Applicants must have 575 hours (approximately 4 months full time) of relevant healthcare-related experience. This is any type of care that involves the applicant giving direct physical or psychological care of another person. Placements that have been undertaken as part of a previous undergraduate degree are also acceptable. This experience must have been achieved within five years of the start date of the programme, and can include paid full- or part-time employment, or voluntary work. Applicants can combine experience from more than one position/role.
Examples of healthcare experience we have considered include, but are not limited to:
Health Care Assistant
Care Assistant
Support Worker
Worker with healthcare charities
Personal care e.g., of a relative or child (must be verified by the GP of the cared person)
St John’s Ambulance
Teacher of SEN (Special Education Needs) children
Helpline advisor e.g., 111, 999, Samaritans (a maximum of 75 hours are permitted)
We do not count administration roles within a healthcare environment or roles involving the shadowing of other healthcare professionals towards the 575 hours requirement.
Please note, we are not able to confirm what experience will be accepted or not accepted before receiving and assessing the application.
Is it not necessary for applicants to have completed the 575 hours requirement prior to submitting an application and applicants can build up their hours of experience during the assessment process. However, please be mindful that all 575 hours will need to be completed and verified by the end of July (timeframe may vary).
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Occupational Health clearance (Compulsory): Required for successful applicants. All offers of a place, and continued enrolment, are made subject to satisfactory Occupational Health clearance.
Enhanced criminal conviction check (Compulsory): Required for successful applicants. All offers of a place, and continued enrolment, are made subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
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Applications can be submitted for deferred entry by choosing the appropriate year of entry on the UCAS application.
If your circumstances change and, therefore, you need to request a deferral after an offer has been made, then we can generally permit these for this programme. However, each deferral request will be considered on a case-by-case basis and we reserve the right to decline any post-offer deferral request. Requests should be submitted via a message on King’s Apply with an explanation of the reason for making the request.
Please note, second deferral requests will only be considered where the request is due to extreme unforeseen extenuating circumstances, for example, health reasons. We are unable to permit deferral requests that go beyond two years and you would need to apply again. This is with the exception of deferrals which are due to military/national service.
