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Overview
HNC Healthcare Practice is the updated programme, which replaced the HNC Care and Administrative Practice course in 2020.
This course is suitable if you want to pursue a career in nursing and other health-related fields. It combines the required academic knowledge with the skills and competencies gained from a clinical placement within the NHS. This qualification is also suitable if you want to work as a Health Care Support Worker.
This course teaches you the clinical skills and knowledge needed for potential career opportunities in the Health and Care Sector, within the NHS or Private Health provision. The course prepares you for studying at the undergraduate level in Nursing or associated Health areas. The course also offers practical experience, due to the mandatory workplace element. You will be required to attend college on both a Tuesday and a Thursday evening from 6-9 pm, for two academic years. The cost shown is for year one of the course only.
Minimum entry requirements
- Two Highers at Grade C or above including English; OR
- 1 Higher plus Foundation Apprenticeship in SVQ Social Services & Healthcare; OR
- SQA National Units at SCQF Level 6 in a related subject; OR
- Other equivalent qualifications or experience will be considered.
Additional selection requirements
- You will be invited for a group and/or individual interview where you can find out more about the course and tell us why you are interested in this subject area. Where COVID restrictions are in place we will invite you to either a video meeting, telephone conference call or make an offer based on your application form.
- You will also need to provide a reference from your most recent educational provider (if you are in education) or employer.
- Successful students will be subject to PVG registration.
What you study
Some of the units you will study are:
- Clinical Skills for Care Practitioners.
- Professional Standards for Care Practitioners.
- Safe Working Practice for Care.
- The Human Body in Health and Illness.
- Sociology and Health in Scotland.
- Graded Unit.
After the course
The course aligns with the knowledge and skills for those wishing to work as Senior Healthcare Support Workers.
- Nursing.
- Paramedic Science.
- Allied Health Professions.
Continuing Study
Successful completion may allow you to progress to a Degree programme in Nursing, Paramedic Science or Allied Health Professions. Some students may access Year 2 of the Nursing Degree at the University of the West of Scotland or Glasgow Caledonian University.
How the course is taught
This HNC is spread across two years.
Year 1 allows you to begin the process of developing your skills and knowledge in the theories of the qualification.
Year 2 will continue to build on your knowledge of Healthcare and prepare you for further study.
The duration of the course allows the candidate to more easily time-manage to achieve the regulation placement hours, which are mandatory across a number of units on the course.
The learning and teaching method uses a student-centred approach, where you are encouraged to develop a critical approach to your studies. Teaching sessions include a blended learning approach, combining both on-campus face-to-face teaching and online learning. Vocational skills are developed through a combination of clinical skills simulation teaching, in our state-of-the-art simulation centre, and a practice placement.