Medicines Assessors Virtual Workshop
The Medication Training Company
Delivery Method: Virtual The Care Quality Commission (CQC) requires care providers to have a formal system in place to assess staff competence to administer medication. In this workshop we give you the skills, knowledge and tools needed to assess competence to administer medicines against a structured competence assessment checklist. You will be assessed through a combination of video assessments, skills, and theory assessments.
Aimed at
Care staff and nurses who assess staff competence to administer medication
Accreditation
Skills for Care
Learning outcomes
- Describe legal/best practice requirements for assessing staff competence
- Tailor the direct observation checklist to your own organisation
- Demonstrate competence at selecting and administer medicines systematically using a 7-point cross check
- Demonstrate you are competent to assess others administering the common dosage forms
- 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
Course mapping
Format:
- Registration onto our Online Foundation Plus Course in Medicines Administration (this course is accredited by Skills for Care and the Royal College of Nursing)
- Registration onto our Virtual Medicines Round Competence Assessment
- Two 2-hour virtual workshop video assessments with one of our most experienced trainers
- Post course assessment
Dates and times
- Online pre course assessments to be completed before the first virtual webinar
Dates available on arrangement
The Medication Training Company can also create this course for you on arrangement
either at your workplace or at one of their locations.
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