New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing
(Advanced Care and Support) (Level 4)
Domestic students - Due to high demand, enrolments for this qualification have closed for 2024.
Our next intake will be January 2025.
The aim of this program is to develop collaborative advanced Healthcare Assistants who are active contributors within their teams and wider work places. Students will become leaders in their fields, leading themselves and others towards providing advanced, person-centred care, positive organisational change, and improving the quality of care for clients with complex needs.
AT A GLANCE
Method of learning:
Full-time
Level:
4
Duration:
1 year
Credits:
120
| Code | Course |
|---|---|
| HW431 | Supporting Collaborative Care |
| HW432 | Contributing to Change |
| HW433 | Person-Centred Care Practices |
| HW434 | Supporting Complex Needs |
| HW435 | Client Advocacy |
| HW439 | Cultural Space within Healthcare |
| HW437 | Leadership Practices in Healthcare |
| HW438 | Risk Management and Safety |
| HW514 | Safe Medication Administration |
| HW400 | Health and Wellbeing in Practice – Field Experience |
All students will be required to complete 200 hours of work placement throughout the program.
Blended Learning
This mode of learning blends the flexibility of online learning with work experience. All students have access to NZTC Online for learning including course materials, research and support materials, and assessment submission and return.
Refer to the Study dates page
NZTC qualifications have been designed to link easily into each other, providing you with a flexible range of pathway options into higher level study.
You may be eligible to apply for programs beyond NZTC including:
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Midwifery
- Bachelor of Health Science
- Bachelor of Counselling
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy