HCA Care Certificate Booklet
Standard 1 – Understanding your role
Standard 2 – Your personal development
Standard 4 – Equality and diversity
Standard 5 – Work in a person centred way
Standard 7 – Privacy and dignity
Standard 8 – Fluids and Nutrition
Standard 9 – Mental health, dementia and learning disabilities
Standard 10 – Safeguarding adults
Standard 11 – Safeguarding children
Standard 12 – Basic life support
Standard 13 – Health and safety
Useful Links
Core Competencies for HCAs (pdf)
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/membership/practice-team-resources/~/media/F2CFF4485F3E40739BD9C3A27048CBF2.ashx
Useful link for ear care protocols:
http://earcarecentre.com/professionals/protocols/
Free online COPD training:
Free online learning to Respiratory Clinicians for the GOLD 2017 guidelines. There are 10 modules available that you can claim credit and a certificate for on completion. You can sign in for free if you are a Respiratory Clinician (Sign up as RN).
http://education.goldcopd.org
Hep B:
Hepatitis B resources can be found by going the Public Health England section of the gov.uk site and then going to Health Protection A-Z/ Infectious Diseases/ Hepatitis B.
Direct link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hepatitis-b-guidance-data-and-analysis
Direct link to dried blood spot testing for infants: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hepatitis-b-dried-blood-spot-dbs-testing-for-infants
Primary Care Online Cancer Education Tool
This NG12 online educational tool for health care professionals in primary care has been developed to aid primary care in referring patients for suspected cancer including symptom criteria, direct access diagnostics and straight to test, safety netting, patient information and links to external educational resources.
The tool includes quizzes and case studies to aid learning.
http://ng12panlondonapproach.org/login/index.php
or via the Healthy London Partnership Website
https://www.healthylondon.org/our-work/cancer/suspected-cancer-referrals/