Face to Face Training Courses

Face to Face Training

We pride ourselves on delivering the highest standards in accredited medication training leaving your staff feeling confident and competent.

Safe Administration of Medication

Safe Administration of Medication

  • Level: Foundation
  • Certification: Yes
  • Duration: 7 hours approx

Accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, this is our most popular full day course (7 hours approximately) and features interactive exercises to reinforce learning and test understanding.

Each delegate receives a comprehensive workbook, our pocket sized ‘primer’ card, and a Certificate of Completion valid for two years.

Course Aims – The course covers essential areas such as:
• Laws, legislation & medicines,
• Roles & responsibilities of staff,
• Medicine types, routes and how they work,
• Safe administration & management of medicines,
• Record keeping,
• Recognising & dealing with problems.

 

Learning Outcomes – Following successful course completion, trainees will be able to:
• Define different medicine categories,
• Describe prescription & labelling requirements,
• Understand the importance of dosage directions,
• List common medicine types & their uses
• Know support levels, role, rights and responsibilities with medication
• Explain different administration routes
• Safely select, administer, store & dispose of medicines,
• Maintain accurate records,
• Recognise some side-effects & what action to take
• Describe protocols for homely remedies & “when required” medicines.

 

Mapping – The topics covered in this course relate to information in the following official guidance and regulations:
• Health & Social Care Act (Regulated activities) 2014
• The Care Certificate – standard 13.5 includes “Understand Medication & Healthcare Tasks”
• CQC – Key Line of Enquiry S4 (proper and safe use of medicines)
• NICE – Management of Medicines in Care Homes, SC1 (March 2014)
• NICE – Managing medicines for adults receiving Social care in the Community, NG67 (March 2017)
• Qualifications & Credit Framework Unit HSC 3047 – “Support the use of medication in care settings”

 

Booking – This course is very popular, early booking is essential, please email or call to discuss your requirements:
• The cost is charged per delegate – excluding VAT.
• Minimum number of delegates per session is 8, maximum of 16.
• Depending on your location from the nearest pharmacist trainer, mileage may be chargeable @ 45p per mile.

Fee & Booking Per delegate: £50 (+ VAT)

Please contact us for a no obligation chat on 07860 484270, email: admin@aitmedihelp.co.uk or use our contact form

Competency with Medicines Administration

Competency with Medicines Administration

  • Level: Advanced
  • Certification: Yes
  • Duration: 7 hours approx

NICE guidance SC1 – for Care Home Staff, and NG67 – for Community Staff, both state that staff must be assessed annually as competent before being allowed to administer medicines.

Accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, this is an interactive full day course (7 hours approx). It is intended for those who have completed basic medication training. It will support Managers and Senior staff in improving confidence with their own competency and provide them with the skills, knowledge and tools to assess the competency of their staff in the workplace. It includes discussion of case studies and examples of problems such as medication errors and how to avoid them.

Course Aims
To help ensure that care providers comply with, and provide evidence to, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of staff competency in the administration of medicines.

The course covers essential areas such as:

  • Refresh Foundation Learning
  • Understand safe medicines management,
  • Define competency with medication,
  • Assess competency in different ways,
  • Error/Near miss reduction.

 

Learning Outcomes – Following successful course completion, trainees will be able to:

  • Outline medicine laws and regulator’s role
  • Know where to find best practice guidance
  • Refresh Foundation Learning
  • Define competency with medication
  • Describe stages of medicines management
  • Accurately list and transcribe onto MAR records
  • Manage medicine stock control safely
  • List actions before, during and after administration
  • Describe correct recording requirements
  • Know various methods to assess staff competency
  • Record, review and learn from errors and incidents

 

Mapping – The topics covered in this course relate to information in the following official guidance and regulations

  • Health & Social Care Act (Regulated activities) 2014
  • The Care Certificate – standard 13.5 includes “Understand Medication & Healthcare Tasks”
  • CQC – Key Line of Enquiry S4 (proper and safe use of medicines)
  • NICE – Management of Medicines in Care Homes, SC1 (March 2014)
  • NICE – Managing medicines for adults receiving Social care in the Community, NG67 (March 2017)
  • Qualifications & Credit Framework Unit HSC 3047 – “Support the use of medication in care settings”

 

Booking – This course is becoming increasingly popular, please email or call to discuss your requirements:

  • The cost is charged per delegate excluding VAT.
  • Minimum number of delegates per session is 8 maximum of 16
  • Depending on your location from the nearest pharmacist trainer, mileage may be chargeable @ 45p per mile.

