GP Practice Training Ltd (formally GP Practice Training And Management Solutions Ltd)

Level 1 skills training for healthcare assistants that have started to work in General Practice. It includes an introduction to healthcare and general practice as well as the basic skills required within the first six months of working in that role. The training is online with support from a workplace clinical mentor who will sign off competencies. The course helps the HCA develop a portfolio of learning and professional development.

This Level Two HCA course is designed for those who have completed the Care Certificate, received the equivalent of Level 1 training and assessment whilst in post at a GP Practice for a minimum of 6 months. This course provides an expansion of knowledge, understanding and skills obtained at HCA level 1, along with the development of new knowledge and skills to allow progression onto level 3, once experience achieved. The course should take no more than 6 months learning at approximately 5 hours a week for theoretical and practical learning.

This course is aimed at Healthcare Assistants that have been working in general practice and practicing at level two for at least 12 months. The HCA should have completed the level 1 & 2 training or had adequate teaching, assessment and experience within their workplace. The course recognises both pathways, draws on the experience that gained and develops the HCA further. This course gives the HCA basis of development to progress onto Level 4. The course helps the HCA develop their continuing professional development through online learning, practice assessment and reflection. They are supported by a workplace mentor who signs an agreement to support the student in their training. The CPD is evidenced in a portfolio that the HCA should have started to develop throughout their career

This online injection training course which is aimed for HCA's that have studied at level 3. This course meets the National Minimal Standards along with some added extras which make it specific for working in general practice. This course is valid for 6 months and is a mixture of online training, short tests, self directed learning, inhouse teaching, competences and reflections. A workplace registered healthcare professional is required to mentor and mentor / student agreement form must be submitted before the student can progress onto the course. Students must have completed up to date mandatory training in basic life support, anaphylaxis and adult and child safeguarding. The students mentor will sign off final competencies to complete the course.

The aim of this course is to provide Healthcare Assistants and Trainee Phlebotomists with training to meet National Standards for blood collection procedures within General Practice. The course is to be completed online with a final test alongside competencies within the workplace. It is the combination of both the final theory certificate and signed-off competencies that will show that the healthcare worker meets the national minimum standards.