Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd
47 Cotysmore Road
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 6BL
Elaine King: 07790 443015
Christine Blyth: 07973 738057
Samantha Collinge: 07982 426126
Courses
Terms & Conditions
- Booking of Courses
- Please contact Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd by telephone or Email to discuss the training you require, current prices and available dates.
- A quote will then be sent to you via email or post.
- Once booked, a confirmation letter will be sent to you via email or post.
- Confirmation of booking
- Provisional bookings will be held for 14 days. In this time we must receive a completed booking form and a deposit of 50% of the total amount payable for the requested training. (for non account customers).You will receive a letter of confirmation within 10 working days of receiving the booking form.
- If the booking form is not returned, the confirmation letter or Email sent to you will be considered as an acceptance of Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd’s Terms and Conditions.
- Training Venue
- Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd will provide all training on your premises, which must conform to all fire and health and safety regulations. In the event that a training area is not available, Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd will book an alternative venue and the additional cost will be included in the final invoice.
- Payment of Terms
Non-Account Customers
- 50% deposit will be required at the time of the booking. Full payment may be made at the time of the booking if preferred.
- An invoice will be sent to you following the training and the balance will be due no later than 30 days following delivery of the training.
- Each training session will be invoiced separately.
- Payment to be made by BACS or Cheque. Please make it payable to Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd.
- Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd will charge a £25.00 administration fee if payment is made after 30 days.
- Training Materials
- All participants will be issued a certificate of attendance.
- All participants will be issued with information of how to obtain a copy of the handouts. An electronic copy will be emailed to the organisation within 5 days of training delivery.
- Information provided during the training session will be evidence based and relevant to the individual training and will be updated on a regular basis.
- Cancellation and Refund Policy
Refunds will be made under the following circumstances:
- If under the unlikely event the training is cancelled by Quality Care Training Consultancy a full refund will be given.
- Bookings cancelled within four weeks of the course date will incur a charge of 50% of the course fee; cancellation within 10 days working days of the course date will be charged at 100% of the course fee.
- In the event of adverse weather conditions the booking will remain valid and an alternative date will be arranged.
- Bookings cancelled prior to four weeks of the course date will incur an administration fee of £50.
- Special Requirements
- It is the customers responsibility to inform Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd of any special requirements for the course participants and we will endeavour to make every effort to accommodate these.
- Late Arrivals
- Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd reserve the right to refuse entry if a learner arrives 15 minutes or more late to training. Quality Care Training Consultancy Ltd is passionate about delivering quality training and a late arrival impacts on the learning experience of the course participant.
Please use the search box below to filter our courses by Course Title, Subject, Content or Target Audience.
| COURSE CODE | COURSE SUBJECT | TITLE | COURSE CONTENT | COURSE LENGTH | TARGET AUDIENCE | MAX. GROUP SIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT01 | Asthma management | Asthma management | ⇒ Understand the facts about asthma, symptoms, triggers and diagnosis ⇒ Asthma management and treatments including person centred care ⇒ Understanding the principles of “stepping up and stepping down” ⇒ Guidelines for peak flow and spirometry ⇒ Asthma action plan and guidelines and nursing care ⇒ Includes practical workshop | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| CO01 | Catheter care and promoting continence | Promoting continence and catheter care | ⇒ Understanding of the basic types of urinary and faecal incontinence ⇒ How urinary and supra-pubic catheters function ⇒ Caring for clients with catheters and use of the appropriate aids ⇒ Skin care and the correct application of incontinence pads | 3 hours | Care staff | 15 |
