Description

This e-learning version of our Accredited Healthcare Security Management Specialist (AHSMS) - Level 5 course is an online structured programme designed to equip individuals fulfilling the role of healthcare security specialist with the knowledge and skills to protect patients, staff, visitors, assets, and information.

The course gives you the specific industry tools, up to date knowledge, and confidence in your own skills to do the best professional job you can do. It focuses on preventing, deterring, detecting, and responding to security risks across NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Systems.

The course adopts a blended learning approach, combining pre-read materials, handouts, e-learning modules, and a culminating practical activity. This mix ensures that participants can engage with content at their own pace, reinforce learning and developing confidence without the need to attend the blended learning course that involves 5 days in-person attandance.

Participants will explore the NHS legal and policy framework, protective security strategies, violence prevention and reduction, incident management, investigations, and interviewing techniques.

The programme is designed using proven learning principles and methodologies, including active learning, case studies, presentations, self-study, research, and practical activity. Knowledge checks and multiple-choice question (MCQ) assessments run throughout the course to measure progress and support continuous development.

Upon completing the e‑learning sessions, participants are required to undertake a Post‑Course Security Assessment Activity. This assessment is designed to confirm understanding of the key concepts covered and to evaluate the learner’s ability to apply security principles in realistic scenarios.

The completed assessment will be reviewed, assessed, and formally marked by a qualified assessor. Only after successful completion of this assessed activity will participants be considered to have fully completed the course and receive the associated certification or acknowledgment of completion. This final step ensures that all learners not only engage with the material but also demonstrate the competence expected for effective security risk management practice.

This is the only course that covers all of these things and gets you an accreditation at the end of it. Our e-learning version of the course is accredited by SFJ Awards, and The CPD Standards Office which gains you 134 CPD points. It is offically endorsed by the International Professional Security Association (IPSA), and International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) UK Chapter.

CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points are evidence that you have learnt and maintained up-to-date skills, knowledge, and competence, upholding industry benchmarks. These standards validate structured learning, improve performance, ensure compliance with professional bodies, and facilitate career advancement through recorded, measurable, and diverse learning activities.

Course Structure & Details

Assessment Method: Formative assessments (knowledge checks), post-course security assessment report activity, submission of report, and summative assessment of report.