Certificate Programme in Venepuncture and Blood Collection Support

الموضوعات والوحدات الرئيسية

• Consent and identification
• Specimen requirements
• Aseptic preparation
• Supervised collection
• Sharps safety
• Specimen labelling
• Delegation and clinical role boundaries
• Consent and person-centred communication
• Applied project: a supervised blood collection assessment record
• Observed assessment, evidence review and individual feedback

الفئة المستهدفة

• Eligible clinical practitioners

القطاعات ذات الصلة

Hospitals, Clinical care services, Rehabilitation services

القيمة في مكان العمل

• Help reduce specimen identification errors through consistent working methods and verification.
• Create a supervised blood collection assessment record for supervisor review and practical workplace follow-up.
• Support more consistent specimen labelling through assessed practice and documented feedback.

اعتبارات التقييم والالتحاق

التقييم: Observed role-specific tasks in an authorised workplace or approved simulation, knowledge checks and review of a supervised blood collection assessment record. Actual workplace evidence is required where the eventual award or role specifies it.

الالتحاق والاعتراف: Initial literacy, numeracy and role-suitability assessment; access to approved clinical supervision and placement. Existing registration or delegated authority is required for restricted procedures and professional development routes.

حدود الممارسة: Clinical procedures require an appropriately authorised learner, an approved clinical setting, qualified supervision and employer competency sign-off. This support/development programme does not qualify a registered nurse or confer independent clinical practice rights.

حالة الاعتماد: Proposed BEMCON programme only. No registered award, framework level, credit value or external certification is assigned.