Health Professions & Social Services
Skills Boost for Health Care
Campus OL - Open Learning/Cross Campus
Qualification SCQF Level 4
Study mode Full time
Duration 2 weeks
Start date
Feb 2024
Course enquiry form
Course overview
Skills Boost for Health Care is an exciting course that has been developed in partnership with NHS Lothian & Edinburgh College. We are working together to provide education & employment for people in the Lothian region and beyond.
Candidates that successfully pass the interview are given a provisional job offer with NHS Lothian as a band 2 health care support worker.
This could be the start of a very exciting career as there are a number of different progression routes within NHS Lothian.
This course is free as it is funded by the YPG and NTTF, which means the course is available to anyone who is over the age of 16 and is currently unemployed or whose job is at risk. You will not be paid during this course or be entitled to a bursary. If you do receive universal credit you will continue to do so for the course duration. You will only begin to be paid when you actually start working on the ward for NHS Lothian.
Please complete the college application form if you are interested in starting or re-starting your career as a health care support worker. Interviews will be held on the 10th and 11th of January 2024 at the Comely Bank centre, 13 Crew Road South Edinburgh EH4 2LD. You will be interviewed by a member of NHS Lothian and a College staff member. You will have to provide two valid forms of ID during the interview one must have a photo and one must have your address (driver's licence/passport/young scots card). You will also have to provide two references that we can contact (this can't be a friend or family member) -
All people who apply for this course/career must have the rights to work in the UK in full-time employment.
International students often have the right to work 20hours per week. Due to this restriction, this course/career would not be offered to international students.
Please note that your interview is an interview for the college course and a healthcare support worker job with NHS Lothian. If you are successful you must attend the three-week college course starting on Monday the 26th of Feb 2024. Upon successful completion of the course and all compulsory NHS checks such as satisfactory PVG with disclosure Scotland and Occupation Health report, you will start your exciting new career. The start date will depend on the candidate's ability to complete all previously mentioned checks as quickly as possible. We will try and start you as soon as possible but delays may occur when applicants do not submit all the required paperwork.
If successful you will be invited to an induction morning at Comley Bank on the 12th of January . Students accepted on the course must attend this induction to complete NHS application & paperwork.
These are full-time vacancies and will require you to work 37.5 hours per week. You will work shifts and be expected to work nights/weekends/public holidays.
The updated current vacancies for this cohort are::
- Finlay House
- District Nursing
- Hospital to Home
- Liberton Hospital
- Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care
- Astley Ainslie Hospital
- West Lothian HSCP
This course will be the start of your learning journey and your new job will provide you with a pathway to a career in health care.
College Course Content
- Safe beginners for health and care - Professionalism, reflection, legislation
- Infection control
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Career pathways
NHS Lothian Course Content
- Basic Life Support
- Equality Diversity and Rights
- Fire Safety Awareness
- HAI
- Health and Safety
- Information Governance
- Management of Aggression
- Public Protection
- Manual handling
Please note that during the 3-week course you are not an employee at NHS Lothian and will not be paid during the course
If you receive Universal Credit your benefit will remain in place until you start your job.
Please remember while you are applying for a course you are also applying for a job and it will help your application if you expand on what motivated you to apply for this job and course. If you have been referred to this job and course through the Department of Work & Pensions please quote reference number DWP2023 beside your name.
Further Information
The course is funded by the Young Persons Guarantee and Transitional Training Fund and is free for you to do.
You must complete the NHS application and background checks within the set time frame or the provisional job offer will be cancelled.
Throughout the 3 week's course, you must adhere to the Edinburgh College Positive Behaviour and anti-bullying & Harassment Policy or progression to employment will not be possible.</
What you will learn- Manual Handling
- Public Protection
- Management of Aggression
- Information Governance
- Health and Safety
- Infection Protection and Control (HAI)
- Fire Safety Awareness
- Equality Diversity and Rights
- Basic Life Support
- Career Pathways
- First Aid
- Health and Safety
- Infection Control
- Safe Beginners for Health and Care - Professionalism, Reflection, Legislation
How the course is assessed
- Continual assessment
Number of days per week
- 5 days per week - 9 am to 4:30 pm
Entry requirements
- No formal qualification required
English Proficiency Requirements
IELTS Level 5Progression and Articulation Routes
- Career as a band 2 health care worker
Study Options
| Campus | Study mode | Start date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL - Open Learning/Cross Campus | Full time | 26/02/24 | 2 Weeks |
