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Thurso High School : Intermediate Level 1 Provided by:The North Highland College
The Course introduces candidates to the health sector. It includes investigating the different types of provision, the range of services provided and the roles and responsibilities of those working in a type of provision. Candidates will also investigate the career opportunities in the health sector.
Care values are important when working in the health sector. Therefore, candidates will explore care values and participate in practical activities that allow candidates to demonstrate care values, including the importance of maintaining confidentiality and an awareness of equality and diversity.
Candidates will also assess risks in relation to infection and participate in practical activities to demonstrate infection control measures.
Candidates will be given the opportunity to work as a member of a team to produce health promotion advice, encouraging co-operative working. They will learn about the main body systems as underpinning knowledge to inform the health promotion advice. Candidates will participate in a practical activity to take a physiological measurement.
Effective team working is an essential element of working in the health sector. Candidates will investigate a multidisciplinary team and explore the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to users of the health sector.
The Course introduces candidates to the range of product types made by the Life Sciences Industry. Candidates will participate in a practical activity to demonstrate the use of a biomedical device.
Central to the Course is developing the employability skills valued by employers in general and necessary for effective work in the health sector. These skills are embedded in the different Units providing candidates with the opportunity to practice and develop these skills throughout the Course. Candidates will have the opportunity to develop their employability skills through practical activities in real or simulated work environments, investigations and team working activities. Candidates will also be involved in self-evaluation of these skills, seeking feedback from others, identifying areas of improvement, taking account of the feedback received and reviewing their progress throughout the Course.
The Unit introduces candidates to the health sector and explores its diversity. Candidates will learn about the range of provision and the extensive services provided by the health sector. Candidates will participate in practical activities, which will help to develop knowledge and understanding of health sector environments.
The Unit also focuses on the employability skills and attitudes identified as being those most valued by employers in the health sector. Candidates will be given the opportunity to reflect on and evaluate their own employability skills and record their progress throughout the Unit.
The health sector includes the National Health Service (NHS) (primary and secondary care), independent healthcare, complementary therapies, the life sciences and retail pharmaceutical industries and the community and voluntary sector.
This Unit will provide candidates with a basic introduction to the structure and functions of the main body systems. Through team working, candidates will provide advice in relation to the promotion of health.
Candidates will participate in a practical activity, which will help to develop knowledge and skills in taking a physiological measurement.
The Unit introduces candidates to the range of product types made by the life sciences industry and their application in the health sector.
Candidates will participate in a practical activity, which will help to develop knowledge and skills in the correct use of a biomedical device.
The Unit introduces candidates to the range and diversity of careers in the health sector. The Unit will also introduce candidates to the nature and importance of working in a multidisciplinary team. Candidates will learn about the importance of care values within the health sector and will participate in a practical activity which will enable them to demonstrate these in a health sector context.
In this Unit candidates will carry out a risk assessment. Candidates will identify possible hazards and risks, including risks in relation to infection, in a setting within the health sector. Candidates will identify measures to minimise or eliminate these. This Unit will allow candidates to develop an awareness of their own responsibilities in maintaining a safe working environment.
Candidates will participate in a practical activity, which will help develop knowledge and understanding of infection control measures.
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Careers Scotland
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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Scottish Qualifications Authority
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