Health and Social Care (Health Care Assistant Practitioner) - FdSc

Southampton, Solent University

Working as part of the wider health and social care team, healthcare assistant practitioners provide care for service users within the healthcare industry.

You will learn about the role of the healthcare assistant practitioner in a range of different health and social care settings and develop a highly-valued professional skill set that can be applied on practice placements, and in your eventual health and social care workplace. Further your career and understanding of healthcare related topics such as communication, anatomy and physiology and public health. Assistant practitioners work at a level above that of healthcare support workers and have a more in-depth understanding of factors that influence health and ill-health.

This course is ideal for someone looking to start or further develop their career in healthcare, who does not want to train in a regulated health profession.

Assistant practitioners work in a variety of roles in healthcare, including supportive roles in nursing, operating theatres, biomedical science laboratories, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, mental health, social care, rehabilitation services and radiology.