Healthcare Professions Support for England - Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ)

This programme is delivered two days a week for two years. You will study the Healthcare Assistant Practitioner pathway. It is a full-time qualification offered through our partnership with Pearson.

Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) are internationally recognized qualifications covering levels 4 and 5, equivalent to the first two years of a degree. The addition of the Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) quality mark signals that it has undertaken additional development with employers and is aligned with occupational standards.

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. Assistant Practitioners work at a level above that of the healthcare support workers and have a more in-depth understanding of factors that influence health and ill health (e.g. anatomy and physiology). An assistant practitioner is a job title applied to various roles developed locally by employers to meet individual service needs. Upon completing this qualification, individuals will obtain the core skills, knowledge, and values/behaviours needed to become an assistant practitioner.

Examples of common work activities include assisting in total patient assessment, coordination of care (including referrals to other practitioners) and higher clinical skills such as catheterisation, wound care and discharge planning. Assistant practitioners can work in various areas such as cancer services, physiotherapy, genetic-urinary medicine, orthopaedics, hospice care, mental health, social care, community, occupational therapy, learning disabilities, and hybrid roles that cross traditional occupational areas. Assistant practitioners will, therefore, develop additional skills and knowledge based on their employer's requirements, depending on the clinical or professional area within which they work.

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