Validation programme for professional qualification as a healthcare assistant (only with supplementary training)

The healthcare assistant, together with the nurse and the client, establishes a care plan in which care priorities are determined.

The healthcare assistant:

• monitors the client’s health status within a structured team, under the supervision of a nurse.
• assists the client in the activities of daily living.
• performs delegated nursing actions in accordance with legislation.
• is responsible for body care, comfort care, prevention, health education and logistical support for the client.
• performs care for various target groups in different contexts, such as hospitals, residential care centres, and home care.
• deals with context in a flexible manner and takes initiative within the boundaries of the legislative framework, the quality framework and professional ethics.
• is aware that mistakes made can have far-reaching consequences for the client.

In the validation standard for healthcare assistants (in Dutch)(PDF file opens in new window) you can find detailed info about the validation programme.

If you want to demonstrate your experience as a healthcare assistant at a validation body, you do so through a practical test with integrated role playing and an interview.

The language of instruction in the tests is Dutch.

You will be tested on your ability to:

• organise the care of a minimum of three clients at a time:
  • plan the individual care of clients,
  • work together with the clients,
  • support clients’ self-reliance
  • encourage and guide clients in at least one meaningful use of time,
  • report on the care in the digital health record
  • evaluate the care with client participation and make adjustments
  • work together with the interdisciplinary team
  • reflect on and adjust your own actions
  • deal with feedback in a constructive manner
  • work according to current developed protocols within the organisation
  • ensure the preparation, serving and clearing of meals for at least one client
  • provide patient transport for at least one client
  • clean, disinfect and decontaminate at least one room
  • clean and carry out simple sterilisation of care equipment
  • take care of the living environment of at least one client.
• perform first aid in emergency situations:
  • recognise life-threatening situations and intervene according to prescribed procedure
  • ensure the client’s safety,
  • alert internal managers or supervisors or external emergency services according to the client’s condition and severity,
  • apply the necessary first aid,
  • intervene in case of swallowing disorders,
  • perform BLS (basic life support) with and without an AED (automated external defibrillator).

If you can present a certificate of basic first aid training that is not older than 5 years, you do not have to take the first aid test.