Paramedic Science (Degree Apprenticeship) BSc(Hons)

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21 September 2026

Duration

3 years full-time

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Permanent Employment in relevant field

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Overview

Why choose Huddersfield for this course?

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You’ll learn from experienced health professionals and service users whose real-world insights bring teaching to life.
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Continue your career within the ambulance service whilst studying to become a paramedic. This apprenticeship course has been designed to enable Associate Ambulance Practitioners to become paramedics. The course provides an ideal opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and professional attributes to practice effectively as a paramedic working within a complex and changing environment.

This course is currently open to existing Yorkshire Ambulance Service staff who have successfully completed the Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) programme. Holding the AAP qualification will enable you to commence your studies in Year 2 of the course. On successful completion of the programme, you’ll be eligible to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for registration as a paramedic.

Whilst undertaking the course, you’ll remain employed by Yorkshire Ambulance Service. The course will be split between work-based learning and off the job theoretical training delivered at the University. Off the job training will be delivered through a blended approach including lectures, seminars, group work, simulation and guided independent study. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear the experiences and viewpoints from service users and carers, who also helped to design the programme. Work-based learning provides training through practice, where you’ll work as part of an emergency ambulance crew supported by a team of experienced paramedics. You’ll also undertake non-ambulance placements in a range of different clinical areas.

If you’re thinking of studying an apprenticeship course or are an employer looking for an apprenticeship for your employees, you’ll also find useful information on our Degree Apprenticeship webpages.

Why study Paramedic Science (Degree Apprenticeship) BSc(Hons)

The course provides the opportunity to develop:

Skilled clinical professionals who are able to assess and manage service users across an age spectrum, who are committed to collaboration in health and social care.
Resourceful and adaptable clinicians who are able to establish safe environments and incorporate the necessary practical skills.
Reflective practitioners who are committed to continuing professional development and life-long learning, with the ability to appraise and analyse research, understand evidenced-based practice and their role in enhancing future developments of paramedic practice.

You’ll be taught by an experienced team of paramedic lecturers and practitioners who are currently working in practice. You’ll also hear from guest speakers, including a multidisciplinary network of healthcare professionals in other services, such as midwifery, mental health, and paediatric nursing. This approach will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and expertise to respond to a diverse range of patients across a variety of settings. You’ll gain real-world experience through work-based learning working as part of an emergency ambulance crew, as well as non-ambulance placements in a range of different clinical areas.

The University’s new Daphne Steele Building is now open on the site of the National Health Innovation campus. This allows our Paramedic Science BSc(Hons) students to benefit from specialist clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.

The University of Huddersfield has the highest Apprenticeship Qualification Achievement Rate (QAR) among Higher Education Institutions in England.*

Our 2023/24 QAR was 87.6% and coupled with our Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rating displays the excellent learning experience for apprentices and their employers at the University of Huddersfield.

*Excludes providers with fewer than 100 apprentices.

Who can apply?

Entry Requirements

To apply for this course Yorkshire Ambulance Service employees must:

Have Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) Level 4.
Have a minimum of 2 years’ experience accident and emergency experience.
Hold and provide evidence of GCSE English language and maths at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under previous GCSE grading scheme or equivalent, before the start date of your apprenticeship.
Be compliant with all trust Statutory and Mandatory training.

All the information provided in support of your application may be checked and must be verifiable as a true record. Every person who applies for this course and meets the minimum entry requirement will be given the same opportunity in the selection process. A joint selection will be held between the University of Huddersfield and Yorkshire Ambulance Service. You must have approval from your operational line manager.

Offers will be subject to Occupational Health clearance and references from your employer. You also need satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) completed within the 6 months prior to starting the course.

