Healthcare Training
If you have a passion for caring for others, enjoy working in a dynamic environment, and value making a difference in people’s lives, becoming a healthcare assistant can be a fulfilling and meaningful career choice. The healthcare industry is known for its stability and continued growth. The demand for healthcare assistants remains high, as they play a vital role in supporting the delivery of healthcare services in Ireland.
Qualifications for the Role
Currently Health Care Assistants should have the relevant QQI (formerly FETAC) level 5 qualification or an equivalent relevant health care qualification. For people with a healthcare qualification from abroad, it must be comparable to Irish qualifications as outlined in the Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) NARIC Ireland framework for foreign qualifications.
NARIC Ireland provides advice on the academic recognition of a foreign qualification by comparing it, where possible, to a major award type and level on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
Best practice entry requirements to the role include obtaining QQI Level 5 Care Skills and Care of the Older Person with a plan in place to upskill to a QQI healthcare major award over a specified timeframe depending on the organisation.
The Cpl Institute’s Healthcare in-house training courses are all designed to lead to the QQI Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare.
Check out some of our courses through the links below:
QQI Care of the Older Person
The purpose of this Care of the Older Person 4-day QQI award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to meet the full range of needs of older people....
QQI Care Skills
The purpose of this course is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to care for clients in a safe and hygienic environment...
QQI Care Support
The purpose of this Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) QQI Care Support 4-day award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to work effectively....
QQI Infection Prevention & Control
The purpose of our Infection Prevention and Control QQI Level 5 award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to prevent and control infection....
QQI Safety and Health at Work
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to promote and maintain safety and health in a work environment.....
QQI Intellectual Disability Studies
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence in the causes, range and effects of intellectual disabilities to develop....
QQI Palliative Care
The purpose of our QQI Palliative Care Level 5 award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skills and competence to enable them to care for and address.....
QQI Communications
The purpose of our QQI Communications Level 5 award is to equip the learner with the relevant knowledge, skill and competence to communicate verbally and non-verbally....
QQI Activities of Living Patient Care
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to provide holistic care for elderly people in a variety of care settings.....
QQI Work Practice
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to work in an organisation or specific vocational context.....
QQI Person Centred Planning
The purpose of this QQI Level 6 award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence required in the theory and practice of person centred planning.....
QQI Work Experience
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the relevant knowledge, skill and competence to participate in the workplace for a limited time, carrying out work....
QQI Human Growth and Development
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to work effectively in a variety of community/social care settings....
Sharps Safety in Healthcare
Sharps is defined as “objects or instruments necessary for the exercise of specific healthcare activities, which are able to cut, prick or cause injury or infection.....
QQI Workplace Statutory Policies
The purpose of this QQI Level 5 Workplace Statutory Policies and Procedures award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to interpret legislation....