HCA (Health care assistant) clinical skills or Nursing Assistant Programme

This programme provides the theoretical and practical knowledge which helps to develop your role as a Health Care Assistant or Nursing Assistant. The package for the HCA clinical skill, Phlebotomy (competency), and cannulation (only attendance) training with six months of work placements at the medical center. You will have to attend training once a week. Timings will be from 9:30 to 1:30 pm. You will have to attend once per week. The training will be held at NHS authorized Medical centres.

Health Care assistant /Nursing assistant are valued and integral members of the nursing team and work in many different settings including hospital, GP surgeries, private clinics and the community. HCA can become Assistant practitioner and registered nurse. If you interested in gaining more experience in phlebotomy and HCAs clinical skills, please contact us for further details.

• Hypertension
• How to take a BP using manual and automatic systems
• 24-Hour BP Monitoring
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Pulses
• CHD Risk Scoring
• Diabetes Monitoring
• Foot examination (Filament Sensation)
• Health Screening (NHS health Check UP/ registration of new patients)
• BMI
• Family History and Chronic Illness
• Asthma and COPD
• Peak flow monitoring in Asthma and COPD
• Pulse Oximetry
• Respiratory system and care
• Urinalysis and FOB
• Pregnancy test
• Blood glucose monitoring and testing
• Introduction to Long Term Conditions including CHD management
• 12 Lead ECG’s

• Health promotion and patient self-management
• Clinical skills
• Documentation
• Record Keeping
• Safe Practice
• Confidentiality
• Compassion
• Quality Care
• Caldicott
• Information Process and IT