Medicines Assessor Training

Course Overview

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) requires care providers to have a formal system to assess staff competence to administer medication. In this workshop we will assess your competence to administer medicines against a structured competence assessment checklist.

We will then assess you as competent to assess others (against this same checklist). You will be assessed through a combination of 1:1 direct observation with actual medicines, simulated medicines rounds, video assessments and a theory assessment.

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Duration

2 days

Aimed at

Care staff and nurses who assess staff competence to administer medication

Course mapping

NICE – Management of Medicines in Care Homes, March 2014

NICE – Management of Medicines in Community Settings, March 2017

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 12

Accredited with

Skills for care

Course content (click to expand)

Describe legal/best practice requirements for assessing staff competence
Tailor the direct observation checklist to your own organisation
Demonstrate competence at selecting, administering and recording medicines systematically
Demonstrate you are competent to administer, and assess others administering:
Solid oral medicines (tablets, capsules etc.)
Oral liquids
Topical medicines (creams, ointments etc.)
Inhalers
Eye drops

Price

(excluding VAT)

£1500 (max of 12 people)

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