| CO02 | Catheter care and promoting continence | Catheter care and the principles and techniques of catheterisation | ⇒ Theory and evidence based practice underpinning the technique of male and female urethral catheterisation ⇒ Understanding the technique of supra-pubic catheterisation ⇒ Anatomy of the male and female bladder ⇒ Catheter care guidelines underpinned by the National Institute of Clinical Effectiveness ⇒ Trouble shooting in catheter care ⇒ To include a practical workshop on catherisation technique | 4 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| CO03 | Catheter care and promoting continence | Stoma care | ⇒ Manage the care of clients with colostomies and ileostomies ⇒ Importance of skin care and the procedure of stoma bag changing to include one and two piece systems ⇒ Dietary management and care of the client with constipation ⇒ To include a practical workshop on changing a colostomy bag and ileostomy bag | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| CO04 | Catheter care and promoting continence | Continence, catheter & urinary sheath | ⇒ Understanding of the basic types of urinary and faecal incontinence ⇒ How urinary and supra-pubic catheters function ⇒ Caring for clients with catheters and use of the appropriate aids ⇒ Skin care and the correct application of incontinence pads ⇒ Urinary sheaths, criteria, application and practical demonstration ⇒ Competences will be completed for application of a catheter bag and application of urinary sheaths | 5 hours | Care Staff | |
| CS01 | Counselling skills | Counselling skills | ⇒ Understanding the definition of counselling ⇒ Identifying the core conditions ⇒ Counselling skills ⇒ Understanding body language ⇒ Identifying the benefits of counselling ⇒ Using the skills in practice ⇒ BACP ethical framework ⇒ Further professional development | 6 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| CU01 | Customer service | Customer service | ⇒ What is customer service and who are your customers? ⇒ Restating negative into positive ⇒ Identifying what makes a good customer service experience ⇒ Practical tips for dealing with difficult situations | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| DE01 | Dementia | Basic awareness in caring for the client with dementia | ⇒ Understand signs and symptoms of dementia and confusion ⇒ Promote an understanding of the types of dementia ⇒ Caring for clients and their families | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| DE02 | Dementia | Enhanced skills in caring for the client with dementia | ⇒ Comprehensive case studies and communication skills ⇒ Understand signs and symptoms of dementia and confusion ⇒ Promote an understanding of the types of dementia ⇒ Caring for clients and their families | 6 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| DE03 | Dementia | Introduction to The Mental Capacity Act 2005 | ⇒ Promote understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 ⇒ Principles of the act, defining capacity and implementation of the act when caring for clients in a community and residential setting | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| DE05 | Diabetes | Diabetes workshop | ⇒ Emotional intelligence ⇒ Self-awareness ⇒ Person centred theorists ⇒ Person centred dementia care ⇒ Types of expressive behaviours ⇒ Managing expressive behaviours ⇒ Legislation & best practice guidance related to expressive behaviours | 6 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff | |
| DI01 | Diabetes | Caring for clients with diabetes-Care Staff | ⇒ The basic principles of diabetes care ⇒ Reducing complications ⇒ Dietary management ⇒ Insulin and medications ⇒ Blood glucose monitoring ⇒ Foot care | 3 hours | Care staff | 15 |
| DI02 | Diabetes | Caring for clients with diabetes-Nursing Staff | ⇒ Current evidence based practice for clients with diabetes ⇒ Prevention of complications experienced by clients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes ⇒ Administration of insulin, medication regimes and blood glucose monitoring | 3 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| EC01 | Effective communication skills | Effective communication skills | ⇒ Understanding the message you send and it’s impact ⇒ Identifying the use of body language and active listening skills ⇒ How to use empathy and the importance of being non-judgmental ⇒ Different ways to communicate - strategies | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| EP01 | Epilepsy | Caring for clients with epilepsy | ⇒ Needs of a client with epilepsy ⇒ Basic seizure classification ⇒ Diagnosis treatment ⇒ First aid and management of seizures | 3 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| FL01 | Falls | Prevention of falls | ⇒ Why do we need to prevent falls? ⇒ Risk factors of slips, trips and falls ⇒ Assessing clients risk of falls ⇒ Action to take if a client falls ⇒ Reducing the risk of falls | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| FS01 | Fire safety | Basic fire safety | ⇒ Causes of workplace fires ⇒ Fire safety precautions ⇒ Reducing the risks ⇒ Fire fighting procedures ⇒ Extinguisher recognition and use (theory and practical) ⇒ Fire action planning | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| FS02 | Fire safety | Fire marshal | ⇒ Fire legislation ⇒ The basic chemistry of fire and its differing classes ⇒ Fire fighting procedures ⇒ Causes of fires and their prevention ⇒ Emergency lighting ⇒ Fixed fire fighting installations ⇒ Evacuation assembly point and fire drills ⇒ Fire alarms ⇒ Fire hazards ⇒ Routine fire safety inspections and maintaining a fire log ⇒ Risk assessment awareness ⇒ Extinguisher recognition and use (theory and practical) | 4 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff who have been specifically appointed to carry out duties of a fire warden or fire marshal | 15 |
