HCA Immunisations Training

Course

In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, London and Belfast City

£ 299 VAT exempt

Description

  • Type

    Practical seminar

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Location

    At 3 venues

  • Class hours

    8h

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Our HCA immunisation training course is ideal for Healthcare Assistants who are looking to assist with seasonal flu clinics and give pneumococcal and shingles vaccinations.

This course covers the clinical skills needed to administer injections, along with the theoretical and legal background. Constantly updated with the latest information, the training covers influenza, pneumococcal, shingles and more. It’s based around the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training and the RCN and MDU’s position on healthcare assistants involved in immunisation. It will involve a practical session and all participants will leave the course with an individual Patient Specific Direction (PSD) protocol and competency based framework to work to under the supervision of a mentor.

This pneumococcal, influenza and shingles immunisation training has a recommendation rate of over 99% and is accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners. On completion, delegates will be awarded with a certificate of attendance and 12 CPD points.

All Annie Barr Associates clinical courses are led by trainers who are qualified healthcare professionals with a wealth of clinical and teaching experience. Non-clinical courses are delivered by suitably qualified and experienced professionals who are experts on the subject matter.

Please note: This is a two day course. Delegates are asked to arrive at the venue for registration at 9.30am each day. The training will take place from 10.00am - 4.00pm.

Facilities

Location

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Belfast City (County Antrim)
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2 Maryville Park, BT9 6LN

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London
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10 Fitzroy Square, W1T 5HP

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
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NE1 DN

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About this course

- To develop an understanding of the principles of vaccination
- To gain comprehensive knowledge of the legal framework for pneumococcal and influenza vaccination programmes
- To develop a full understanding of safe practice when administering injections

- Healthcare Care Assistants
- Support Workers

Delegates will be provided with a competence-based framework and materials to take back to their place of work, however will not be signed off as competent in the training session. We therefore recommend that delegates are in a place of work (or soon plan to be in a place of work) in which they will have access to a mentor that are themselves competent in this clinical skill to assess their competence.

A certificate of Attendance is awarded with CPD points (Free)
This course is Accredited by One Awards (NOCN). An accredited certificate is available at a cost of £25

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Subjects

  • Healthcare
  • Infection Control
  • Immune System
  • Supervision
  • Guidelines
  • Symptoms
  • Competency
  • Vaccines
  • Protocols
  • Shingles
  • Influenza
  • HCA's role in immunisations
  • PSD's in primary care
  • Signs
  • Antibiotics
  • Injection technique

Teachers and trainers (1)

ABI Trainer ABI Trainer

ABI Trainer ABI Trainer

ABI Trainer

Course programme

Course Content

  • The HCA’s role in immunisation
  • Competency and supervision
  • Understanding competence
  • Guidelines and protocols
  • PSDs in primary care
  • A brief introduction to the immune system
  • Virus or bacteria?
  • The signs and symptoms of influenza
  • Pneumococcal disease - facts and figures
  • Influenza - facts and figures
  • Shingles
  • How vaccines work
  • What’s in the vaccine?
  • Infection control
  • Antivirals and antibiotics – how they work
  • Who’s legible for vaccination by HCAs - inclusion and exclusion criteria
  • Chronic disease and at risk patients
  • Administering vaccines
  • Injection technique and sites – a practical workshop
  • The storage and handling of a vaccine
  • Reporting and documentation
  • Allergy and contraindication
  • Basic life support and initial anaphylaxis management
  • The legal framework of vaccination
  • LCP
  • GSF
  • Case studies

HCA Immunisations Training

£ 299 VAT exempt