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Edexcel Level 3 NVQ in Health (Allied Health Profession Support (Dietetics)
YOU NEED A TOTAL OF TEN COMPETENCES TO ACHIEVE THIS AWARD
Core competences: you must select at least two of these:
| Unit | Title |
Either Or |
HSC31 Promote effective communication for and about individuals CU6 Maintain communications and records within the organisation |
Either Or |
HSC32 Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment GEN3 Maintain health and safety in a clinical/therapeutic environment |
HSC33 |
Reflect on and develop your practice excluded combination with GEN12 & GEN13 in work effectiveness competences |
Either Or |
HSC35 Promote choice, well-being and the protection of all individuals HSC34 Promote the well-being and protection of children and young people |
General Clinical/Therapeutic Activities competences: you must
select at least Two of these
| Unit | Title |
| CHS2 | Assist in the administration of medication |
| CHS3 | Administer medication to individuals |
| CHS4 | Identify the individual whose skin integrity is at risk and undertake the |
| appropriate tissue viability risk assessment | |
| CHS11 | Undertake extended personal care |
| CHS12 | Undertake treatments and dressings related to the care of lesions and wounds |
| CHS19 | Undertake physiological measurements |
| CHS35 | Provide first aid to an individual needing emergency assistance |
| CHS36 | Provide basic life support |
| EUSC1 | Take a presenting history from an individual to inform assessment |
| EUSC2 | Obtain supporting information to inform the assessment of an individual |
| FB115 | Perform routine ECG procedures |
| GEN2 | Prepare and dress for work in clinical/therapeutic areas |
| GEN4 | Prepare individuals for clinical/therapeutic activities |
| GEN5 | Support individuals during and following clinical/therapeutic activities |
| GEN6 | Prepare environments and resources for use during clinical/therapeutic activities |
| GEN7 | Monitor and manage the environment and resources during and after |
| clinical/therapeutic activities | |
| GEN8 | Assist the practitioner to implement clinical/therapeutic interventions |
| GEN14 | Provide advice and information to individuals on how to manage their own |
| condition | |
| GEN17 | Contribute to the discharge of an individual into the care of another service |
| continued overleaf | |
| Pathway | Specific competences: you must select at least four of these: |
| Unit | Title |
| AHP8 | Provide support to individuals to manage their body weight |
| AHP9 | Monitor and evaluate individuals’ progress in relation to managing their body |
| weight under direction | |
| AHP12 | Administer nutritional products to individuals |
| AHP13 | Provide information and advice to individuals on eating to maintain optimum |
| nutritional status | |
| AHP14 | Monitor and review individual’s progress in relation to maintaining optimum |
| nutritional status | |
| CHS17 | Carry out extended feeding techniques to ensure individual’s nutritional and fluid |
| intake |
| Your final two competences can be selected from: | |
| • any of the above competences | |
| • any Level 3 Pathway Specific competences other than Perioperative Care Support (PCS) | |
| • any of the Work Effectiveness competences |