Ambulance Technician Practice - Mansfield Certificate of Higher Education

Course Overview

As an ambulance technician, you will act as part of the emergency team, working with emergency care assistants and paramedics, responding to emergency calls, and delivering high-quality pre-hospital care. It’s a highly rewarding role and one where you will assess, treat, and manage patients at the scene of an accident or in their home, deciding if they should be transferred to a hospital or other medical facility for further treatment.

Taught at NTU in Mansfield, this course provides a full-time route to achieving the Cert HE Ambulance Technician Practice (ATP). It combines all the components you’ll need to practice as an Ambulance Technician in the modern NHS.

General Eligibility

UK Student:

• 64 UCAS Tariff points (excluding General Studies, Key Skills, and music exams) One subject should be a natural science (Psychology is acceptable, or a health-related subject or public services).

• Three GCSEs grade C / 4 or above including Maths and English (Passes in Functional Skills and Key Skills qualifications at level 2 in Maths and English can be accepted as equivalents)

To find out what qualifications have tariff points, please use our tariff calculator.

Other requirements

You will also need to:

• undertake an interview with a lecturer

• confirm the ability to use a range of IT facilities including email, internet, and word processing

• provide evidence of vaccination against Hep B, or undergo a vaccination programme, before any placements can be undertaken.

Part Time Work Details

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Language Requirement

• N/A