NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma For Assistant Practitioners In Healthcare

The Level 5 Diploma for Assistant Practitioners in Healthcare qualification provides learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills to work as an Assistant Practitioner. The qualification also maps to the Assistant Practitioner (Health) Apprenticeship Standard where the Level 5 Diploma for Assistant Practitioners in Healthcare is a mandated qualification. 

Course Duration: 12-18 Months

Course Time: Flexible

Prerequisite(s): There are no specific entry requirements for this programme

Credit(s): Funded Through Apprenticeship Funding; conditions apply. Or private funding /payments instalments available.

Course Days: Regular workshops: 1:1 assessor reviews

Component(s): Level 5 Diploma

Notes: Taught & vocational routes available – ask for details. 

The Assistant Practitioner programme is ideally suited to those individuals that work in a senior position in such areas as Nursing Homes, Hospices, Acute Trusts and Community Interest Companies (formally Primary Care Trusts/PCTs).  Varsity Training is one of the few private sector providers of this qualification and already deliver the course in a range of statutory, private and voluntary settings.

Having completed this diploma, workers may then progress into undergraduate healthcare professional programmes such as Nurse training.