Course Information

Are you responsible for managing medicines in your school or children’s service? Senior staff should have a detailed understanding of how to competency assess their staff and how to manage medicines incidents in their setting. OPUS’ interactive distance learning workbook provides advice on competency assessment, auditing and management of medicines incidents in schools and children’s services and provides you with the tools to implement safe processes.

The accredited distance learning course for senior staff responsible for assessing competence, auditing medicines and managing medicines errors and incidents.

Course Content:

• Understanding your responsibilities
• Good practice
• Achieving the best outcomes
• Medication management and auditing including:
• Understanding processes
• PRN management
• Effective communication with parents and healthcare professionals
• Treating minor ailments and promoting self-care
• Challenges with medicines in schools, colleges and children’s services
• Conducting a medicines audit
• Checking medicines records
• Competency Assessment
• Coaching and mentoring
• Assessment of competence
• Incident Management