Paramedic

On a paramedic apprenticeship course, you will help provide high-quality pre-hospital clinical care and ensure the safe and timely transportation of patients.

As a Paramedics apprentice, you will typically help the initial responders at accident or emergency scenes. You will help swiftly assess the scene’s risks and determine the most appropriate course of action for patient treatment.

This decision-making process often involves conducting a diagnostic assessment of the patient’s condition and potentially administering medication before reaching the hospital.

What you’ll learn

On a paramedic apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Emphasise the ongoing need for professional development throughout one’s career.
• Highlight the significance of safeguarding, recognise signs of abuse, and understand relevant safeguarding procedures.
• Understand the Health and Care Professions Council’s requirements, including but not limited to adhering to standards of conduct, performance, and ethics.
• Underscore the importance of obtaining valid consent.
• Embrace the principles and practices of risk management, safeguarding, and the duty of candour.
• Recognise the significance of capacity within the context of providing care and treatment.
• Explore the extent of professional duty of care and the methods for fulfilling it.
• Comprehend the criteria for making a self-referral and the appropriate timing.
• Acknowledge the significance of maintaining one’s mental and physical health and implementing strategies to ensure fitness to practice.
• Learn to take appropriate action when one’s health may impact the ability to practice safely and effectively, including seeking help and support when necessary.
• Understand the necessity of active participation in training, supervision, and mentoring to uphold high standards of practice personal and professional conduct and demonstrate this commitment in practice.
• Acknowledge the duty to make reasonable adjustments in practice and the ability to support such adjustments in one’s own and others’ practice.
• Understand the characteristics and consequences of inclusion barriers, especially for socially isolated groups.
• Recognise the need to incorporate equality, diversity, and inclusion throughout the application of all HCPC standards and all practice areas.
• Identify situations where disclosure of confidential information may be necessary.
• Grasp the principles of information and data governance and the safe and effective utilisation of health, social care, and relevant information.
• Understand the characteristics and consequences of verbal and non-verbal communication and how these can be influenced by differences of any kind, including protected characteristics, intersectional experiences, and cultural variations.
• Acknowledge the need to support the communication needs of service users and carers, including using appropriate interpreters.
• Provide service users or their representatives with the information in accessible formats to enable informed decision-making.
• Recognise the principles and practices of other health and care professionals and systems and their interactions with one’s profession.
• Value the importance of building and maintaining professional relationships within a team, both autonomously and collaboratively.
• Appreciate effective leadership qualities, behaviours, and advantages.
• Understand that leadership is a skill that all professionals can exhibit.
• Engage service users and carers in planning and evaluating diagnostics and therapeutic interventions to meet their unique needs and goals.
• Recognise the value of reflective practice and the need to document the outcomes of such reflection to support continuous improvement.
• Value multidisciplinary reviews, case conferences, and other review methods.
• Appreciate the significance of gathering and utilising data for quality assurance and improvement programs.
• Grasp the structure and function of the human body, along with knowledge of physical and mental health, disease, disorders, and dysfunctions relevant to the profession.
• Understand the roles of other professions in health and social care and how they may relate to the paramedic’s role.
• Comprehend the structure and function of the UK’s health and social care systems and services.

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• Five GCSEs at 9-4 (or A*-C on the old grading scale), including English and Maths.
• Level 3 qualifications, such as A-Levels, NVQs, a BTEC or a Level 3 (Advanced) apprenticeship.
  

Assessment methods

The programme is assessed in various ways before completing the End Point Assessment.

Restrictions and requirements

• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.

Duration, level, subjects and potential salary upon completion