Course summary

The Healthcare Science (HCS) Associate CertHE qualification is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and competencies necessary for a career as a HCS Associate within the NHS or private clinical laboratory workforce or related occupation in the HCS industry and provides learners with a clear pathway to employment. The emphasis is on developing a broad scientific understanding in HCS and develop a range of theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as the technical skills needed for laboratory work in HCS laboratories (for example, blood sciences, cellular sciences, genomic sciences, and infection sciences) and application of the knowledge and skills to the study of real-world situations and challenges. The CertHE qualification also provides learners with a recognised progression route to gain further learning at HE Level in the subject of biomedical science. Successful completion offers learners the opportunity to continue their studies to degree level by direct entry to the second year of LSBU’s BSc Biomedical Science degree The course is delivered at our LSBU group college, London South Bank Technical College, from their brand-new facilities at Nine Elms campus in a supportive learning environment. Students have access to state-of-the-art laboratories and technologies used in Healthcare Science research and benefit from current teaching and research expertise of the course team.