You need to be able to meet the physical demands of a variety of placement settings. As per Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) (2014) ‘Standards of Proficiency’, you must be able to ‘understand and be able to apply appropriate moving and handling techniques’. Having a disability should not be seen as a barrier to becoming a health and care professional. As such the University will consider reasonable adjustments, in line with any disclosed application. Further guidance relating to becoming a health and care professional is found in the HCPC (2015) ‘Health, disability and becoming a health and care professional’ guidance.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

What will you learn?

Course Details

This module introduces systematic patient assessment and provides the opportunity for you to develop the knowledge and skills required to manage patients within paramedic practice. It will assist you in gaining an understanding of medical conditions and traumatic presentations, as well as apply appropriate assessment and management. You’ll also have the chance to develop an understanding of normal and altered physiological measurements and changing dynamic decision making, as well as scope of practice in patient management.

This module provides you with the opportunity to gain an understanding of relevant legal and ethical principles within paramedic practice. You’ll be provided with an overview of applied law and ethics to paramedic practice and the application to healthcare delivery. You’ll learn about the professional attributes and conduct expected of the HCPC with a practical focus on the application to practice. You’ll also be introduced to relevant policies and procedures underpinning practice, including code of conduct, information governance, social media and health and safety.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop the non-technical skills paramedics require including patient centred care, experience, communication and teamwork. You’ll demonstrate professional and passionate behaviour to emergency and urgent care situations, exhibiting a positive attitude in helping to improve patient care/experience. You’ll also explore the importance of being committed to the quality and care of service users and significant others, as well as learn from successes and mistakes in line with the NHS Constitution.

You’ll have the opportunity to gain introductory knowledge and understanding in order to be responsive and provide care to people of all ages. You’ll learn how to provide care to individuals in a compassionate and supporting manner, as well as to patients and significant others with acute and critical presentations. The module will also assist you in gaining an understanding of the different approaches and considerations relevant within paramedic practice whilst acting in the interest of service users at all times.

This module introduces you to the necessary skills required for contemporary paramedic practice. It will assist you in gaining and refining your skills to care for, monitor, manage and support service users and their families during clinical practice. This practical module provides the opportunity to learn and develop skills through simulated and paramedic practice placements with the ambulance service and other healthcare environments.

This module provides a systematic approach to anatomy and physiology of acute and critical illness. It will assist you to gain an understanding of human development across the age spectrum (conception to death). You’ll explore altered pathology and its relation to acute and critical illness and diseases, as well as be introduced to pharmacological principles and their application to therapeutic regimes.

This module provides the opportunity to build your knowledge of acute and critical illness across the age spectrum. It will assist you to recognise emergency presentations and gain an understanding of how to provide effective emergency pharmacological therapy and intervention within emergency care. You’ll also learn how to formulate management plans and develop robust clinical decision making. Emphasis throughout the module will be placed on the holistic management of the individual to provide optimum care.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required to undertake a systematic patient assessment. You’ll focus on current evidence informing approaches to patient encounters in unscheduled and emergency environments. You’ll learn clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills to enable optimum patient care. The module will cover systematic history taking and clinical assessment to underpin clinical decision making and provide holistic care within an emergency setting.

This module explores the application of research to paramedic practice. You’ll have the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills of research methods, build critical appraisal skills and develop an understanding of evidence-based practice within health. You’ll demonstrate your understanding of the different types of research undertaken and where each is applicable. The module builds upon existing healthcare ethics, by exploring the ethical considerations within research. It will prepare you to undertake a study relevant to paramedic practice in year 3.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop your clinical competence and the necessary qualities required in paramedic practice. This will include the skills you require to care for, monitor, manage and support service users and their families during clinical practice. This practical module builds on patient assessment and introduces clinical decision-making skills allowing you to refine your practice. By achieving this, you’ll emulate the professional attributes and conduct as expected of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Within the practice element you'll undertake a defined range of competencies under direct or indirect supervision.

This module provides you with the opportunity to refine the research skills you have previously gained, enabling you to complete a systematic literature review. You will evidence learning through the application of improvement theories and continue to demonstrate your understanding of research processes and how they apply to professional practice. The module enables you to align topical and contemporary professional issues to recognise and act on opportunities for improvement.

