The Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Healthcare Professions’ Support for England is designed to support progression into relevant occupational areas or on to pre-registration study.

The aims of the Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Healthcare Professions’ Support for England are to:

Equip students with the healthcare practice skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to achieve high performance in the global health and social care environment.
Provide education and training for a range of careers in healthcare, including healthcare assistant practitioner roles in a range of settings such as nursing assistant roles, care navigation, planning, and assessment.
Provide insight and understanding into the diversity of roles within the healthcare sector, recognising the importance of collaboration at all levels.
Equip students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values.
Provide opportunities for students to enter or progress in employment in healthcare, or progress to higher education qualifications such as a pre-registration degree in one of the allied health professions or nursing.
Provide opportunities for students to develop the skills, techniques and personal attributes essential for successful working lives.
Support students to understand the local, regional and global context of healthcare practice and to aspire to progress their career in healthcare.
Provide students with opportunities to address contemporary health and care issues facing the sector, and society at large, with particular emphasis on integrated and compassionate care, and person-centred and personal approaches to providing healthcare to individuals across their lifespan.

This course is designed to support progression into relevant occupational areas or on to pre-registration study. It offers students a broad introduction to the subject area which effectively builds underpinning core skills while preparing the student for subject specialisation at Level 5. You will gain a wide range of sector knowledge tied to practical skills gained in evidence-based practice, personal research, self-study, directed study and workplace learning and experience.

This Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) requires at least 450 hours of work experience/placement in healthcare settings and a PLAD portfolio, including reflections on placement/workplace learning and experiences, to be completed over the two-year period of the qualification.

The skills developed as part of the Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma can provide graduates with the opportunity to work in many different areas of the health and social care sector, such as:

● Occupational therapy assistant practitioner
● Operating department assistant practitioner
● Prehabilitation and rehabilitation assistant practitioner
● Maternity care assistant practitioner
● Community care assistant practitioner

2 Years -12 hours per week.
Students will attain 240 credits over the duration of the course.

The Level 5 Higher National Diploma is recognised by higher education providers as meeting admission requirements to many relevant health and social care-related courses, for example:

BA/BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care
BA/BSc (Hons) in Health Studies
BSc (Hons) in Adult Nursing

For further information please contact us by visiting the contact page on the college website.

Although every care has been taken to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate, there may be changes to this programme and provision. We will endeavour to keep prospective and current students updated where appropriate and when the information becomes available.