Medication in Care -Advanced Module - Accredited Safe Handling Medication

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  • Excellent content. Brilliant trainer. Must have for course for advanced level carers or nurses working in care homes. Excellent and brilliant value for money. Would have paid twice this!
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Training

Blended learning in Luton and Nottingham

£ 45 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    At 2 venues

  • Class hours

    4h

  • Duration

    3 Years

This course is fully accredited to the National Minimum Standards and Skills for Care Knowledge set on Medication. Meets all the requirements of CSCI and is certificated. Accredited Mediciation Handling training & safe handling of medicines in care settings. Covers: Law, Audit, Roles and Responsiblities, side effects, Methods of Medication Administration, 5 rights of administration, common drugs. Suitable for: nurses, care home managers

Facilities

Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
Old Mill House, 12 Abingdon Road, Luton, LU4 0EE

Start date

On request
Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

On request
Blended

Start date

On request

About this course

must speak english and must have completed core module

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5.0
  • Excellent content. Brilliant trainer. Must have for course for advanced level carers or nurses working in care homes. Excellent and brilliant value for money. Would have paid twice this!
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tim batyson

5.0
22/04/2010
What I would highlight: Excellent content. Brilliant trainer. Must have for course for advanced level carers or nurses working in care homes. Excellent and brilliant value for money. Would have paid twice this!
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Teachers and trainers (1)

various qualified pharmacists

various qualified pharmacists

Pharmacists

Course programme

Course review:

This course is at an advanced level. It is aimed at nurses, senior carers and home managers. Based around a series of case studies and detailed discussions on the practice of medication administration in care settings.

Delegates must have attended the core module course before attendance on this course.

Half a day course on a face to face and via e-learning. The course is delivered by fully qualified Pharmacists.

Fully Accredited to National Minimum Standards and the Skills for Care Knowledge set on Medication. Also meets all guidelines issued by CSCI (in England).

This medication handling and safe handling of medicines in social care module provides an overview to care home staff of the essential knowledge that is required for them to safely monitor and to administer medicines to the service users in their care. This module provide valuable knowledge for those studying for an NVQ in Health & Social Care levels 3 and 4. This is a course of study which fully complies with the requirements of the National Minimum Standards (NMS) (England and Wales) and in Scotland to the National Care Standards (NCS) and covers: Legislation and Medication; Roles, responsibilities and boundaries; Types of medicine and routes; Safe practice in the administration of medicine, different formulations of medicines, adminstration techniques for commonly used drugs in care homes and social care settings and common side effects of drugs. Also covers Covert Adminsitration of medication and Risk Assessment frameworks.

The course is available face to face delivered by fully qualified pharmacists and also available online 24 hours a day. The face to face session lasts approximately four hours. Successful delegates will recieve a certificate showing completion of accredited medication handling training course.

Certificate provided.

Additional information

Payment options: Volume discounts or repeat session discounts available. Also discounts for members of ECCA and Scottish Care.
Comments: open and closed sessions available
Career opportunities: Working in Care Homes
Students per class: 15

Medication in Care -Advanced Module - Accredited Safe Handling Medication

£ 45 + VAT