New Zealand Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Level 3) Healthcare Assistance Strand

Summary

New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 3) Health Assistant Strand

This 19 week programme is perfect for:

• Those who want to enter the care-giving sector eg: aged care facilities, hospitals, doctors' surgeries and in-home care.
• Those already working in the sector and want to gain formal qualifications to validiate their practice.

This programme involves:

• On-campus learning on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
• 124 hours of clinical practice. For those working in the sector, their clinical placement can be their place of employment.

Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes in a health and wellbeing setting to provide health and wellbeing services in an ethical and professional manner.
• Recognise and respond to signs of vulnerability in a culturally appropriate manner to support a person's health or wellbeing setting.
• Communicate effectively in a culturally appropriate manner to support a person's health or wellbeing.

Graduate of the Healthcare Assistance strand will also be able to:

• Provide culturally appropriate person-centred care under the direction and delegation of a health professional.
• Recognise and respond to signs of functional, behavioural, environmental or other health or wellbeing change in a person, in a health or wellbeing setting.