Medication Administration Training – Foundation Workshop (Community Settings)

Course Overview

Our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Community Settings covers the Skills for Care core/mandatory training requirements for medicines management and administration. Suitable for both care support workers and nurses, it teaches medicines administration as a step-by-step process (based on our years of research as a company into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, thereby reducing the risk of mistakes made through complacency. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council.

Aimed at

Care support workers and nurses (both new and experienced staff) working in community settings such as home care, reablement or supported living.

Format and duration

Available as a half-day practical workshop (see morning content below) or extend this into a full-day practical workshop (add on the afternoon content below). All learners also receive a comprehensive workbook on both the half- or full-day practical workshop (see workbook content below).

Certification

Two years (click here for details)

Course Mapping

• The Care Certificate
• CQC Key Line of Enquiry S4 (Proper and Safe Use of Medicines)
• NICE – Management of Medicines in Care Homes, March 2014
• NICE – Management of Medicines in Community Settings, March 2017
• Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) 2014

Accredited with

We are a Skills for Care endorsed learning provider