Course Summary
Course Category: Traineeship Courses
The purpose of the Healthcare Support QQI Level 5 programme provides learners with the essential knowledge, practical skills, and professional competencies required to work as Healthcare Assistants across hospitals, nursing homes, community care, and social care environments.
This comprehensive major award develops person centred care skills while preparing students for further education in nursing, health science and social care pathways.
The student profile of a healthcare support course
A QQI Level 5 Health Service Skills student is compassionate, practical, and motivated to enter the caring professions, they may also have relevant life experience and is interested in working with people who need support to include older adults, individuals with illness or disability or those receiving community or residential care services.
By doing this course an individual can work as a healthcare assistant or progress to general nursing, mental health nursing, midwifery, health sciences or social care degree programmes depending on the entry requirements.
Other options include going on to become a paramedic.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Anatomy and Physiology 5N0749
Nursing Theory and Practice 5N4325
Human Growth and Development 5N1279
Work Experience 5N1356
Communications 5N0690
Care Support 5N0758
Care Skills 5N2770
Safety & Health at Work 5N1794
Infection Prevention & Control 5N3734
Care of the Older Person 5N2706
Palliative Care Support 5N3769
IT Skills 4N1125
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which any Major Award (including this one) provides a possible Progression route, click below:
| CAO with Any QQI Major Award |
| Old FETAC Code | New QQI Code |
| DHSXX | 5M4339 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
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Career Progression
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