The accredited course you need to support a person with dementia with their medicines.
Safe Handling of Medicines (Intermediate) Course
For staff who have already completed their Safe Handling of Medicines Foundation course and want to know more about the medicines they are administering, their side effects and what to look out for.
About This Course
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- Course Information
- Accreditation
- Pricing
Course Information
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this accredited course, you will be able to:
- Define your roles, responsibilities and boundaries with regard to safe handling of medicines
- Recognise the importance of noting and reporting any changes to a person following administration of medicines
- Recognise the importance of different types of medication
- Demonstrate knowledge of all the processes required to ensure safe handling of medicines
Course Content
- Importance of medication prescribed
- What to look out for with specific medications
- Adverse reactions to medication
- Understanding processes by which medicines are prescribed, dispensed and obtained by the individual
- Roles, responsibilities and boundaries of staff with regard to medicines handling
- Confidentiality, consent and privacy
- Importance of audit and receiving medication into the home
- Risk assessment
- Medication handling for day trips, social leave etc
- Medicines handling for respite clients
- Dose changes
- Emergency and interim supplies
- Controlled Drug administration and recording
- Further routes of administration
- Complementary, herbal and homeopathic remedies
- Medication errors and reporting
- Guidance and support
This course is:
- Accredited by CPD
- Developed and presented by qualified Pharmacist trainers
- Compliant with current best practice
- Evidenced by a certificate of successful completion following an assessment at the end of the course
Comprehensive workbooks and resources are issued to all delegates.
Pricing
Virtual Learning
- £595 + VAT for up to 16 delegates
- Equates to £37 per delegate
Face to Face Training
- £675 + VAT for up to 16 delegates
- Equates to less than £43 per delegate
- Travel costs may apply
FAQs
How long do the courses take?
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.
Are OPUS courses accredited?
Yes! All of our courses and services are accredited by CPD, and we are a Skills for Care Endorsed Training Provider.
Where do courses take place?
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.
How many people can attend a Face to Face course?
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.
When do I get my certificate?
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.
How long does my certificate last for?
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.