Town Deal: Health and Care Skills Academy

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The Health and Social Care Skills Academy, officially launched in early September 2024, was developed with £1.25m of Town Deal investment. Located within University Hospital of Hartlepool, this state-of-the-art training facility is owned and operated by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with Hartlepool College of Further Education.

The Academy is one of only a handful of facilities in the UK to feature a purpose-built medical simulation suite. With a wide range of pathways to access qualifications, the Academy offers trainees an immersive learning experience across multiple fully-equipped rooms that replicate real-world health and social care environments, such as:

  • Acute care: Including patient and clinical equipment simulators for training in maternity, general clinical skills, intensive care, major incidents, and trauma response.
  • Specialist clinical procedures: Featuring endoscopy simulation.
  • Community care: Simulating ‘at home’ health and social care scenarios, including dementia care, child and vulnerable adult safeguarding, and community health.

The facility also includes a 6-bed training bay, two ICT suites, a trainee common room, and multiple flexible training and classroom spaces. Situated in the redeveloped former Ward 10 of the hospital, the Academy has been designed with cutting-edge simulation equipment, funded through the Town Deal investment, to support hands-on learning for future health and social care professionals.

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The Health and Social Care Skills Academy, officially launched in early September 2024, was developed with £1.25m of Town Deal investment. Located within University Hospital of Hartlepool, this state-of-the-art training facility is owned and operated by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with Hartlepool College of Further Education.

The Academy is one of only a handful of facilities in the UK to feature a purpose-built medical simulation suite. With a wide range of pathways to access qualifications, the Academy offers trainees an immersive learning experience across multiple fully-equipped rooms that replicate real-world health and social care environments, such as:

  • Acute care: Including patient and clinical equipment simulators for training in maternity, general clinical skills, intensive care, major incidents, and trauma response.
  • Specialist clinical procedures: Featuring endoscopy simulation.
  • Community care: Simulating ‘at home’ health and social care scenarios, including dementia care, child and vulnerable adult safeguarding, and community health.

The facility also includes a 6-bed training bay, two ICT suites, a trainee common room, and multiple flexible training and classroom spaces. Situated in the redeveloped former Ward 10 of the hospital, the Academy has been designed with cutting-edge simulation equipment, funded through the Town Deal investment, to support hands-on learning for future health and social care professionals.

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    How much will it cost me to acquire a healthcare skilled certificate?

    chijioke onoh asked 3 months ago

    Thank you for your question. The Health and Social Care Skills Academy is operated by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and has a dedicated website here https://www.nth.nhs.uk/about/hsca/ You can find out information on courses and who to contact for more details on their website, including their email address nth-tr.hscacademy@nhs.net and phone number 01642 382910. Thank you.

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    Will there be teaching roles available? I am a qualified teacher educated to Master's level and would like to work closer to home.

    Susan asked over 2 years ago

    Thanks you for your interest in the health and social care academy. The academy represents an exciting opportunity to train current and future health and social care staff in Hartlepool and across the Tees Valley. As we develop the academy, we will be looking to develop our faculty to support. All opportunities will be advertised via NHS jobs

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    What qualifications will be available to trainees at this centre? Will the qualifications be externally accredited to ensure recognition by other organisations?

    58smithy asked about 3 years ago

    Thank you for your question. The Academy will provide a very wide range of accredited course under several core themes including 1. general public health courses targeted at community groups including Infection Prevention and Control, Food Hygiene/Healthy Eating and Introduction to Health and Care, 2. Resuscitation courses including Immediate Life Support, Paediatric Immediate Life Support and Advanced Life Support, and 3. Specialist qualifications Venepuncture,   Catheterisation, Basic Life Support, and Acute illness management for HCA's. In addition wide ranging apprenticeships will be offered to support the future Health and Care workforce, covering a wide range of qualification levels from level 2 qualifications to Level 5. More details will be provided on the Academy project page this summer about routes and availability to these courses.

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    Why are appointments given to old people who have joint pain for surgery. To attend a appointment that is NOT compulsory, to have to PAY for the journey, in Cold weather, as pensioner's, to listen to 3 THREE nurses tell them what they already know . As this is NOT their first joint replacement?. Bus Taxi Cost a lot for info that can be given after the op. And why are they told like me that they HAVE TO HAVE furniture and lots if visits from nurses after operation, even after they are told that it is not wanted?. With a response of ,YOU HAVE TO?. And why are Nurses not trained to show respect for older people, and not treat them like Children?.

    John Marshall asked over 3 years ago

    Hi John, apologies but we cant answer these questions related to appointments and care in the health service. HBC is partnering with the NHS and Hartlepool College of Further Education to create an Academy that will deliver new state of the art training facilities to increase the range of skills in the local workforce and crate new career opportunities for local people.

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    I would like to know what training facilities you provide, including stopping smoking and home visits please.

    27 asked over 3 years ago

    Hi, thanks for the question, this Academy facility will be providing state of the art simulation training including patient and clinical equipment simulators for training in maternity, general clinical skills, intensive care treatment, major incidents and trauma etc. If you're interested in areas such as the Stop Smoking Service more information can be found here https://www.hartlepoolnow.co.uk/organisations/32367-stop-smoking-service or emailing helping@hartlepool.gov.uk

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    Whilst training is essential when will HBC support the return of essential services including an Accident and Emergency facility?

    John Riddle asked almost 5 years ago

    Decisions regarding facilities such as A&E provision are not within the scope of the Town Deal programme.

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