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Core competences :

Unit	Title	Download Unit
HSC31	Promote effective communication for and about individuals	HSC31
HSC32	Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment	HSC32

General Clinical/Therapeutic competences:

Unit	Title	Download Unit
CHS36	Provide Basic Life Support	CHS36

Pathway specific competences:

Unit	Title	Download Unit
PCS2	Contribute to the safe use of medical devices and supplementary items used in the perioperative environment	PCS2
PCS3	Assist in preparing patients and equipment for transfer and movement within in the perioperative environment	PCS3
PCS4	Assist in positioning patients for clinical procedures within the perioperative environment	PCS4
PCS5	Assist in the support and monitoring of patients within the perioperative care environment	PCS5
PCS6	Assist in the measurement and recording of patients' body fluid output, blood loss and wound drainage during the perioperative phase	PCS6
PCS7	Carry out delegated activities to assist the registered practitioner in the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of perioperative patient care	PCS7
PCS8	Assist in the preparation and organisation of equipment and instrumentation for operative procedures in a non-scrubbed surgical role	PCS8
PCS9	Assist in the provision, monitoring and recording of surgical instrumentation, supplies and equipment for operative and invasive procedures in a non-scrubbed surgical role	PCS9
PCS10	Assist in receiving, handling and dispatching clinical specimens	PCS10

NB The following six competences are recommended for continuing

development of candidates pursuing the Perioperative Care

(Surgical Support) Pathway.

Assessment of these competences should be undertaken by a registered

nurse or operating theatre practitioner (ODP) with a recognized qualification

in Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice, e.g. ENB998

They are not available to candidates pursuing any other named Pathway.

Unit	Title	Download Unit
PCS13	Prepare and dress for scrubbed clinical roles	PCS13
PCS14	Prepare surgical instrumentation and supplementary items for the surgical team	PCS14
PCS15	Assist in the preparation of patients for operative and clinically invasive procedures	PCS15
PCS16	Provide surgical instrumentation and supplementary items for the surgical team and monitor and maintain sterile fields during the operative procedure	PCS16
PCS17	Receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field	PCS17
PCS18	Prepare, apply and attach dressings, wound supports and drains to patients	PCS18

THERE ARE 12 MANDATORY COMPETENCES IN THIS AWARD

Core competences :

Unit	Title	Download Unit
HSC31	Promote effective communication for and about individuals	HSC31
HSC32	Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment	HSC32

General Clinical/Therapeutic competences:

Unit	Title	Download Unit
CHS36	Provide Basic Life Support	CHS36

Pathway specific competences:

Unit	Title	Download Unit
PCS3	Assist in preparing patients and equipment for transfer and moving and in transferring and moving patients in the perioperative environment	PCS3
PCS4	Assist in positioning patients for clinical procedures within the perioperative environment	PCS4
PCS5	Assist in the support and monitoring of patients within the perioperative care environment	PCS5
PCS6	Assist in the measurement and recording of patients' body fluid output, blood loss and wound drainage during the perioperative phase	PCS6
PCS7	Carry out delegated activities to assist the registered practitioner in the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of perioperative patient care	PCS7
PCS11	Assist in the preparation of the anaesthetic environment/PACU	PCS11
PCS12	Carry out delegated care activities for patients in the anaesthetic environment/PACU	PCS12
CHS4	Identify the individual whose skin integrity is at risk and undertake the appropriate tissue viability risk assessment	CHS4
FB11	Perform routine ECG procedures	FB11