Health Care Assistant (HCA) Clinical Skills and Long-Term Conditions Training Programme

Level 3 Accredited Programme

A structured and clinically focused Level 3 accredited programme supporting Healthcare Assistants in developing confidence, clinical competence, and practical long-term condition management skills within primary care.

This is a Level 3 accredited programme combining online learning, face-to-face teaching, and supervised clinical practice to support workforce development within primary care.
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Limited Availability
Please note that only 7 spaces are available for Cohort 2 for this programme and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Cohort 2

Newly Available
Session Date & Time Venue
Session 1 07 July · 10:00 – 16:00 Online
Session 2 21 July · 10:00 – 16:00 Online
Session 3 05 Aug · 10:00 – 16:00 In-person; TBC
Session 4 19 Aug · 10:00 – 16:00 In-person; TBC
Session 5 26 Aug · 10:00 – 16:00 In-person; TBC

Cohort 1

Session Date & Time Venue
Session 1 15 April · 10:00 – 16:00 Online
Session 2 29 April · 10:00 – 16:00 Online
Session 3 13 May · 10:00 – 16:00 In-person; TBC
Session 4 10 June · 10:00 – 16:00 In-person; TBC
Session 5 24 June · 10:00 – 16:00 In-person; TBC

Programme Learning Content

Online Learning

Day 1

1. Foundations of care and professional practice
2. Care Certificate overview
3. Equality, communication, and consultation skills
4. Safeguarding awareness/ Safeguarding practice
5. Reflective learning
6. Legal and ethical frameworks
7. Understand the “FIT FOR THE FUTURE”10 year plan
8. NHS Structure and organisation
9. Budgets-what does it mean?
Online Learning

Day 2

1. Long Term Conditions Theory
2. Respiratory System
3. Cardiac system
4. Diabetes
5. COPD
Face-to-Face Learning

Day 3 & Day 4

1. Long Term conditions theory continued

2. Long-term condition management

3. Cardiac health and physical monitoring

4. ECG, spirometry, urinalysis, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood sugar, blood tests

5. Peak flow, pulse, foot pulses, peripheral arterial disease (PAD TEST)

6. Fluids, nutrition, BMI, and infection control

7. Strong emphasis on applied learning and skills practice.
Supervised Practical Clinical Day

Day 5

This final day reflects the NHS Long Term Plan’s emphasis on high-quality frontline care and learning embedded in practice.

There will be 2 trainers present on the last day so each person can be supervised and competence assessed. The trainers will ensure the theoretical learning is translated to practical application.

Learners will:

1. Work with real patients (ABHG will organise this (with informed consent). If this is not possible then there will be practice on each other with agreed participation and consent.

2. Practise communication, consultation, and clinical skills

3. Apply learning under clinical supervision

4. Demonstrate safe, compassionate, and person-centred care

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