These are face-to-face courses for groups of staff, delivered at a venue of your choice, by an experienced registered pharmacist or nurse trainer.
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These are face-to-face courses for groups of staff, delivered at a venue of your choice, by an experienced registered pharmacist or nurse trainer.
Medicines Administration Workshops covering the requirements of the Care Quality Commission and Care Certificate. Suitable for all levels (from new carers to experienced nurses). These are practical workshops that teach how to administer medicines in a systematic way using a step-by-step process. They include a competence assessment and have been shown to reduce medication errors by 36%. We offer 2 types: half-day and a full-day. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This half-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Care Homes covers teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. Learning content on oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, is covered in the accompanying workbook, rather than with the practical activities that take place in the afternoon of the full-day version of this course. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This full-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Care Homes covers teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. In the afternoon, there are practical activities covering how to administer oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, with additional content also in the accompanying workbook. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This half-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for for Community settings (home care, reablement, supported living etc.) covers teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. Learning content on oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, is covered in the accompanying workbook, rather than with the practical activities that take place in the afternoon of the full-day version of this course. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This full-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for for Community settings (home care, reablement, supported living etc.) covers teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. In the afternoon, there are practical activities covering how to administer oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, with additional content also in the accompanying workbook. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This half-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration is suitable for staff from a mix of community, day services, and care homes. It teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. Learning content on oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, is covered in the accompanying workbook, rather than with the practical activities that take place in the afternoon of the full-day version of this course. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This full-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration is suitable for staff from a mix of settings: community, day services, and care homes. It covers teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. In the afternoon, there are practical activities covering how to administer oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, with additional content also in the accompanying workbook. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.
This version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration is specific to Shared Lives Carers and Foster Carers. It teaches how to support with and (if necessary) administer medicines to the person you care for/support. The training is up to date with the very latest NICE guidelines for community settings. We are experts in providing medication training to Shared Lives Schemes having many years experience working with several national schemes.
An update of the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to administer medicines (as required by CQC and NICE). The courses update best practice guidance, re-test knowledge and competencies (with a new Virtual Medicines Round and skills-based video assessments).
This refresher course is for care support workers and nurses working in care homes who have completed their foundation course. It satisfies the requirements from CQC for an annual update of the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to administer medicines (as required by NICE). Rather than having to study the same course each year (to just tick a box), our course re-tests the skills learnt on the foundation course as well as course providing updates to best practice since the foundation course was taken.
This refresher course is for care support workers and nurses working in community settings who have completed their foundation course. It satisfies the requirements from CQC for an annual update of the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to administer medicines (as required by NICE). Rather than having to study the same course each year (to just tick a box), our course re-tests the skills learnt on the foundation course as well as course providing updates to best practice since the foundation course was taken.
This refresher course is for care support workers and nurses working in mixed settings who have completed their foundation course. It satisfies the requirements from CQC for an annual update of the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to administer medicines (as required by NICE). Rather than having to study the same course each year (to just tick a box), our course re-tests the skills learnt on the foundation course as well as course providing updates to best practice since the foundation course was taken.
Workshops for those wishing to build on the knowledge gained in our foundation workshops
There is often a lack of formal training around controlled drugs. Staff are often unclear to which drugs the legal controls apply, and lack knowledge on witnessing, recording and safe storage requirements. This course will teach you how to manage and administer controlled drugs in line with legal requirements and national best practice (Controlled drugs: safe use and management, NICE guideline [NG46] April 2016).
We have also designed a new CD register, field tested with two national care organisations, that we can train staff to use on this course.
CQC expect you to have a certain level of knowledge about the medicines you administer. As a starting point, you need to know where to go for reliable medicines information. In addition, you should also know about those medicines which carry a higher-risk to those you support. The course will get you familiar with these so called “higher risk” medicines: what problems to lookout for, how to monitor these medicines and what to do if things go wrong.
Medicines reconciliation is the act of creating an accurate list of a person’s medicines, and maintaining it. Medicines transcription is then writing these medicines up onto a medicines chart, body maps, when required protocols etc. CQC require that you have had training to do this. This practical, assessed workshop, teaches how to carry out medicines reconciliation and transcription according to NICE guidelines.
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to support and manage a person in your care with severe allergies. Learners will have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacist or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion.
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to support and manage a person in your care who requires inhalers and/or has allergies and emergency medication. Learners will have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacist or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion.
This course teaches staff how to support people with diabetes. It focuses on diabetes awareness, blood sugar monitoring and the administration of insulin.
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure with rescue medicines such as buccal midazolam. Learners have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacists or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion and a comprehensive workbook provided on the day.
Would you know how to respond safely if someone you were transporting in your vehicle had a seizure? Would you recognise that a seizure was occurring? Would you be able to provide suitable first aid?
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure with rectal diazepam. Learners have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacist or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion and a comprehensive workbook provided on the day.
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure with rectal paraldehyde. Learners have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacist or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion and a comprehensive workbook provided on the day.
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure and person with a vagal nerve stimulator . Learners have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacist or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion and a comprehensive workbook provided on the day.
The course gives delegates an underpinning knowledge of the theory including topics such as: what is enteral feeding? Different enteral feeding devices and indications for enteral feeding, and caring for an enteral tubes. We will discuss administration of feeds and medicines via enteral tubes with a practical competency element using a clinical doll to assess a person’s ability to deliver fluids and care for a tube that has becomes dislodged. The session will be tailored and answer any relevant questions the delegates have.
Courses aimed at managers and seniors that look at the process by which medicines are managed
This practical workshop provides the knowledge, materials and skills to care providers to create and manage a formal system to assess staff competence.
This course will teach you how manage, report and learn from medication incidents. It will enable you to provide the correct response to Safeguarding Teams and the Care Quality Commission.
Schools are legally obliged to administer medicines when required to ensure that pupils with medical conditions can still attend school or access school trips. Ensure your staff members are fully competent with these specially designed training courses.
This course teaches staff how to manage medicines in schools in line with the new statutory guidance issued in December 2014: “Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions”.
This course teaches staff how to support pupils in school with asthma, allergies and anaphylaxis.
This course teaches staff how to support pupils at school with epilepsy. It covers the learning outcomes identified by the Joint Epilepsy Council UK.