| FS03 | Fire safety | Fire safety training for nursing and residential home staff | ⇒ Fire action plan ⇒ Fire hazards ⇒ The three stages of lateral evacuation ⇒ Common causes of fire and prevention ⇒ Assisting residents in an emergency ⇒ Fire fighting procedures ⇒ Fire alarm panel zone recognition ⇒ Extinguisher recognition and use (theory and practical) | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| FA04 | First Aid | Resuscitation | ⇒ Carry out an assessment and treatment of an unconscious individual, identify signs and symptoms of a cardiac arrest and treat appropriately ⇒ Carry out basic life support and basic airway manoeuvres ⇒ Understand principles of defibrillation and safely use an automated external defibrillator. To include practical work | 1 day course | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| FA05 | First Aid | Basic life support | ⇒ Provide an understanding of sudden collapse of an adult in the community ⇒ Carry out a formal approach to the assessment and treatment of an unconscious person ⇒ Recognise the signs and symptoms of heart attack and treat appropriately | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| FA09 | First Aid | First aid at work requalification Accredited | ⇒ To update and refresh knowledge of first aid at work learnt in the First aid at work training ⇒ Revision and practice sessions ⇒ Qualification valid for three years | 2 days | Provided for staff wishing to renew a valid first aid at work certificate | 12 (Min. 9) |
| FA10 | First Aid | Emergency life support | ⇒ Carry out a formal approach to the assessment and treatment of an unconscious individual ⇒ Assessment of the sick patient using the ABCDE approach ⇒ Recognise signs and symptoms of a cardiac arrest and treat appropriately ⇒ Carry out effective basic life support ⇒ Carry out basic airway manoeuvres +/- airway adjuncts ⇒ Understand the principles of defibrillation ⇒ Safely use an automated external defibrillator (AED) | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| FA13 | First aid | Medical emergencies and resuscitation for dental professionals | ⇒ The ABCDE approach ⇒ Basic Life Support – adult and child ⇒ Airway management - airway adjuncts, BVM and suction ⇒ Oxygen ⇒ AED ⇒ Common medical emergencies and drug protocols This one-day training package is delivered in your practice and is aimed at all Dental Practitioners and Dental Care Professionals | 1 day | For Dental Professionals | 12 |
| FH01 | Food hygiene or food hygiene awareness | Basic food hygiene awareness | ⇒ Provide food handlers with a fundamental knowledge of food hygiene, enabling them to apply this knowledge to essential practical skills in order to prevent food poisoning | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| HS01 | Health and safety | Health and safety in the work place | ⇒ Understand basic principles of the health and safety law ⇒ Risk assessment to include prevention of accidents, electricity and fire prevention ⇒ The risk of hazardous substances, the use of personal protective equipment and manual handling in the work place | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| NU01 | Hydration and nutrition | Hydration and nutrition | ⇒ Nutritional requirements for older people ⇒ How nutrition effects health ⇒ Nutritional assessment and care planning ⇒ Malnutrition guidelines ⇒ Caring for malnourished and dehydrated clients ⇒ Encouraging clients to enjoy their food ⇒ Food supplements | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| NU02 | Hydration and nutrition | Hydration and nutrition including the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) | ⇒ Nutritional requirements for older people ⇒ How nutrition effects health ⇒ Healthy eating workshop ⇒ Nutritional assessment and care planning ⇒ Malnutrition guidelines ⇒ Recognising dehydration ⇒ Caring for malnourished and dehydrated clients ⇒ Communication skills ⇒ Encouraging clients to enjoy their food ⇒ Food supplement work shop | 5 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| NU03 | Hydration and Nutrition | Caring for clients with nasogastric and percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tubes | ⇒ Nutritional needs of clients who require artificial feeding ⇒ Principles of caring for clients with nasogastric tubes (NGT tubes), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG tubes) and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tubes (JEJ or PEJ tubes) | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| HY01 | Hypertension – managing clients | Managing clients with hypertension | ⇒ Understanding what is blood pressure and current NICE guidelines ⇒ Risk factors and causes of hypertension ⇒ Investigations and an overview of treatment options ⇒ How to measure blood pressure and accurate recording ⇒ Interpreting the readings and guidelines to ongoing monitoring ⇒ Includes practical workshop | 4 hours | Registered Nurses (Can be adapted for Care Staff) | 15 |
