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Apprenticeships

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Apprenticeships

Ambulance Apprenticeships at Medipro are designed to meet your needs as an employer through vocational training.

Having an apprentice in your organisation will: 

– Reduce training costs
– Reduce recruitment costs
– Develop skills relevant to your organisation
– Motivate staff and reduce staff turnover
– Investing in quality training may improve CQC rating in this area, which can lead to awarding more contracts 

 

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    We currently have the following apprenticeship pathways:

     

     

    + Level 3 Patient Care Transport Apprenticeship

    + Key Information

    Duration
    12 months: 2 weeks initial classroom (plus 2 additional return periods and 1 week driving)

    Apprenticeship Reference
    ST0627

    What qualification do I get?
    All students will receive:

    • Level 3 Diploma in Ambulance Patient Care:Non-urgent Care Services Level 3
    • Award in Patient Care Services: Ambulance Driving
    • Level 2 Functional skills (if not already achieved)
    • Care certificate

    Pre-requisites
    All students will need to be able to demonstrate:

    • 18 years of age
    • Full UK driving licence

    Delivered across the UK or at your place of work
    Non-Levy employers can receive 95% funding for this apprenticeship, meaning only a £20 contribution for each student a month. If you’re looking for our Level 3 Certificate in Ambulance Patient Care: Non-Urgent Care Services course.

    + Course Description

    The Level 3 Certificate in Ambulance Patient Care: Non-Urgent Care Services covers the national patient care support services scope of practice that is required in the role of ambulance patient care support attendants or assistants. Learners will be responsible for the transportation and care of patients with varying needs including looking after the disabled, elderly, sick and vulnerable people to and from outpatient clinics, day care centres and routine hospital admissions and discharges. Learners will be responsible for the care of patients on the journey and while they are transferred to and from the vehicle.

    + Syllabus

    The programme includes but is not limited to the following subjects:

    • Principles of ambulance patient care
    • Management of medical conditions during ambulance patient care
    • Vehicle familiarisation and communication systems
    • Safe moving and handling during ambulance patient care
    • Ambulance aid essentials for patient care
    • Conveyance of patients with own medication and medical devices
    • Conflict resolution
    • Basic life support including airway, oxygen and AED

    + Certification

    Upon successful completion of the portfolio and practical assessments the following certificates will be awarded:

    • FutureQuals Level 3 Certificate in Ambulance Patient Care: Non-Urgent Care Services
    • FutureQuals Level 3 Award in Patient Care Services – Ambulance Driving
    • Functional skills level 2 (if not already achieved)
    • Care Certificate

    + Pre-requisites

    There are no formal qualification entry requirements that a learner must have completed before taking this qualification and no requirement for learners to have prior skills, knowledge or understanding.

    All student will need to complete a competency portfolio as well as the Care Certificate from Skills for Health. All statutory and mandatory essential components are covered for the role of ‘Ambulance Care Assistant’.

    + Level 3 Ambulance Support Worker Apprenticeship

    + Key Information

    Duration
    12 months: 6 weeks initial classroom (plus 2 additional return weeks)

    Apprenticeship Reference
    ST0627

    What qualification do I get?
    All students will receive:

    • Level 3 Diploma in Ambulance Emergency and Urgent Care Support
    • Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving
    • Level 2 Functional skills (if not already achieved) – Students must be working at Level 1 at least. Initial assessments will take place prior to enrolment
    • Care certificate

    Pre-requisites
    All students will need to be able to demonstrate:

    • 18 years of age
    • Full UK driving licence

    Delivered across the UK or at your place of work
    Non-Levy employers can receive 95% funding for this apprenticeship, meaning only a £350 contribution for each student. If you’re looking for our Level 3 Diploma in Ambulance Emergency & Urgent Care Support.

    + Course Description

    The purpose of this Level 3 Diploma in Ambulance Emergency and Urgent Care Support is to provide the learner with the skills, knowledge and understanding to be able to work as a part of an emergency ambulance crew, responding to 999 calls supporting the Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) or registered Paramedic.

    This role includes supporting the clinician with the care of a patient with varying needs and in a variety of environments and settings, sometimes including very difficult circumstances such as accidents and where time to provide support to patients is critical to their health.

    The role may also include attending to patients with colleagues of the same grade to a patient that has been referred by the emergency operations centre, 111 service, GP urgent referrals and other allied healthcare professions within the community.

    Emergency and urgent and care support staff have a good understanding of anatomy and physiology, the ability to carry out patient assessment, physiological measurement and continued patient monitoring with a range of skills that support the lead clinician with advanced procedures. This qualification will be a combination of full-time education with formative and summative assessment and consolidation in the real work environment.

    + Syllabus

    The programme includes but is not limited to the following subjects:

    • Principles of Ambulance Patient Care in emergency and urgent settings
    • Anatomy and physiology for ambulance patient care
    • Assessment, physiological measurements and continued monitoring of emergency and urgent care patients
    • Airway management, basic life support and external defibrillation
    • Care for older people in the emergency and urgent care setting
    • Support the management of trauma in the emergency and urgent care setting
    • Support the clinician in the management of patients during pregnancy, childbirth and care of babies and children
    • Bereavement and end of life care in the emergency and urgent care setting
    • Support the clinician in the management of hostile & major incidents in the emergency and urgent care setting
    • Managing hazardous materials, cleaning, decontamination and waste management in the emergency and urgent care setting
    • Conflict resolution training for ambulance services
    • Using communication and information systems in ambulance patient care

    + Certification

    Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship the following certificates will be awarded:

    • FutureQuals Level 3 Diploma in Ambulance Emergency & Urgent Care Support
    • FutureQuals Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving
    • Level 2 functional skills (English and Maths) if not already achieved
    • Care certificate

    + Pre-requisites

    There are no formal qualification entry requirements that a learner must have completed before taking this qualification and no requirement for learners to have prior skills, knowledge or understanding.

    + Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner Apprenticeship

    + Key Information

    Duration
    18 months: 12 weeks initial classroom (plus 2 additional return weeks and 750 clinical practice hours)

    Apprenticeship Reference
    ST0287

    What qualification do I get?
    All students will receive:

    • Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner
    • Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving
    • Care certificate

    Pre-requisites
    All students will need to be able to demonstrate:

    • 18 years of age
    • Full UK driving licence
    • English & Maths GCSE Grade C or above or equivalent

    Delivered across the UK or at your place of work
    Non-Levy employers can receive 95% funding for this apprenticeship, meaning only a £750 contribution for each student. If you’re looking for our Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioner course.

    + Course Description

    The purpose of this Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioners is to confirm the learner’s competence in the skills and knowledge you will gain from completing this qualification.

    The Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) works as part of the wider Emergency & Urgent Care setting, having direct contact with service users or others, providing high quality and compassionate care. Day to day duties and tasks for an AAP would involve working as part of an ambulance crew responding to emergency (999) & urgent calls providing emergency and urgent assistance, driving safely and progressively at high speed.

    The AAP will assess, treat and manage service users at the scene or assist with non-conveyance or onward referral if appropriate, reducing the need for hospital admission. Other tasks involve working closely with other emergency services and the wider NHS. Tasks of an AAP will include evaluating different approaches to solving problems, communicating those results accurately and reliably, with structured and coherent arguments.

    AAP’s work at a level above that of Clinical Healthcare Support Workers and have knowledge of the underlying concepts and associated principles within their area of study, including the ability to evaluate and interpret these. They will have the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, exercising some personal responsibility. AAP’s will undertake further annual training and develop new skills within a structured and managed environment when employment is secured. The AAP will work under the supervision of an occupationally competent individual at the same level or above in accordance with Regulatory policies and procedures for an initial probationary period of 750hrs.

    After successful completion the AAP will be accountable for their own actions, operating within their own scope of practice. They will work alongside professional colleagues of higher or lower grades.

    + Syllabus

    • Engage in Organisational Effectiveness, Personal and Professional Development in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Promote Communication in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Promote Equality and Inclusion in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Implement Health and Safety in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Safeguarding and Protection of Individuals and Groups
    • Promote Person-Centred Approaches in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Principles of Emergency and Urgent Care
    • Promote Good Practice in Information Governance in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Promote Infection Prevention and Control measures in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Causes and Spread of Infection in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Cleaning, Decontamination and Waste Management in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Duty of Care and Candour in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Privacy and Dignity in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body
    • Assessment and Examination in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Stepwise Airway Management in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Intermediate Life Support and External Defibrillation in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Management of Medical and Surgical Conditions in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Management of Wounds, Bleeding and Thermal Injury in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Management of Injuries in the Emergency & Urgent Care Setting
    • Support the Senior Clinician with Cannulation, Intraosseous, Infusion and Advanced Airway Management in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Process and Systems of Trauma in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Administration of Medical Gases in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Move and Position People and Objects in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Management of Newborns, Infants and Children in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Management of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Management of Hostile and Major Incidents in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Managing Hazardous Materials in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Extrication and Light Rescue in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Support Individuals with Mental Health in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Support Individuals with Dementia in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Support Individuals who are Bereaved in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Support Individuals at the End of Life in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Care for Older People in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Communicate Effectively Using Electronic Communication Systems and Devices in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Promote Mental Capacity in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Administration of Medication in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Promote Environmental Safety in the Emergency & Urgent Care Setting
    • Conflict Resolution Training
    • Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
    • Vehicle Familiarisation

    + Certification

    Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship, Students will receive

    • FutureQuals Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioner
    • FutureQuals Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving
    • Level 2 functional skills (English and Maths) if not already achieved
    • Care certificate

    + Pre-requisities

    All students will need to be able to demonstrate:

    • 18 years of age
    • Full UK driving licence
    • English & Maths GCSE Grade C or above or equivalent

    Please click here to view Ofsted Monitoring Visit Report

    Ofsted Monitoring Visit Report

    Tutors provide helpful support during vocational lessons to develop apprentices’ English and Mathematics skills.

    Tutors are well qualified and have significant vocational experience which they use well to support apprentices to develop substantial new knowledge, skills and behaviours.

    Tutors plan and deliver the curriculum in a logical order to build on apprentices’ existing
    knowledge and skills.

    Leaders monitor the progress of apprentices effectively. They hold regular meetings to
    discuss the progress of each apprentice and ensure that tutors provide extra one-to-one
    sessions for apprentices who are at risk of falling behind.

    Leaders ensure that the programmes they deliver meet the principles and requirements of an
    apprenticeships. They work closely with employers to make sure that apprentices are on the
    right course and benefit from high-quality off-the-job training.

    Leaders work closely with employers to develop a curriculum that enables apprentices to
    develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours that they need to be successful in the
    workplace. They adapt the curriculum in response to request from employers to meet their
    specific needs.

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