Registrations are now open for the September 2024 intake of our Level 6 apprenticeship. This is a 3-year course leading to a BSc (Hons) Prosthetic and Orthotic Degree/ Degree Apprenticeship and eligibility to register with HCPC.
Prosthetists/ Orthotists are registered healthcare professionals who use evidence-based practice to provide clinical assessment, prescription, technical design, and fabrication of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices.
The programme has been developed to reflect key policies shaping the Prosthetic and Orthotic profession, the NHS, Health and Social Care sectors today with the skills and attributes needed within the workforce to deliver care with compassion and skill to ensure the best outcomes for patients and service users. The programme has been developed through close consultation and collaboration with NHS England (formerly Health Education England), Skills for Health, members of the Prosthetic/Orthotic industry, both private companies and the NHS and Prosthetic and Orthotic service users.
This programme is mapped directly to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IFATE) standards and the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) Standards of Proficiency:
- Candidates completing the Level 6 qualification, BSc (Hons) Prosthetics/Orthotics Degree/ Degree Apprenticeship, will become eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Prosthetist/Orthotist.
- Gain essential practical experience within both fields of Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Benefit from some of the best university facilities of their kind, including clinical skills suites and our state-of-the-art immersive suites.
- Learn from a highly experienced and enthusiastic teaching team that provides full support to help you achieve your ambitions.
The course is mapped to the HCPC Standards of Proficiency, as well as the IFATE standards, which makes students eligible to apply for HCPC registration on completion of the course.
The entry requirements for the course are:
- 120 UCAS tariff points which can be achieved through relevant level 3 qualifications including Access to Higher Education (60 credits: 45 at level 3 with a minimum of Dist: 15 Merit: 24 Pass: 6), A-Levels, T Levels or BTEC (distinction, distinction, merit)
- Or Level 3 qualification in a Health and Social Care related course
- Level 2 English qualification (GCSE Grade 4-9, GCSE Grade A-C, Level 2 Functional Skills English, Key Skills Level 2 Communication or equivalent)
- Level 2 Maths qualification (GCSE Grade 4-9, GCSE Grade A-C, Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, Key Skills Level 2 Application of Number (Numeracy) or equivalent)
- Health or care experience to demonstrate an insight into the professional values and behaviours associated with health and care environments.
- Employers are responsible for ensuring apprentices meet occupational health requirements and have passed appropriate vetting procedures, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service Check and Right to Work check. This is evidenced through the submission of supplementary evidence as part of the selection process.
- Apprentices will have been identified by the organisation as being able to succeed on the programme, and employers may set additional entry requirements as part of the selection process prior to assessment for entry by the University.
- Applicants must complete an occupational health assessment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of the selection process and any offer made will be subject to these.
- The apprentice must be employed in a Prosthetic or Orthotic Department and must have the support of their manager that they will be able to complete the apprenticeship. Apprentices can be either new or existing employees.
For those in England, course fees for this qualification are covered by the apprenticeship levy if your company does not pay the levy then you are only required to pay 5% of the course fee or it can be gifted to you by an organisation that you work with such as the NHS. For those in the UK, except England, there is a non-apprenticeship route, course fees would be payable by the employer directly to the university.
More information about the course costs and levy funding can be supplied by the university business team (b.cope@derby.ac.uk).
Applications will close on 26/06/2024.
Online induction 11/09/2024 (TBC)
Course starts 23/09/2024.
Clinical Skills Week on campus TBC
For more information on the course or to register a candidate please contact the course leader
Jane Ansell
Senior Lecturer in Prosthetics and Orthotics, Programme Lead, University of Derby
07769671888
