If you're looking to pursue a career in the fast-growing healthcare sector, GBS Dubai's HND in Healthcare Practice will be an ideal choice. Healthcare Practice is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals that are able to meet the demands of employers in the healthcare sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them. Join us and study your HND healthcare practice course in Dubai and make the right investment today for a great career in healthcare.

This HND in Healthcare Practice course is designed by Pearson, equipping you with valuable skills, industry knowledge and the understanding necessary to achieve high performance in the global health and social care environment.

At GBS Dubai, you will learn and grow in a formative learning environment that helps you develop skills in an environment that feels like a real workplace. These new skills and insights will add value to your resume and make you more appealing to employers from across the world. Taking your HND healthcare practice course in Dubai also opens a new world of opportunities for employment and further education opportunities domestically and across the UAE.

This course provides you with the skills, experiences and insights needed to succeed in a wide range of healthcare careers including:

• Healthcare support and assistant roles in a range of settings, nursing assistant/auxiliary roles, care navigation, planning and assessment roles as well as roles in public health, health promotion and non-clinical healthcare supervisory or lower management.
• It provides insight and understanding into the diversity of roles within the healthcare sector, recognising the importance of collaboration at all levels in addition to equipping students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values.
• To provide opportunities for students to enter or progress in employment in healthcare, or progress to higher education qualifications such as an Honours degree in Nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or a related area.

If you're thinking of a career in Healthcare, this HND in Healthcare Practice course will help you develop a range of key skills essential for entry into this exciting sector.

Here's a list of roles you might want to consider after your course completion - 

• Operations Manager,
• Customer Service Manager,
• Medical Administrator,
• Medical Records Administrator,
• Non-clinical managerial, co-ordinator and supervisory roles in healthcare administration, operation and support services, e.g., information, office, patient services, estates, and health improvement services.

• Unit 401: Developing Professional Practice (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 402: Teamwork and Communication (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 403: Evidence Based Practice (Pearson-set) (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 404: Compassionate Care and Values-based Practic (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 405: Applying Governance Frameworks in Practice (Specialist unit)
• Unit 406: Developing Leadership Skills (Specialist unit)
• Unit 417: Changing Perspectives in Public Health (Optional unit)
• Unit 501: Establishing Professional Practice (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 502: Leadership, Mentoring and Coaching Others (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 503: Innovation and Improvement through Participatory Action Research (Pearson-set) (Core Mandatory)
• Unit 504: Facilitating Practice Learning and Development (Specialist unit)
• Unit 505: Facilitating Change for Quality Care (Specialist unit)
• Unit 519: Project Management (Optional unit)

There are no formal examinations for this course. Assessments are undertaken in various ways:

• presentation,
• work-based projects,
• workplace observation practice,
• professional discussions,
• onsite training and assessment
• writing an assignment
• analysing a case study
• completing a portfolio of evidence
• writing reports

Academic Requirements

Academic entry requirements vary from country to country. For academic requirements by country, contact us.

English requirements

To study at GBS, you must demonstrate that your English level is at the standard required. We accept a number of different English language qualifications/tests for entry onto our courses