Healthcare Assistant Preoperative Assessment 2025 - CPD Accredited Online Recorded Course

Introduction

Welcome to our University CPD Accredited Healthcare Assistant (HCA) Course in Preoperative Assessment. This course serves as an introduction to the role of the Healthcare Assistant in Preoperative Assessment but also serves as update for more experienced staff. This course could also be utilised for the role of a band 4 Assistant Practitioner who are generally working to a higher level and may be studying a level 5 foundation degree.  Both grades of staff should be working under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner.  The course covers public health, medicines management, observations, neck and airway assessment, awareness of STOPBANG, Preoperative investigations & ECG recording and checklist.

Course includes:

• Video presentations from expert trainers.
• Access to virtual classroom and associated evidenced-based resources.
• Access to our online recorded course. 
• Formative assessments.
• Competency document.
• Certificate of completion.
• Access to our App. 

The course is equivalent to 11 hours of online CPD plus hours in clinical practice to develop competencies.

Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of the development of the Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant role in Preoperative Assessment. Can explain the drivers, understands the process of delegation and the RCN first steps.

• Understands the importance of the specialised knowledge and skill-set required.

• An understanding how lifestyle can affect health and outcomes from anaesthesia & surgery. Understands the role of primary care with regard to the public health agenda.

• An understanding of government drivers and how the HCA role is developing in the UK with preoperative assessment (GIRFT, 2023).

• Gain up-to-date knowledge in Medicines Management and applying this in practice under supervision.

• Be able to take an objective Preoperative Assessment history if trained and this has been delegated by a registered practitioner

• Assessing baseline observations and understands when to report to the Registered Practitioner.

• Able to implement Preoperative Assessment investigation policy under supervision from a Registered Practitioner

• Able to record and ECG effectively so that the results can be interpreted easily.

• Understands how to apply a basic checklist to an ECG so that abnormalities can be reported to the Registered Practitioner.

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