Carrying out routine technical and scientific procedures and support within hospitals, doctor surgeries and other healthcare settings for a wide range of people.
Occupational Profile
The Healthcare Science Assistant (HCSA) support workforce contributes to safe patient care across all care pathways from conception to end of life in job roles within hospitals, general practice and other settings in the healthcare sector and across all areas of healthcare science (1). HCSAs perform a range of low risk, routine technical and scientific procedures usually within one broad area of HCS, following specific protocols and in accordance with health, safety, governance and ethical requirements. HCSAs work using standard operating procedures, initially under direct supervision but increasingly with experience, under indirect supervision.
Summary of standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/healthcare-science-assistant/
Full standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/media/1145/healthcare_science_assistant.pdf
