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CertHE Healthcare Practice

Start Date: 13th September 2027

Length 1 year
Study Full-Time
Location Rye Hill Campus

Qualification Gained

CertHE Healthcare Practice (awarded by NCG)

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More about the course

This CertHE Healthcare Practice programme is your first step towards studying a nursing degree. Learning in a simulated hospital environment, this vocational healthcare degree will give you the foundation you need in clinical skills to progress into further study, while offering the chance to benefit from the industry experience of the qualified nurses who teach this degree. You will also study topics such as psychology, sociology and safeguarding, giving you a foundational knowledge in nursing. This course has been validated by health professionals.

Entry requirements

64 UCAS points (in a related Early Years and/or Health and Social Care subject).

You may be invited to a discretionary interview.

If you are a current Newcastle College student and successfully meet the published Level 3 entry criteria in an appropriate subject(s), you will be guaranteed a place on this course.

Applicants are normally expected to have achieved grade 4 or higher in GCSE English and maths or the Level 2 equivalence (i.e. Functional Skills or Adult Literacy/Numeracy).

At Newcastle College University Centre, we welcome applications from students studying new T-Level qualifications.

Further details on our entry requirements can be found here.

What will I achieve?

Upon successful completion of this degree programme, you will receive a Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE) in Healthcare Practice (awarded by NCG).

What will I learn?

Year One

Biomedical 1
Developmental Life Stages
Health Inequalities
Skills for Success
Vocational Skills Practice.

Year Two

Biomedical 2
Pre-Professional Identity
Vocational Work Project.

You will also learn to use healthcare and clinical equipment, including defibrillators, hoists, airway and breathing equipment, documentation and care planning and maternity simulation equipment.

How is the course taught?

Small group learning
Seminars
Group work
One-to-ones
Collaborative working.

How am I assessed?

Poster presentation
Case study work
Live briefs
Presentations.

Work Experience

You will benefit from guest lectures from organisations such as the NHS Social Work Team, Marie Curie, CQC and Parkinsons UK and undertake live briefs from industry. You will also gain a Mental Health First Aid qualification whilst studying this course.*

*subject to funding

Where can I progress?

Once you successfully complete the CertHE in Healthcare Practice degree, you will be able to progress onto the Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Healthcare Practice or an alternative undergraduate nursing programme. Alternatively, you can progress into a career in care work or as a healthcare assistant.

Course costs and information

Tuition fees vary depending on the course and mode of study. Read more about tuition fees and financial support.

Fees for international students vary depending on the course. Find out more about international fees and payments.

It's important that you know what your tuition fee includes and what other costs you'll need to plan for. Read what your fee includes here.

Xania Prentice

BSc (Hons) Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication (Top-Up)

"As an older student, learning as a beginner meant I was able to bring all my life experience onto this course. I've studied modules ranging from trauma to gender to bereavement, and all of it fascinated me. But to me, this course wasn't just about qualifying in psychology - I've found my calling here, by discovering how people work and figuring out how I could help them."

Richard Cave

Lecturer | Counselling

"The great thing about this course that I’m teaching is that it’s a professional course, so by the end of the two years, my students have a professional qualification to go out and be a counsellor and speak to real people with real issues."