Educational development
HEIW regularly works in collaboration with NHS Wales to develop specific accredited units or qualifications to support staff development and new ways of working. This can be for all levels of staff e.g.
Level 6 CT Colonography
This qualification has been developed by Radiographers to give Radiographers the knowledge and skills to carry out a specific imaging investigation which is used to diagnosis colon cancer. HEIW are working in collaboration with the Imaging Academy and subject experts to deliver this qualification
Level 4 Complex Care
This qualification is being developed for healthcare assistants caring for adults and children living with complex care needs such as, tracheostomy care, ventilation support, oxygen administration, administration of medications, care of gastrostomy etc. Whilst all NHS Wales Health Boards utilise local competency-based training programmes, this qualification will provide an all Wales standard, and formal recognition of these support skills. The qualification will encompass adult and children’s care in both community and ITU settings.
HEIW are working in collaboration with the NHS Wales subject experts to develop and deliver this qualification
Links to NHS Health Qualifications:
- Assistant Practitioners in Mammography Screening (Wales)
- Autonomous Management of Minor Injuries (Wales)
- Clinical Healthcare Support in Wales
- Diabetic Eye Screening Assistants (Wales)
- Dietetic Support
- Facilities Services for Healthcare in Wales
- Fundamentals of Health Screening (Wales)
- Health Informatics
- Maternal and Infant Mental Health
- Maternity and Paediatric Support in Wales
- New Born Hearing Screening (Wales)
- Occupational Therapy Support in Wales
- Pathology Support
- Perioperative Support in Wales
- Physiotherapy Support in Wales
- Podiatry Support for Podiatry Assistants and Technicians
- Primary Care Health Care Support (General Practice Wales)
- Rehabilitation Support (Wales)
- Research and Evaluation Skills for Health Care Practice
- Speech & Language Support (Wales)
Links to Health and Social Qualifications
Links to Childcare Qualifications
Links to Healthcare Science Qualifications
Other relevant information
In 2011, the Welsh Government, the National Leadership Agency for Healthcare (NLIAH) and the service developed a Code of conduct for health support workers in Wales and a Code of practice for NHS Wales employers. Both Codes support the basic principles of service user safety and public protection and underpin the day to day working practices of Healthcare Support Workers in NHS Wales.
We understand the pandemic has meant there are many challenges to delivering training and hope you are all doing well at this difficult time.
We understand that a number of you may be looking to restart training and may be using online platforms such as Zoom or Teams to help you.
This isn’t always easy, so to help you Cardiff and Vale Dementia Training Team have worked with Cofio Dementia Training to produce a helpful video with tips, ideas and advice on how to deliver our One in a Million dementia training package online.
The videos are available in both Welsh and English on the links below.
We hope you find these helpful and welcome any feedback.