Healthcare Assistant

Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respiration and weight. communication with patients, relatives and carers. assisting with clinical duties. personal care including infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety; these are the roles of a good Healthcare Assistant. You will learn about all of them in our Healthcare Assistant course in easy and effective ways.

The demand for this job will last till earth last days. Healthcare Assistants are as important as Doctors. They are an important part of the NHS system. Healthcare assistants care for patients, working under the supervision of nurses, midwives and other health professionals. The role is vital to patients' comfort. By attending to patients' basic but essential needs, healthcare assistants can make a big difference to their comfort and wellbeing. You will be learning how to perform these duties in our Healthcare Assistant course.

Learn how to control, monitor, diagnose problems regarding breathing, mobilizing, personal cleansing, maintaining a safe environment, eating and drinking, communicating, eliminating, sleeping etc in our Healthcare Assistant course. You will need these skills to become a successful and good Healthcare Assistant. Good communication skill is also needed which we will also teach you how to achieve and how to communicate with patients and their relatives. Common strengths include leadership, communication, or writing skills. Common weaknesses include a fear of public speaking, lack of experience with software or a program, or difficulty with taking criticism.

Learning Benefits of Healthcare Assistant:

• Boost your career in the healthcare sector
• Get a deep understanding of the Healthcare Assistant
• Know how to provide person-cantered care to meet patients’ individual needs
• Learn the common terminologies used in the healthcare sector
• Learn how to maintain your workplace
• Understand how to administer medication and handle medicines in compliance with UK regulations
• Gain the knowledge on assessing an individual’s ability to mobilize
• Learn the Principles of health and safety at work
• Learn how to Assist clients in selecting appropriate meals/fluids
• Learn how to communicate with client properly
• Learn how to Monitor an individual’s sleep and rest patterns

Healthcare Assistant Certified by CPD Accreditation Group

Why Choose Neutron Skills:

• 1 year full access to the course
• Quality course developed by qualified professionals out of high quality and updated resources
• Easily demonstrated and interactive lessons almost diminish the gap between virtual and physical training
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Healthcare Assistant

Module 1: Breathing

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Assessing an individual’s ability to breathe
• Monitoring respiratory rate
• Monitoring peak flow
• Maintenance of an airway
• Administration of oxygen

Module 2: Mobilizing

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Assessing an individual’s ability to mobilize
• Moving and handling

Module 3: Personal Cleansing and dressing

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• The skin
• Assessing an individual’s ability to cleanse and dress
• Making a bed or cot
• Changing linen on an occupied bed or cot
• Disposal of linen

Module 4: Maintaining a safe environment

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Personal safety
• Principles of health and safety at work
• Principles of asepsis

Module 5: Eating and drinking

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Assessing an individual’s nutritional status
• Assessing an individual’s hydration status
• Assisting clients in selecting appropriate meals/fluids

Module 6: Communicating

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Assessing the communication needs of clients
• Responding to telephone calls
• Communicating with clients
• Managing violence and aggression

Module 7: Eliminating

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Assessing the individual’s ability to eliminate
• Assisting clients to use toileting facilities
• Applying/changing a nappy
• Care of an indwelling urinary catheter

Module 8: Sleeping

• Introduction
• Common terminology
• Assessing an individual’s needs in relation to sleep and rest
• Monitoring an individual’s sleep and rest patterns
• Assisting individuals to achieve a balance between activity and rest

After you successfully finish our ascribed training course Healthcare Assistant you have developed new sets of skills that can contribute to your personal and professional development, improve your job prospects, and evolve in your career. Now can obtain a PDF copy of your certificate free of cost.

Healthcare Assistant course is open to all, with no formal entry requirements. All you need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of the English language, numeracy and IT, and to be over the age of 16 to study our Healthcare Assistant.

After successfully completing our courseHealthcare Assistant, you will have the essential knowledge and skills to become successful in your career. There are many career paths in the Healthcare industry.