Managing Medication (6hrs)

First Response Training
Delivery Method: Face-to-face

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The Level 3 Specialist Award in Managing Medication explores the principles of handling medicines in the workplace to include best practice, safe handling of medicines and to carry out competency assessments in adult social care settings.

At First Response Training we can provide face-to-face, classroom-based courses inhouse at your premises or venue of your choice, open courses at our public venues and a range of e-learning, distance learning and webinar courses, as well as blended learning solutions.

By the end of this course learners will:

  • To identify poor practice in handling medicines and how to manage this
  • To identify how to complete audit trails in line with regulations
  • Explain how to carry our competency assessments on staff administering medicines
  • To know the correct procedures for dealing with controlled drugs
  • To define the importance of safe management of medicines in the workplace (including storage, administering and recording)

Course syllabus:

  • Identifying and managing poor practice
  • Legislation, guidance, policies and procedures
  • The audit process
  • Competency assessment including:
    • Roles and responsibilities
    • Types, names and forms of medicines
    • Routes of administration
    • Administration levels
    • Administration systems
    • Receiving, storage and disposal
    • Controlled drugs
  • Safe management of medicines in the workplace:
    • Dosage of strength
    • Recording
    • Compromised
    • Refusal
    • Errors
    • Risk groups
    • Side effects and emergencies

Certificate title: Level 3 Specialist Award in Managing Medication

Certificate validity: 3 years

Dates available on arrangement

First Response Training can also create this course for you on arrangement at your workplace.

Onsite course, delivered at your own venue to a group of up to 12 delegates. With a team of 100 trainers located across the country, no additional expenses are applied for travel. All courses are fully inclusive of certification, personal account management, refresher reminders, administration, and access to your own secure client portal.
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