GCSE Science Pathway
| Study Level | Level 2 |
| Duration | 1 Academic Year |
| Study Mode | Full-time |
| Start Date | September 2025 (+ more) |
T Level in Healthcare Science
Study LevelLevel 3 Course TypeSchool Leavers Duration2 Academic Years Start DateSeptember 2025 Study ModeFull-time LocationDavid Hockney BuildingOverview
This course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to progress into skilled employment in a healthcare science environment, an apprenticeship or related technical study through further or higher education.
Key Info
- Working within the health and science sector
- Health, safety and environmental regulations
- Managing information and data
- Principles of good scientific and clinical practice
- Core science concepts including the structure of cells, tissues and large molecules, genetics, microbiology and immunology
You will also learn about topics specific to health, including:
- Understanding the healthcare sector
- Providing person-centred care
- Supporting health and wellbeing
- Further knowledge of both human anatomy and physiology and of diseases and disorders
- Infection prevention and control
You'll develop your research, communication, team-working, problem solving, reporting and presentation skills at the same time.
Qualification Gained: Generic award - no awarding body Generic code to identify ILR programme aims
This course is split into 2 component parts:
Section A: The Health and Science sector
- Working within the health and science sector
- The healthcare science sector
- Health, safety and environmental regulations in the health and science sector
- Health and safety regulations in healthcare science
- Providing person-centred care when working in healthcare science
- Infection prevention and control in healthcare science settings
- Managing information and data within the health and science sector
- Managing information and data
- Good scientific and clinical practice
- Good scientific practice
Section B: Science Concepts
- Core science concepts
- Further science concepts
Occupational Specialism:
Assisting with Healthcare Science:
- Contribute to patient care by supporting physiological, physical and clinical engineering services to produce reliable data and images for use by healthcare professionals in diagnosis and treatment
- Contribute to patient care by supporting the collection of a range of specimens for analysis to aid diagnosis and treatment
- Contribute to patient care by processing and analysing service user specimens in a range of life science areas and laboratory environments to produce reliable data sets for use by healthcare professionals in diagnosis and treatment
Entry to this course requires 5 GCSEs, which must include Maths and English and at least 2 Science subjects which can include Double Science (55) or Triple Science (555).
Assessment includes examination and the completion of a project.
Our Healthcare Science T Level includes an industry placement with an employer focused on developing the practical and technical skills required for the occupation. This a 9 week industry placement in the Health sector.
Successful completion of this course includes progression into employment, further study, advanced apprenticeship and University.
Careers include:
- Healthcare Science Assistant
- Radiography Assistant
- Sterile Services Technician
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Podiatrist
- Occupational Therapists
If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact [email protected]
Disclaimer: Our prospectus, college documents and website are simply here to offer a guide. We accept no liability for any inaccurate statements and are not responsible for any negative outcomes if you rely on an inaccurate statement. We reserve the right to withdraw any programmes or service at any time.
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