Our Level 5 Health Service Skills Course will give you the qualification needed to work as a healthcare assistant in a variety of healthcare settings. It also provides you with the opportunity to progress to third level to study healthcare or social care.

We work with the HSE and other healthcare agencies to ensure that we prepare our students with the required abilities and skills that will allow them to enter into employment after graduation.

Certification: QQI level 5 Award in Health Service Skills (5M3782)

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can also choose to do between 1 and 4 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

• Care Support (January to May)

• Work Experience (January to May)

• Infection Prevention and Control (January to May)

• Safety and Health at Work (January to May)

• Care of the Older Person (September to December)

• Communications (September to December)

• Care Skills (September to December)

• Palliative Care (September to December)

• Assignment Preparation

• Additional certificates offered:

  • Patient Moving and Handling

Course Requirements: Garda Vetting will be required for work experience. For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 12

Progression Routes:

• Employment as a Healthcare Assistant either in home care or in nursing home care

• Further Education: Specialise in a specific area, for example a QQI Level 5 in Pre-Nursing

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to an undergraduate degree or to Access Programmes in institutions such as UCD, Trinity College or Carlow IT (Clermont Campus)