Healthcare: Senior Support Worker - Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship

Senior Healthcare Support Workers help registered practitioners deliver healthcare services to people. As an experienced support worker, you carry out a range of clinical and nonclinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. You provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence. You may work in a range of services e.g. hospital, community, health or day case unit, birth centre or midwifery led unit, someone’s home, operating theatre, nursing or care home, assessment centre, hospice, school, prison, GP surgery, charity or voluntary organisation; working in partnership with individuals, families, carers and other service providers. Learners can opt for 6 different options which include – adult nursing, maternity support, theatre support, mental health support, children and young people support, therapy support.

This Apprenticeship covers the following compentances

• Health and wellbeing
• Duty of care and candour, safeguarding, equality and diversity
• Person centred care, treatment and support
• Communication 
• Personal, people and quality improvement
• Health, safety and security

For more details visit https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/senior-healthcare-support-worker-v1-2

You must complete a Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support prior to taking the end-point assessment. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.

After a period of working and gaining experience, you may be able to work towards an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate post or, providing you meet the entry requirements, apply to university to become a registered healthcare practitioner.