| IV01 | Immunisation and Vaccination | Core Principles of Immunisation and Vaccination | ⇒ Core Principles of Immunisation and Vaccination ⇒ Current UK vaccine schedule ⇒ The immune system ⇒ Prescribing ⇒ Consent, documentation and confidentiality ⇒ Vaccine preventable diseases ⇒ Contra-indications and adverse effects | 6hrs | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners | 15 |
| IV02 | Immunisation and vaccination | Immunisation and vaccination refresher | ⇒ Immunity - revision ⇒ Influenza – a vaccine preventable disease ⇒ Consent, documentation & confidentiality ⇒ Prescribing – PGDs ⇒ Administration ⇒ Contra-indications & adverse effects ⇒ Assessment/competencies | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners | |
| IN01 | Infection control | Infection control | ⇒ Increase knowledge on the spread of infection ⇒ Universal Precautions And The Effect Of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) In The Community ⇒ Recognising and preventing the spread of clostridium difficile ⇒ Understanding the importance of cross infection ⇒ To include hand hygiene workshop | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| MA01 | Managing conflict | Managing conflict | ⇒ Understanding the definition of conflict ⇒ Identifying the types of conflict which occur ⇒ Identifying the benefits of conflict ⇒ Understanding the behaviour cycle ⇒ Identifying how language can lead to conflict ⇒ Strategies for dealing with conflict and how to manage difficult conversations ⇒ Sharing good practice ⇒ Using strategies in practice | 6 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| MS01 | Mediation skills | Mediation skills | ⇒ Understanding the definition of mediation ⇒ Using mediation skills and when to use in practice ⇒ Identify types of service available and the differences ⇒ Further professional development | 6 hours | Supervisory / Management | 15 |
| ME01 | Medicines management | Medicines management | ⇒ Assist staff in understanding the safe storage and handling of medicines ⇒ Common drug groups and side effects ⇒ Analgesic and antibiotic therapy | 3 hours | Care staff | 15 |
| ME02 | Medicines management | Advanced medicines management | ⇒ Assisting senior care staff in the administration of medicines ⇒ Monitored dosage systems and self administration ⇒ Legal aspects of medicines and action to be taken in the event of errors, adverse effects and emergency prescriptions. | 6 hours | Care Staff, Senior Care Staff And Managers, Registered Nurses | 15 |
| ME03 | Medicines Management | Medicines Management | ⇒ As per Course ME01 plus: workshop | 4 hours | Care Staff | 15 |
| MC01 | Mentoring and coaching | Mentoring and coaching | ⇒ Understanding the definition of mentoring and coaching ⇒ Identifying mentoring and coaching skills ⇒ Understanding the process of mentoring and coaching in practice ⇒ Identifying the uses of both processes in the workplace ⇒ Practicing coaching skills for personal development | 6 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| MH01 | Moving and handling | Moving and handling - Update | ⇒ Provide information surrounding the principles and practice of moving and handling ⇒ Legislation and duty of care ⇒ Understanding your back, anatomy and physiology ⇒ Introduction to ergonomics and biomechanics of movement ⇒ Assessing the risk ⇒ To include practical demonstration | Minimum 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 8 |
| MH02 | Moving and handling | Moving and handling – to include hoist and new starter training | As Per Course MH01 plus: ⇒ Safe use of hoists, practical demonstration and participation | 5 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners And Care Staff | 8 |
| DY01 | Palliative Care | Palliative care – an introduction | ⇒ Understand the holistic needs of the dying client ⇒ Common symptom control and strategies to promote comfort and dignity in the last few days of life | 3 hours | Care staff | 15 |
