Care · Educate · Empower · Excel

Learn. Grow. Serve. Make a Difference.

Accessible, high-quality and innovative healthcare education, training and professional development for caregivers, healthcare workers and professionals.

Skills & Competency

Practical skills for the real workplace

Programmes that bridge the gap between knowledge, practical competence and the realities of the workplace.

Serving Communities

Stronger healthcare. Healthier communities.

Developing ethical, compassionate, competent and service-oriented healthcare workers who make a meaningful difference in their workplaces, families and communities.

Careers & Enterprise

From qualification to career and enterprise

Education that empowers you to pursue employment, career advancement and entrepreneurship in the healthcare sector.

Home-Based Care
Wound Care
Stoma Care
Catheter Care
Infection Prevention & Control
First Aid & CPR
Care of the Elderly
Palliative Care
CPD
Entrepreneurship

Who We Are

About NH Healthcare Academy

Our vision is to be a leading healthcare education and skills development institution that empowers individuals, develops competent healthcare professionals, builds sustainable careers and enterprises, and transforms communities.

We provide accessible, high-quality and innovative healthcare education, training and professional development. Learners and healthcare professionals leave with the knowledge, practical skills, competence and entrepreneurial capabilities needed to succeed in a changing healthcare environment.

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Years

Of healthcare experience behind the Academy

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Pathways

Skills, short courses, CPD & enterprise

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Short courses

Practical, workplace-relevant skills

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Learning areas

In the home-based care programme

Our vision & mission

Our motto:
Learn. Grow. Serve. Make a Difference.

Ndumiso Mbonisi Mhlongo, Founder and Director of NH Healthcare Academy
Ndumiso Mbonisi Mhlongo Founder & Director Meet the Director →

Programmes & Courses

Learning you can apply in the real world

We believe that learning should equip people with knowledge, practical skills and confidence that can be applied in the real world. Our programmes support skills development, professional growth, employability, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning within the healthcare and caregiving sectors.

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Skills & Competency Programmes

Workplace readiness and hands-on competence.

  • Home-Based Care Skills & Competency Programme
  • Personal hygiene, vital signs and health monitoring
  • Infection prevention, mobility and safe patient handling
  • Wound and skin care, nutrition and feeding support
  • Elderly, chronic, emergency and palliative care
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Pathway 02

Short Courses

Practical, workplace-relevant healthcare skills.

  • Basic Wound Care
  • Stoma Care and Catheter Care
  • Infection Prevention & Control
  • First Aid, CPR & Basic Life Support
  • Care of the Elderly and Frail
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Pathway 03

Professional Development & CPD

Maintain competence and strengthen your practice.

  • Ethics & Professionalism
  • Clinical Governance and Patient Safety
  • Leadership & Management
  • Wound & Stoma Care
  • Quality Improvement
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Pathway 04 · Entrepreneurship & Business Development

Healthcare training should not only prepare people to look for employment. Our Home-Based Care Business Masterclass shows caregivers, healthcare workers and aspiring entrepreneurs how to start, operate, manage and grow a professional home-based care business.

The Masterclass

Why NH Healthcare Academy?

Education that goes beyond a qualification

Education should empower people with the knowledge, practical skills, confidence and entrepreneurial mindset needed to create opportunities for themselves and others.

Practical, hands-on learning

Knowledge, practical skills and confidence that you can apply in the real world, not just on paper.

Workplace-ready competence

We bridge the gap between knowledge, practical competence and the realities of the workplace.

Compassionate, ethical care

We develop ethical, compassionate, competent and service-oriented healthcare workers and professionals.

Careers and enterprise

We empower learners to pursue employment, career advancement and entrepreneurship.

Flexible learning

Innovation, technology and flexible learning approaches that increase access to education and training.

Lifelong learning

Continuous professional development that keeps healthcare workers responsive to a changing healthcare environment.

Books by the Director

Guides for your healthcare journey

Practical guides for caregivers, health promotion officers and future nurses in South Africa, written by Ndumiso Mbonisi Mhlongo.

All books
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South African Caregiver & Health Promotion Officer Opportunity Directory

A directory of colleges, NGOs and job opportunities for caregivers and health promotion officers in South Africa.

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Cover of From Certificate to Income

From Certificate to Income

A practical guide to turning a caregiver or health promotion officer qualification into a living wage.

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Cover of So, You Want to Be a Nurse?

So, You Want to Be a Nurse?

An honest look at nursing as a career: its meaning, its reality, your path to success, and how to grow, lead and inspire.

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From One Manager to Another

A practical guide for nursing managers on handling the daily struggles of leading a ward, a team and a shift.

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Start your journey

Let’s walk the journey with you

Whether you are beginning your healthcare journey, developing new skills, advancing your professional career or building a healthcare enterprise, tell us where you are and we will help you take the next step.

Course availability and dates are announced throughout the year. We will come back to you with the next available intake.

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