individuals for stoma care
    • Be able to carry out stoma care for individuals
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on an individual’s condition during and after stoma care
    159

    Undertake tissue viability risk assessments

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the need for tissue viability risk assessment.
    • Be able to undertake tissue viability risk assessment.
    • Be able to record and report on tissue viability risk assessment.
    • Understand when the risk assessment should be reviewed.
    160

    Undertake treatments and dressings of lesions and wounds

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, best practice and safety measures related to undertaking treatments and dressings of lesions and wounds
    • Understand wound infection and healing
    • Understand the rationale for carrying out procedures when treating wounds/lesions
    • Be able to prepare to treat and dress lesions and wounds
    • Be able to carry out treatments and dressings to lesions/wounds
    • Be able to record and report outcomes of the activities
    161

    Undertake urethral catheterisation processes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice in relation to carrying out urethral catheterisation
    • Understand the relevant anatomy and physiology
    • Be able to prepare to insert urethral catheters
    • Be able to insert urethral catheters
    • Be able to monitor and care for the urethral catheter after insertion
    • Be able to care for and support the individual during and after the procedure
    162

    Work in partnership with families to support individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand partnership working with families and family members in care and/or support
    • Be able to establish and maintain positive relationships with families and family members in care and/or support
    • Be able to plan shared approaches to the care and support of individuals with families and family members in care and/or support
    • Be able to work with families to access support in their role as carers
    • Be able to exchange and record information about partnership work with families
    • Be able to contribute to reviewing partnership work with families
    • Be able to provide feedback about support for families
    163

    Work with babies and young children to support their development and learning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the stages of development and learning for babies and young children
    • Be able to support the development and learning of babies and young children
    • Understand the attachment needs of babies and young children
    • Be able to engage with babies and young children
    • Be able to work in partnership with carers to support the learning and development of babies and young children

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    610/2239/1
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Highfield
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Apr 2023

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