| DY02 | Palliative Care | Palliative Care (to include communication skills workshop) | ⇒ Understand the holistic needs of the dying client ⇒ Common symptom control and strategies to promote comfort and dignity in the last few days of life ⇒ Gain an insight into communication skills in caring for terminally ill clients and their family | 1 day | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| DY04 | Palliative Care | Pain management and the use of syringe drivers (to include practical workshop) | ⇒ The goals of palliative care ⇒ Understand the rationale for using syringe drivers, common drug regimes, trouble shooting and accountability of staff Practical workshop | 4 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| DY05 | Palliative Care | Bereavement and unexpected death | ⇒ Provide participants with a basic understanding of bereavement, loss and grief ⇒ Basic knowledge of common grief theories and the physical and social implications of grief ⇒ Personal loss, helping the bereaved ⇒ An insight into unexpected death, post-traumatic stress and how to support staff | 5 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| DY06 | Palliative Care | Confirmation of expected death | ⇒ Provide candidates with the training and skills required to determine expected death ⇒ Knowledge of the legal requirements of recording a fact of death ⇒ The clinical examination following expected death including fundi, pupils, and chest ⇒ How to exclude any chance of suspicion ⇒ Your legal and professional responsibilities, as well as how to correctly record a fact of death and how to communicate the loss with the bereaved This course has both a theoretical and practical element; therefore candidates should already be familiar in performing a physical examination of a client prior to attending. | 4 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| DY07 | Palliative Care | Symptom control in Palliative care and the management of syringe drivers | ⇒ Concepts of pain and assessing a client using the pain ladder ⇒ Assessing your client’s need for a Syringe Driver ⇒ Drugs commonly used in a Syringe Driver ⇒ Setting up a Syringe Driver practical workshop ⇒ Managing common symptoms ⇒ Malnutrition in palliative care ⇒ Nausea and sickness ⇒ Managing breathlessness ⇒ The Mental Capacity Act and advanced directives | 1 day | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| PU01 | Pressure ulcers | Preventing pressure ulcers and the correct use of equipment | ⇒ Principles of skin inspection ⇒ Stages of pressure ulcer formation ⇒ Repositioning regimes ⇒ Use of pressure relieving equipment ⇒ Caring for clients with pressure ulcers ⇒ Reporting incidents | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| PV01 | Privacy and dignity | Privacy and dignity | ⇒ Understand the concept of Privacy and Dignity (P And D). What does this mean to staff and service users? ⇒ How service users may feel when they are not treated with Dignity And Respect (D And R) ⇒ Case studies of D and R, including workshop ⇒ Regulatory standards for D and R ⇒ An understanding of the role of the Dignity Champion; their responsibilities and how to sign up to become a Dignity champion | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| RK01 | Record keeping | Professional and legal aspects of record keeping and care planning | ⇒ Legal and professional issues relevant to record keeping ⇒ Review NMC guidelines for documentation and the issues of accountability and confidentiality ⇒ Review the process of accurate and comprehensive completion of care plans | 3 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| RK02 | Record keeping | Principles of record keeping for care staff | ⇒ Complete accurate comprehensive records ⇒ Principles of the Data Protection Act, storage of records and the issues surrounding this ⇒ Legal matters and protecting client’s confidentiality ⇒ The importance of following instructions in care plans is highlighted ⇒ Small workshop on completing accurate records and an opportunity is provided to complete an audit on documentation to consolidate learning | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| RK03 | Record Keeping | Care and Assessment Planning | ⇒ To equip staff with the skills required to plan, implement and evaluate patient care ⇒ Accessing resources ⇒ Communication styles ⇒ Review of the assessment process ⇒ Understanding nursing models ⇒ Workshop with case studies ⇒ Assessing the outcomes | 6hrs | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| PR01 | Safeguarding of vulnerable adults | Safeguarding of vulnerable adults (SOVA) | ⇒ Awareness of adult abuse issues ⇒ Gain an understanding into the signs and symptoms of abuse and responsibilities of carers | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| PR02 | Safeguarding of vulnerable adults (SOVA) | Safeguarding of vulnerable adults | ⇒ Implications of the principles of the new Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the implications it has for nursing and care staff | 5 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| SK01 | Skin care | Common skin conditions and skin care in the elderly | ⇒ Basic understanding of the structure and function of the skin ⇒ Recognising common skin disorders including scabies, shingles, impetigo, psoriasis and the types of skin cancers ⇒ Managing the older person’s skin, venous eczema, and the application of hosiery | 3 hours | Care staff | 15 |
| SK02 | Skin care | Basic wound care for care staff | ⇒ Introduction to common types of wounds ⇒ First aid to include burns and injuries ⇒ Common dressings ⇒ Recognising and reporting wound infection to qualified staff | 3 hours | Care staff | 15 |