Fee & Booking Per delegate: £80 (+ VAT).

Please contact us for a no obligation chat on 07860 484270, email: admin@aitmedihelp.co.uk or use our contact form

Safe Administration of Medication - Refresher

Safe Administration of Medication - Refresher

  • Level: Foundation
  • Certification: Yes
  • Duration: 4 hours

This accredited half-day course (4 hours approx) seeks to refresh knowledge in experienced staff and gives updates in the legislation and recommendations surrounding medicines administration.

It features interactive exercises to re-inforce learning and test understanding.

Each delegate receives a comprehensive workbook, our pocket sized ‘primer’ card, and a Certificate of Completion valid for one year.

Course Aims – The course covers essential areas such as:

  • Laws, legislation & medicines,
  • Roles & responsibilities of staff,
  • Safe handling, administration & management of medicines,
  • Record keeping,
  • Recognising & dealing with problems.

 

Learning Outcomes – Following successful course completion, trainees will be able to:

  • Outline medicine laws and legal categories,
  • Describe prescription & labelling requirements,
  • Describe protocols for homely remedies & “when required” medicines,
  • Recognise important dose directions,
  • Know support levels, rights and responsibilities with medicines,
  • Understand safe storage & disposal of medicines,
  • Refresh the “six rights” of administration
  • Keep & maintain accurate records,
  • Know best practices with common medicines,
  • Recognise some side-effects & your role.

 

Mapping – The topics covered in this course relate to information in the following official guidance and regulations

  • Health & Social Care Act (Regulated activities) 2014
  • The Care Certificate – standard 13.5 includes “Understand Medication & Healthcare Tasks”
  • CQC – Key Line of Enquiry S4 (proper and safe use of medicines)
  • NICE – Management of Medicines in Care Homes, SC1 (March 2014)
  • NICE – Managing medicines for adults receiving Social care in the Community, NG67 (March 2017)
  • Qualifications & Credit Framework Unit HSC 3047 – “Support the use of medication in care settings”

 

Booking – This course is very popular, early booking is essential, please email or call to discuss your requirements:

  • The cost is charged per delegate excluding VAT
  • Minimum number of delegates per session is 8, maximum of 16
  • Depending on your location from the nearest pharmacist trainer, mileage may be chargeable @ 45p per mile.

Fee & Booking Per delegate: £42.50 (+ VAT).

Please contact us for a no obligation chat on 07860 484270, email: admin@aitmedihelp.co.uk or use our contact form

Best Interest Assessors Course

  • Level: Advanced
  • Certification: Yes
  • Duration: 4 hours

This is an accredited short course in order to provide guidance and support for staff who may be involved in some of the more complex considerations of medicines management.

This Course is ideal for Social Workers, Best Interests Assessors and Care Managers/Team Leaders.

Course Aims –

This half day (4hrs approx) course was developed to help Social Workers, Best Interests Assessors and care managers/team leaders in the decision making process when collaborating with healthcare professionals. It includes some of the more complex medication topics such as:

  • Medicines used in Dementia
  • “when required” medication protocols
  • Covert administration, Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)
  • Medicine choices with dysphagia, and
  • The use of anti-psychotics

Booking – Early booking is essential, please email or call to discuss your requirements

  • The cost is charged per course excluding VAT
  • No minimum number of delegates, maximum of 16
  • Depending on your location from the nearest pharmacist trainer, mileage may be chargeable @ 45p per mile.

Fee & Booking: £400 per session (+VAT)

Please contact us for a no obligation chat on 07860 484270, email: admin@aitmedihelp.co.uk or use our contact form

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