According to PayScale.com, medical assistants in the United Kingdom earn around £14,000 to £28,000 every year. They perform administrative and clinical support tasks in hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities. Those who wish to become medical assistants receive extensive education and training in both medical sciences and office and administrative methods.

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Edge Hill University

Edge Hill University offers a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care designed to educate you through on-site practice, supported by classroom lessons. The program prepares you to work in the field of health and social care. You also receive training and lessons in interpersonal skills and professional ethics.

The program requires you to spend one year on campus and the next year in practice. However, the second year schedule includes once-a-week classroom lessons to support and strengthen learning. Through lectures, tutorials, group learning, professional seminars and work-based lessons, you become fully equipped as a medical assistant.

  • Edge Hill University offers a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care designed to educate you through on-site practice, supported by classroom lessons.
  • However, the second year schedule includes once-a-week classroom lessons to support and strengthen learning.

Courses include study skills using evidence base and reflection, introduction to psychology and sociology in context and principles of care practice. Students can access an exclusive virtual environment where they get online support and materials wherever they may be. This includes online forums, modules, assignment information and recordings of past lessons.

Edge Hill University

St Helens Road, Ormskirk

Lancashire, L39 4QP

016-9557-5171

edgehill.ac.uk

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London South Bank University

London South Bank University offers a Foundation Degree in Clinical Assistant Practice. This program aims to equip you with the necessary skills required in the field of medical sciences. You're trained under the supervision of a doctor, by assisting him or her in both administrative and medical tasks.

The two-year program includes courses in medical procedures, as well as in-hospital work. The university’s available courses include clinical skills development, fluid balance and elimination respiration, and managing clinical activities. You can also take the non-compulsory courses in maintaining skin integrity, and admission, transfer and discharge.

  • London South Bank University offers a Foundation Degree in Clinical Assistant Practice.
  • The two-year program includes courses in medical procedures, as well as in-hospital work.

You'll spend the first semester learning in the school. In semesters two to four, each week you spend one day in the university for lessons and other classroom-based activities, while you spend the rest of the week in the workplace.

London South Bank University

90 London Road

London, SE1 6LN

020-7815-6100

lsbu.ac.uk

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Anglia Ruskin University

The Anglia Ruskin University offers a Foundation Degree in Healthcare Science, equipping students to become competent employees in the workplace, particularly in the hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities. The program tackles medical information to help you learn and master the skills required to be a professional health care practitioner.

  • The Anglia Ruskin University offers a Foundation Degree in Healthcare Science, equipping students to become competent employees in the workplace, particularly in the hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities.

You can complete the program on a part-time basis. The program includes topics such as cell biology, understanding the work sector and diagnostic techniques. Program completion takes three years, including on-site training supervised by doctors. The earlier part of the program will concentrate more on classroom activities and lectures, while the later part focuses on working in the field.

Anglia Ruskin University

East Road

Cambridge, CB1 1PT

084-527- 3333

anglia.ca.uk