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NCFE CACHE L3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTHCARE SUPPORT – THEATRE PATHWAY
About this programme
The NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support offers a specialised pathway in Theatre Support. This qualification is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, understanding, and skills required to work in healthcare support roles, specifically within surgical and theatre environments.
DELIVERY: Blended learning
DURATION : 12 months
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 12
TUTOR: Sector specialist qualified in Clinical Healthcare
COHORT DATES: Please contact our team to find out about next cohort start
Session 1: Personal Development and Study Skills
Units:
- DHCS 3 Promote personal development in care settings
- DHCS 14 Study skills for senior healthcare support workers
Topics:
- Reflective practice
- Evaluating own performance
- Personal development planning
- Study skills and independent learning
- Research techniques
- Plagiarism and referencing
Session 2: Responsibilities and Duty of Care
Units:
- DHCS 7 Responsibilities of a senior healthcare support worker
- DHCS 8 Duty of care in care settings
Topics:
- Legislation and guidelines
- Delegated healthcare tasks
- Quality assurance processes
- Duty of care and duty of candour
- Addressing conflicts and dilemmas
- Responding to concerns and complaints
Session 3: Effective Communication and Handling Information
Units:
- DHCS 1 Effective communication in care settings
- DHCS 2 Promote effective handling of information in care settings
Topics:
- Importance of effective communication
- Communication needs and preferences
- Overcoming barriers to communication
- Role of advocacy in communication
- Confidentiality in care settings
- Legislation and codes of practice
- Data security in electronic and manual systems
- Supporting others in handling information
Session 4: Health, Safety & Wellbeing, Infection control, decontamination, and waste
Units:
- DHCS 6 Promote health, safety, and wellbeing in care settings
- DHCS 11 Cleaning, decontamination, and waste management
- DHCS 10 Maintain infection prevention and control in a care setting
Topics:
- Health and safety legislation
- Risk assessment
- Infection control / Types and chain of infection
- Infection control practices
- Fire safety and emergency procedures
- Environmental cleaning principles
- Decontamination & Waste management practices
Session 5: Person-Centred Practice, Equality and Safeguarding
Units:
- DHCS 4 Person-centred practice, choice, and independence
- DHCS 5 Promote equality and inclusion in care settings
- DHCS 9 Safeguarding and protection in care settings
Topics:
- Person-centred values
- Building relationships with individuals
- Active participation in care planning
- Promoting independence and choice / Inclusive practice
- Principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion
- Effects of discrimination
- Types of abuse and signs
- Responding to suspected abuse
- National and local safeguarding policies
Session 6: Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing Communication
Units:
- DHCS 12 Understand mental ill health
- DHCS 13 Communicate with individuals about promoting their health and wellbeing
Topics:
- Types of mental ill health
- Impact on individuals and their networks
- Early intervention and support
- Relationship between health, wellbeing, and lifestyle
- Communicating health promotion messages
- Supporting informed decisions
Session 7: Pain and Discomfort Management
Units:
- DHCS 17 Provide support to manage pain and discomfort
- DHCS 18 Contribute to monitoring the health of individuals affected by health conditions
Topics:
- Approaches to managing pain
- Supporting individuals in pain
- Monitoring and reporting pain management
- Importance of monitoring health
- Carrying out observations
- Recording and reporting observations
Session 8: Quality Standards and Service Improvement
Units:
- DHCS 15 Maintaining quality standards in the health sector
- DHCS 16 Service improvement within the health sector
Topics:
- Quality standards and legislation
- Working with others to maintain quality
- Monitoring and improving quality
- Evaluating work and identifying improvements
- Making constructive suggestions
- Implementing and supporting changes
Session 9: Physiological Measurements and Theatre Support
Units:
- DHCS 19 Undertake physiological measurements
- THEA 1 Perform the non-scrubbed circulating role for perioperative procedures
Topics:
- Legislation and guidelines
- Principles of physiological measurements
- Recording and reporting results
- Standard precautions and protocols
- Handling contaminated items
- Maintaining the sterile field
- Using medical devices for surgical interventions
Session 10: Medical Devices and Surgical Support
Units:
- THEA 4 Contribute to the safe use of medical devices in the perioperative environment
- THEA 5 Provide support to the surgical team when preparing individuals for operative and invasive procedures
Topics:
- Sterilisation processes
- Handling medical devices
- Checking and maintaining instrument trays
- Preparing individuals for surgery
- Selecting and handling surgical instruments
- Disposing of surgical waste
- Health and safety measures
Session 11: Transport, Positioning, and Perioperative Care
Units:
- THEA 7 Transport, transfer and position individuals and equipment within the perioperative environment
- THEA 9 Assist in the delivery of perioperative care and support to individuals
Topics:
- Health and safety measures for transporting and positioning
- Safe techniques for moving and positioning
- Pressure area care
- Supporting and monitoring individuals in the perioperative environment
- Effects of premedication and sedation
- Addressing stress and distress in the perioperative environment
Session 12: Review
- Missed sessions / Assignments not yet complete and Claim to Competence (Reflection)
We at Pier Training would be very happy to discuss any aspect of this or any other training programmes you may be interested in. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.