This module provides the opportunity for you to advance your existing knowledge of urgent and unscheduled care. You’ll explore broader aspects of the contemporary paramedic role including values base practice, long term conditions and safety netting. You’ll critically analyse strategies that enable enhanced performance within the care team and reflect on the value to patients of understanding contemporary practice. Integral to this process is the examination of your professional role and responsibilities in managing patient care.

The module aims to provide theoretical, clinically focused education around minor injuries and illness. You’ll have the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in relation to the assessment, diagnosis and management of common presentations within paramedic practice. You’ll also be supported to demonstrate border principles of holistic care including health promotion, risk management and alternative care pathways. Lectures will focus on the evidence base whilst practical sessions will focus on the application within the paramedic sphere.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop knowledge, appropriate attitudes and attributes for autonomous paramedic practice. You’ll explore the components of practice-based education that will allow you to successfully mentor, lead and develop others in practice. The module provides guidance and direction on matters that arise within practice supervision and explores your responsibilities and accountability as an autonomous professional. This will prepare you for the responsibilities of continued professional development and transition to practice as a newly qualified paramedic (NQP).

This module refines and consolidates contemporary paramedic practice. You’ll have the opportunity to advance to a sophisticated level of skill, preparing for transition into practice as an autonomous practitioner. You’ll comprehensively assess patients across the life spectrum by interpreting complex clinical data and manage their condition appropriately through intervention, pharmacology and non-technical skills. The module consolidates clinical decision making skills enabling you to lead within a simulated and practice environment.

Teaching and Assessment

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Contact time and independent study percentages

Full-time undergraduate students, typically study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year, usually in multiples of 20 credits. A typical 20-credit module requires a total of 200 hours of study made up of teaching contact hours, guided and independent study. Part-time students will typically study 60 credits each academic year. Teaching hours vary depending on your year of study and selected modules.

Full-time postgraduate students, typically study modules totalling 180 credits each academic year, usually in multiples of 15 credits. A typical 15 credit module requires a total of 150 hours of study made up of teaching contact hours, guided and independent study. Part time students will typically study 90 credits each academic year. Teaching hours vary depending on your year of study and selected modules.

An average of approximately 20% of your employment time will be spent engaging in off-the-job learning. The remainder of your time will be spent in employment applying your learning to your job. You’ll be supported throughout your studies by your module tutors and personal academic tutors who will also liaise with your employer at regular, pre-agreed intervals in line with current apprenticeship funding rules and guidance. Assessments take place throughout the apprenticeship. You will also complete an end-point assessment at the end of your apprenticeship.

Find out more about contact time with your tutors, independent study and how you will be taught and assessed by searching our Course and Module catalogue.

Teaching

The teaching year for most courses normally starts in September with breaks at Christmas and Easter, finishing with a main examination/assessment period around May/June. Teaching on other courses including professional courses, postgraduate taught, research, distance learning and apprenticeship may have other start dates including January and May. All start dates can be found on each course page and term dates are also available. Students on a full-time course may have to attend every day of the week. Students who choose to study a full-time course on a part-time basis will generally attend modules at the same time as our full-time students. Timetables are normally available one month before registration.

Our courses are taught at our University campus and you can expect that your lectures and seminars will be held face to face, except in cases of emergency or if specifically stated otherwise in the module description.

Feedback

Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks - unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results.

Progression

You may progress to the next stage of your course or research degree, subject to meeting University assessment criteria and professional, statutory or regulatory body guidelines.

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Placements

Work based learning is a compulsory element of the course and you’ll this will be mainly undertaken in blocks. As well as working as part of an emergency ambulance crew supported by a team of experienced paramedics, you’ll also undertake non-ambulance placements in a range of different clinical areas. These may include acute mental health, emergency departments, minor injuries and illness, maternity and theatres.