| SK03 | Skin care | Caring for clients with complex wounds | ⇒ Needs of client’s with complex wounds including infected wounds, cavity wounds burns and vacuum therapy ⇒ Wound assessment, the stages of wound healing, care planning and accurate documentation ⇒ To include product wound care workshop | 4 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| SK04 | Skin care | Caring for clients with venous and arterial disease and the assessment and treatment of arterial and venous leg ulcers | ⇒ Understand the theory of venous and arterial disease ⇒ The aetiology and assessment of leg ulceration including the theory of doppler ultrasound and compression bandaging | 3 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| SK05 | Skin care | Caring for clients with complex wounds and the prevention of pressure ulceration | ⇒ Needs of client’s with complex wounds including infected wounds, cavity wounds burns and vacuum therapy ⇒ Wound assessment, the stages of wound healing, care planning and accurate documentation ⇒ Workshop to include the selection of correct wound dressings ⇒ Principles of skin inspection ⇒ Stages of pressure ulcer formation ⇒ Repositioning regimes and the use of pressure relieving equipment ⇒ Legal aspects of pressure ulcer prevention ⇒ Record keeping and Reporting incidents | 1 day | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| SM01 | Stress management and work/life balance | Stress management alongside work/life balance | ⇒ Understanding the definition of stress ⇒ Recognising and identifying triggers stress ⇒ Strategies for dealing with stress ⇒ Getting the balance right – prioritising ⇒ Being able to say ‘no’ assertively ⇒ Sharing good practice, what works for you? | 6 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners, Care Staff / Support Staff | 15 |
| ST01 | Strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis | Caring for clients with a stroke | ⇒ Insight into the complex needs of clients who have had a stroke ⇒ Physical, psychological and social needs ⇒ Holistic care for clients ⇒ Essential communication skills workshop | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| ST02 | Strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis | Basic overview of the care for clients with Parkinson’s Disease | ⇒ An overview of clients with Parkinson’s disease ⇒ Causes of Parkinson’s disease and the effect it has on the brain and body ⇒ Communication skills in caring for clients ⇒ Importance of getting medications on time ⇒ Holistic care of a client with Parkinson’s disease | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| ST03 | Strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis | Advanced study of the care for clients with Parkinson’s Disease | ⇒ Advanced study of clients with Parkinson’s disease ⇒ Causes of Parkinson’s disease and the effect it has on the brain and body ⇒ Communication skills in caring for clients ⇒ Importance of getting medications on time ⇒ Holistic care of a client with Parkinson’s disease ⇒ To include workshop | 5 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| ST04 | Strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis | Caring for clients with multiple sclerosis | ⇒ An overview of clients with Multiple sclerosis ⇒ Causes of Multiple sclerosis and the effect it has on the client ⇒ Symptoms experienced in Multiple sclerosis and coping strategies ⇒ Communication skills in caring for clients with Multiple sclerosis ⇒ Holistic care of a client with Multiple sclerosis | 3 hours | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners and Care Staff | 15 |
| TE01 | Teambuilding | Teambuilding | ⇒ What is a team? ⇒ Personal reflections on teams you have been in ⇒ Bruce Tuckman’s Team development Model ⇒ Activity on teambuilding ⇒ Belbin’s team roles ⇒ Ways in which teamwork can improve the service you offer ⇒ Activity on teambuilding ⇒ Group reflection | 3 hours | All Operational levels of staff | 15 |
| TR01 | Tracheostomy and nebuliser therapy | Caring for clients with a tracheostomy, principles of tracheal, suction, oxygen and nebuliser therapy | ⇒ Understand theory and evidence based practice when caring for clients with a tracheostomy ⇒ Theory and techniques involved with tracheal suction, nebuliser treatment and oxygen therapy | 3 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| VE01 | Venepuncture – practical technique | Introduction to the practical technique of venepuncture | ⇒ Understanding of the technique of venepuncture ⇒ Vascular anatomy of the arm and potential complications involved with this technique ⇒ Includes a practical session to safely work towards competence | 5 hours | Registered Nurses | 15 |
| VT01 | Venous Thromboembolism | Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) | ⇒ To provide staff with an understanding of VTE ⇒ Recognition of VTE ⇒ Understand symptoms and diagnosis ⇒ Treatment of VTE ⇒ Patient monitoring ⇒ Includes workshop on fitting anti-embolism stockings | 3hrs | Registered Nurses, Registered Practitioners | 15 |