
- Teacher: Dr Tatenda Mamina

Course Description:
This Level 4 Diploma in Health & Social Care is a vocational qualification designed to develop advanced knowledge, leadership skills, and practical competence in healthcare settings. The programme combines theoretical learning with workplace-based practice to prepare learners for supervisory and senior support roles in health and social care environments.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate advanced healthcare support skills
- Apply leadership and supervisory principles in care settings
- Manage patient care planning and coordination
- Understand safeguarding, ethics, and professional standards
- Reflect on clinical practice and continuous improvement
- Teacher: Dr Tatenda Mamina

This programme is an advanced vocational qualification in healthcare support practice designed to prepare learners for senior-level assistant roles in clinical, hospital, and community care environments.
The course develops higher-level competencies in patient monitoring, geriatric care, paediatric support, infection control, mental health awareness, and emergency response support.
It is competency-based and aligned with international healthcare support standards, including global patient safety principles and structured care practice frameworks used in professional healthcare environments.
Learners are required to complete both theoretical modules and supervised practical placement to achieve certification.
- Teacher: Dr Tatenda Mamina
Module Overview
This module introduces learners to common long-term health conditions and public health issues. It focuses on recognition, basic care support, patient comfort, and referral awareness under supervision.
It aligns with global healthcare principles including WHO guidelines and standard nursing assistant scope of practice.
Learning Outcomes
Learners will be able to:
- Understand common chronic and infectious diseases
- Support patients with long-term health conditions safely
- Recognise warning signs and complications
- Apply infection prevention and personal protection measures
- Promote patient education and wellbeing support
- Know when to escalate to qualified healthcare professionals
This module does NOT train learners to:
- Diagnose diseases
- Prescribe or administer treatment
- Manage clinical treatment plans
It trains learners to:
✔ Observe
✔ Support
✔ Report
✔ Care safely under supervision
- Teacher: Dr Tatenda Mamina

Duration
120 Guided Learning Hours (GLH)
- Theory: 60 Hours
- Practical Skills Training: 40 Hours
- Scenario-Based Simulations: 20 Hours
- Teacher: Locadia Chimbunda
- Teacher: Dr Tatenda Mamina