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
- Virtual webinars:
- Webinar 1 Tuesday 5th July 10am -12pm
- Webinar 2 Tuesday 12th July 10am - 12pm
Attendance of both webinars is required
- Cost : £250 per person + VAT
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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