Description

Nursing auxiliaries and assistants assist doctors, nurses and other health professionals in caring for the sick and injured within hospitals, homes, clinics and the wider community.

Tasks

• Changes bed linen, makes beds and tidies wards.
• Assists patients in washing, dressing, toiletry activities and general mobility.
• Distributes and serves food, assists patients in feeding and prepares snacks and hot drinks.
• Prepares patient for examination and treatment.
• Performs basic clinical tasks such as taking patients’ temperature and pulse, weighing and measuring, performing urine tests and extracting blood samples.

Entry Requirements

Level 3 NVQ; A Levels

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Monitoring
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies
• Mathematics
• Science

Related Courses

• Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) - Level 3
• Access to Nursing Healthcare Professions - Level 3
• Access to Nursing Healthcare Professions - Level 3 - Part-time
• Allergy Awareness - Adult Social Care
• Allergy Awareness for Those Working in the Service Sector - Level 2
• Animal Nursing Assistant - Level 2 - Part-time
• Award in Personal Social Skills - 1-1 modules - Level 1
• Award in Personal Social Skills - Introduction to Wellbeing - Level 1
• Awareness of Mental Health Problems - Level 2
• Care Skills Essentials - Part-Time
• Common Health Conditions - Level 2
• Engagement to Health and Social Care-Childcare - Level 1
• Falls Prevention Awareness - Level 2
• Health Adult Nursing - T Level - Level 3
• Health and Social Care - Level 1
• Health Studies - Level 3
• Pre-Access to Science Nursing - Level 2 - Part-Time
• Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care - Level 2
• Principles of Care Planning - Level 2
• Principles of End of Life Care - Level 2
• Principles of the Mental Health Care Worker - Level 2
• Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings - Level 2
• Principles of Working with and Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities - Level 2
• Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Apprenticeship - Level 3
• Understanding Autism - Level 2
• Understanding Common Illnesses Affecting Children - Level 2
• Understanding the Care and Management of Diabetes - Level 2
• Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in Health and Social Care - Level 2