Are you responsible for auditing medication procedures? This virtual learning course is designed for nurses and senior staff in homecare & reablement who are accountable for the management of medicines. For all domiciliary care.
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Opus’ 3-hour interactive workshop aims to help homecare & reablement organisations exceed the standard for medicines management and to sustain their performance. Objectives
Course Content:
The accredited course to enable senior staff to effectively audit medicines in homecare to prevent medicines errors and incidents.
This course is:
Most of our face to face courses are half day (3-hour) sessions with a qualified Pharmacist trainer at your venue. Some supplementary courses, such as buccal midazolam & epilepsy or Epipen & adrenaline auto-injector administration, are 2-hour sessions.
Our Foundation e-learning courses take between 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. Competency Assessments and Refresher courses take approximately 1 hour and Bite-size courses take approximately 30 minutes.
Our distance learning workbooks can be completed in your own time and at your own pace.
Yes! All of our courses and services are accredited by CPD, and we are a Skills for Care Endorsed Training Provider.
E-learning courses are completed online and can be used on any internet-enabled device, including Macs, PCs and iPads.
Distance Learning Workbooks are posted promptly to an address of your choosing. Larger order can be couriered to you or sent recorded delivery.
Our face to face courses are for small groups of up to 16 learners.
Manager’s courses are undertaken in smaller groups of up to 10 delegates.
For our face to face courses, the trainer will mark your assessments and all successful delegates will receive their certificate via email following the training, usually within 7 days.
With distance learning, simply pop your completed assessment in the post or scan it in and email it to us for marking and your certificate will be emailed to you for you to print off and keep.
For most courses, certificates have a recommended refresher of 2 years.
Skills for Care guidance recommends that training be updated at least annually and OPUS offers online competency assessments which can be used a year after your training for this purpose and refresher courses which can be completed when your certificate expires.
The accredited course you need to enable staff to administer medicines or support people with their medicines in a homecare setting, following a competency assessment. For all domiciliary care.
The accredited distance learning course you need to understand the medicines prescribed to people living with dementia.
Is your Advanced Distance Learning Certificate expired or nearing expiry? Or are you a Manager who wants to keep updated on new guidance, useful facts and further information related to medicines? This refresher workbook will help you remain compliant and up to date.
The accredited virtual learning course suitable for care staff providing practical assistance to people they support, kitchen staff preparing food and janitorial staff maintaining the cleanliness of the environment.
