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Standards Apprenticeship in Healthcare Support Worker
The Healthcare Support Worker is an integrated programme of knowledge and skills acquisition, developed alongside core behaviours expected of a competent worker operating in a regulated field. The award of the apprenticeship certificate will signify a recognition of competence in a role and enable progression to higher levels of skill development.
Providing high quality, compassionate care within a team, Healthcare Support Workers will carry out routine clinical duties to an individual requiring care. These duties may prioritise an individual’s condition such as weight, temperature and blood pressure, overall progress as well as aiding their comfort and wellbeing.
HCSW’s will be expected to prepare individuals for healthcare, continuing care before, after and during as detailed by their care plan. Nonclinical duties may be expected, such as record keeping, equipment care and ensuring areas are clean and sanitary. The ability to recognise concerns and report them in a timely manner is expected. These roles may be carried out in a range of healthcare setting, with a registered healthcare practitioner as supervision.
Abiding by the relevant standards, policies, and protocols in place at the workplace, is key. These include the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England with guidance to achieve the Care Certificate which is essential for covering the fundamental skills needed to provide quality care.
The Apprentice has achieved a DISTINCTION in their Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that consists of:
- Understanding the importance of effective communication with individuals, families, carers, and healthcare practitioners.
- Supporting individuals with long term conditions, end of life care and routine clinical tasks, to promote the comfort and wellbeing of individuals.
- Providing and demonstrating person centred care and support that promotes mental health and wellbeing.
- Recognising and reporting changes or deterioration in an individual’s mental health.
- Ability to perform basic life support and undertake a range of physiological measurements.
- Understand and implement moving and handling of individuals and objects safely and how to identify potential risks.
- Working towards continuous professional development, evaluating their own practise, and developing skills, individually and within a team.
- Following the principles for implementing a duty of care, ensuring individuals do not come to harm and their best interest is high priority.
- Maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, with an understanding of legislation, policies, safeguarding, infection control and protection.
- Following the principles of equality, diversity, inclusion and how to respond appropriately to issues.