Education

There are a number of Major Awards available under the QQI Accreditation for Healthcare Assistants. The Healthcare Assistant can choose which award to go for depending on the sector they want to work in or how they want to progress their career. Click on the links below to view the awards available:

5M4339 Healthcare Support – Mainly Suitable for Healthcare Assistants working in Nursing Homes, Day Care Centres or Home Care Settings
5M4349 Nursing Studies – Mainly Suitable for Healthcare Assistants who wish to progress to further studies in the area of nursing
5M1761 Intellectual Disability Practice – Mainly suitable for Healthcare Assistants working with people with intellectual disabilities
5M4468 Community Health Services – Mainly suitable for Healthcare Assistants working in community health services
5M3782 Health Service Skills – Mainly suitable for Healthcare Assistants working in HSE Hospitals
5M2786 Community Care – Mainly suitable for Healthcare Assistants working in community care

Qualification requirement for new HCA entrants’ is currently the QQI Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support, consisting of 8 modules from a range of options some of which are mandatory. The award consists of five compulsory modules, with the remaining modules selected depending upon the current or intended area of practice.

Further training: BSc. Applied Health Care – Waterford Institute of Technology: www.wit.ie Senior HCA training course St.Luke’s Home in Cork provide a training programme for Senior HCA’s, however it does not currently have QQI certification. www.stlukeshome.ie

Opportunities with Chevron:

The way to advance in your career and to prepare yourself for the future development of your discipline, is through education. Chevron is offering you a discount and an easy payment method to study at QQI level 5.

As their courses are on-line they are ideal for those who are already employed in the sector. Chevron Healthcare Courses.

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