This regulated and nationally recognised qualification provides Learners with the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in the principles of infection prevention and control<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Level 2 Award in Infection Prevention and Control (RQF) has been specifically designed for those who have a responsibility in infection prevention and control within their job roles, such as: care assistants, health care workers or other healthcare environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learners will develop a greater understanding of the principles of infection prevention and control. Topics covered include: personal hygiene, roles and responsibilities in relation to infection prevention and control and minimising the risk of infection in a Health Care setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This qualification contains 1 mandatory unit with a Total Qualification Time (TQT) of 5 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learners must complete all assessments in the unit successfully within the registration period to achieve the qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The maximum period to achieve this qualification, including any referrals is 4 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TQT is the total number of hours required for a Learner to achieve this qualification. It has 2 elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) is the time a Learner is being taught and assessed under the immediate guidance of a Trainer\/Assessor, which for this qualification is 4 GLH (minimum), and<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The number of hours a Learner will reasonably be likely to spend in preparation and study, including assessment, as directed by, but not under the immediate guidance or supervision of a Trainer, e.g. precourse reading, which for this qualification is 1 hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entry Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learners must be at least 16 years old on the first day of the training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are no other formal entry requirements but to benefit from the learning we advise that Learners have a minimum of Level 1 in literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MCQ papers and continuous formative assessment conducted throughout the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Certification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Successful Learners will receive a Nationally Recognised Level 2 National Award in Infection Prevention and Control certificate which is valid for 3 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This regulated and nationally recognised qualification provides Learners with the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in the principles of infection prevention and control Overview The Level 2 Award in Infection Prevention and Control (RQF) has been specifically designed for those who have a responsibility in infection prevention and control within their job Read more about Level 2 National Award in Infection Prevention and Control (RQF)<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250,"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/priorityonemedical.co.uk\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}