Healthcare Professions' Support for England (HTQ) HNC

<strong>Equivalent to the first year of a university degree, this new Level 4 Higher National Certificate with Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) status is widely recognised both in the UK and overseas. The course has been designed to offer a special emphasis on practical skills development, alongside knowledge and understanding of health and social care in the UK which is also relevant to healthcare on an international basis.</strong><br/><br/><strong>The HNC provides a thorough grounding in key concepts in healthcare professions support including: law, evidence-based practice, health inequalities, reporting and record-keeping in health practice. The course includes contemporary themes and current practice. All students undertake healthcare-based work placements to develop their own professional practice and meet the requirements to work in the sector.</strong><br/><br/><strong>About the course</strong> <br/><br/>This course will be based at the colleges new £58 million City Hub campus, near Nottingham train station. The campus features state of the art teaching and learning facilities, science laboratories, with a restaurant, cafe, performing arts venue and specialist healthcare facilities including a simulated hospital ward, which provides students with a realistic learning environment that mimics a hospital environment. <br/><br/>Assistant practitioners work as part of the more comprehensive health and social care team and have direct contact with patients, service users or clients, providing high-quality and compassionate care. <br/><br/><strong>Higher National Certificate (Level 4) modules may include:</strong><br/><br/>• Law, Policy and Ethical Practice<br/><br/>• Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in Health and Social Care Practice<br/><br/>• Supporting the Individual Journey through Integrated Health and Social Care<br/><br/>• Fundamentals of Evidence-based Practice<br/><br/>• Principles of Health Education<br/><br/>• Effective Healthcare Practice Using Maths<br/><br/>• Applied Anatomy and Physiology<br/><br/><br/><strong>Compulsory work placement</strong><br/><br/>This course includes a minimum requirement of 225 hours’ of work placement or experience in health and/or social care settings. <br/><br/><strong>Assessment</strong><br/><br/>A wide variety of innovative and traditional methods will be used including: practical assignments, portfolios of evidence, data analysis, case studies, written reports, essays, presentations, work-based evidence with employer statements.<br/><br/><strong>Qualification awarded:</strong><br/><br/>Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Healthcare Professions Support for England (HTQ) <br/><br/><strong>Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs)</strong><br/><br/>These new qualifications have been developed in partnership with employers and industry stakeholders to provide students with the specific training, knowledge, and skills required for their chosen career.<br/><br/><strong>Bursaries</strong><br/><br/>We want our courses to be accessible to students from any background, so we’ve put together a cash support package in the form of non-repayable bursaries to provide financial help where it’s really needed. Details for 2025-26 will be advertised once approved by the university regulator – the Office for Students (OfS). Please check our website - www.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk - for more information.<br/><br/><strong>Your career and progression</strong><br/><br/>Students from the Level 4 HNC can progress to the new Level 5 Higher National Diploma course.<br/><br/>Possible careers in this sector are: healthcare support worker, nursing assistant/auxiliary roles in a range of areas of specialism, e.g. adult and community nursing, clinical support, midwifery support, rehabilitation services. Assistant practitioners (sometimes called associate practitioners) work in many branches of the NHS including: operating departments, prehabilitation/rehabilitation, maternity and community care.