The Certificate in Health Care Studies has been designed for Health Care Support Workers to complete a recognised formal level four qualification in keeping with the current Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) strategy ‘Developing Excellence in Healthcare An NHS Wales Skills and Career Framework for Healthcare Support Workers supporting Nursing and the Allied Health Professions.’
The programme has a strong focus on self-development, self-awareness and developing your nursing skills and you will gain detailed knowledge and insight of key aspects within nursing including holistic care, physiology across the ages, family and society and health and wellbeing. You will also explore your own role within your clinical setting.