The non-ambulance placements are insightful, inspiring and empowering. Its insightful to see behind the scenes in various settings. Its inspiring to watch multidisciplinary teams treating patients. Its also empowering as it provides background knowledge for when patients ask questions.

- Darrel Bedford
Currently studying Paramedic Science (Degree Apprenticeship) BSc(Hons)

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Fees and Finance

As an apprentice, there is no tuition fee to pay for the higher or degree apprenticeship. Tuition fees are covered by your employer and the government through the Levy. As you'll be a paid employee, you are not able to take out a student loan.

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Simulation of cardiac arrests in confined spaces.

Students using the simbulance as an area of practice for clinical skills. Performing an intravenous cannulation on a patient to deliver the required drugs

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If we propose to make a major change to an apprenticeship course that you have applied for, then we will tell you and your employer as soon as possible so that you can decide whether to withdraw your application prior to enrolment.

Although we always try and run all the courses we offer, we may occasionally have to withdraw a course you have applied for or delay your course start date if we consider this reasonably necessary, for example if there are not enough applicants to ensure you have a good learning experience. Where this is the case we will notify you and your employer as soon as reasonably possible. In such instances, we will work with you and your employer to agree a deferred start date, or cancel your application and, if appropriate, provide information regarding other local apprenticeship providers.

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We will only make major changes to the core curriculum of a course or to our services if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change is a change that materially changes the services available to you, or the outcomes, or a significant part, of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days, classes, type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum.

For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators; to meet the requirements of an updated version of the apprenticeship standard relevant to your course; to meet the latest requirements of a commissioning or accrediting body; to improve the quality of educational provision; in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback; and/or to reflect academic or professional changes within subject areas. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as damage or interruption to buildings, facilities or equipment.

In exceptional circumstances, we may, for reasons outside of our control, be forced to discontinue or suspend your course. Where this is the case, a formal exit strategy will be followed and we will notify you and your employer as soon as possible about what your options are, which may include being provided with individual teaching to complete the award for which you were registered or claiming an interim award and exiting the University.

If a major change affects your course, we will notify you and your employer as soon as possible and will carry out suitable consultation with affected apprentices. If you and your employer reasonably believe that the proposed change will cause you detriment we will work with both of you to try to find an appropriate solution. Where one cannot be found we will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring your remaining apprenticeship learning to another training provider if you and your employer wish to do so.

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As your employer is funding your apprenticeship course, you must remain in relevant employment for the duration of the course until you have completed your end point assessment. Under the apprenticeship rules, if you are made redundant and you have completed 75% of the practical period or have less than 6 months left, then you may complete the course. Otherwise, unless you find alternative relevant employment within 12 weeks of the date you are made redundant, then you’ll be withdrawn from the course.

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Why choose Huddersfield for this course?

Accreditation and Professional Links

Why study Paramedic Science (Degree Apprenticeship) BSc(Hons)

Entry Requirements

Course Details

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Law, Policy and Ethics for Paramedics (Degree Apprenticeship)

Non-technical Skills for Paramedics (Degree Apprenticeship)

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Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology (Degree Apprenticeship)

Emergency Care (Degree Apprenticeship)

Patient Assessment and Management (Degree Apprenticeship)

Research and Evidence Based Practice (Degree Apprenticeship)

Work Based Learning 2 (Degree Apprenticeship only)

Evidence Based Practice and Improvement (Degree Apprenticeship)

Integrated Urgent Care (Degree Apprenticeship)

Minor Injury and Illness Care in the Community (Degree Apprenticeship)

Transition to Paramedic Practice (Degree Apprenticeship)

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Sustainability Matters

Committed to Your Future

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Student support

Teaching Excellence

Inspiring Academics

Research Excellence

Accommodation

Further Study

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Changes to a course you have applied for but not yet started

Changes to your course after you enrol as an apprentice

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