Course details
This full time Healthcare course is designed to equip students to work effectively as Healthcare Assistants (HCA). This course satisfies the qualification requirement for HCA’s recommended by the Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA).
The course provides a high standard of training and assessment under the tutelage of qualified professionals who have extensive clinical and teaching experience. It facilitates the student to develop a range of skills and specialist knowledge to prepare them for work in the healthcare system.
Entry Requirements
- Attendance for Interview
- Leaving Cert standard or equivalent
- Mature Students; experience is considered in lieu of education/formal qualification
- Proficiency in English ( Oral & Written)
- Awareness that aspects of the course are both physically and emotionally demanding
- Garda Vetting
Areas of Study
- Care Skills
- Care Support
- Safety & Health at Work
- Care of the Older Person
- Palliative Care Support
- Physiotherapy Assistance
- Communications
- Word Processing
- Work Experience
Awards
- QQI Level 5
- Certificate in First Aid
- Certificate in Patient movement and handling
Course Location
About Rossa College
Ftheir Students from Rossa College fought off stiff competition from ttheynty schools across Cork city and county to win the 10th annual Schools Robot Competition. The competition is sponsored by Cork based firm Logitech and run in conjunction with the CEIA (Cork Electronics Industry Association), UCC, CIT and the Tyndall Institute. Schools are given the challenge to construct a robot from electronic lego materials. Once constructed the robot must be programmed to enable it negotiate a series of challenges and ctheirses. Students theyre rewarded for their efforts as each received a state of the art Logitech speaker compatible with Iphone and Ipods and IPads. Overall the school won over €1000 worth of prizes on the night. The College also received a perpetual trophy along with the 10th anniversary lego trophy.
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