Medication Awareness

KEY FACTS

  • Start Date: Courses can begin at any time convenient to you
  • Course Length: Half day (3 hours) training course
  • Place of Delivery: All delivery takes place in your place of work, at a time convenient to you
  • Availability: Full UK coverage, including Northern Ireland
  • Cost: 1 Half day Course - £285 + vat or 2 Half Day Courses - £428 + vat (must be delivered on the same day)
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Medication Awareness Training Course

Who is it for?

This course is suitable residential or domiciliary care workers requiring level 1 or level 2 medicine awareness training, as outlined in the CSCI guidance to inspectors. It will also benefit Care Workers undertaking training in the Skills for Care Knowledge set on Medication or care workers undertaking NVQ Unit HSC375

Medication Awareness Training Course Content

  • Key CSCI definitions on medicine awareness
  • Care values
  • Legislation, Policy and procedures
  • Classification of medicines
  • Types of medicines
  • Maintaining medication records
  • collection, storage, disposal medicines
  • Safe handling of medicines
  • Supporting self-administration
  • Administration of medicines
  • Reporting mistakes, recognising and reporting changes

This newly revised course provides the underpinning knowledge required for residential and domiciliary care workers to: (1) support service users who are self-medicating; and (2) administer medication within their care setting (referred too as level 1 and level 2 training in the CSCI Guidance to Inspectors). The course is based on the Skills for Care knowledge set on medication, and Care Workers who are undertaking their NVQ will benefit from this course as it is mapped to units HSC221, HSC236 and HSC375. In line with CSCI regulations the course is only delivered by Nurses who are currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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Contact:
Affinity Training Ltd
Tel. 0800 121 8840
E-mail. info@contactaffinity.co.uk

Opening Times:
Mon - Thurs :8.30 am - 5.30 pm
Fri: 8.30 am - 3.00 pm
IMPORTANT: Please note we will be open on Saturday, 10th and 17th May, 10.00 am – 2.00 pm