Although there are no formal entry requirements, most hospitals expect a good basic secondary education and a mature approach to work. Four or more GCSEs/S grades (A-C/1-3) may be required, if you want to qualify for more advanced work later on.
However, most critical care technologists will enter with higher qualifications, such as A levels/H grades, vocational A level/GSVQ Level III, BTEC national diploma in electronics, or a degree in a relevant engineering or life science subject. In future, the degree in clinical physiology (specialising in critical care technology) will be the preferred route of entry. This is a vocational degree, which also includes the professional exams set by the Society of Critical Care Technologists. It will be possible to enter with other suitable degrees, undertaking vocational training and any modules of the clinical physiology degree necessary to bring the knowledge base to the appropriate level and then take the professional exams. Critical care technologists, as with many other healthcare science groups are within the near future, going to become registered.
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