Agency Candidate Mandatory Training - 30 CSTF Aligned Online CPD Accredited Courses

Agency Candidate Mandatory Training - 30 CSTF Aligned Online CPD Accredited Courses

Welcome to Octrac Consulting's online CSTF aligned candidate mandatory training package for doctors and medical locums, agency nurses, allied health professions (AHPs) and health and social care support workers. This candidate mandatory training course package for doctors, nurses, AHPs and healthcare assistants was developed to meet the required learning outcomes in the Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF), NHS procurement frameworks, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) recommendations for health and social care providers. These e-learning courses for doctors are also in line with the Royal Medical Colleges requirements for doctors revalidation and Code of of Professional Conduct.

Assessment and certification

At the end of each individual online candidate mandatory training module, learners will be required to complete an online assessment. On successful completion of the knowledge test (80% pass mark), learners will be able to download a FREE CPD certificate for each module that is valid for one year.

Course accreditation

The content of this online candidate mandatory training package for locum doctors and AHPs, agency nurses and locum healthcare professionals has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Course duration

It will take approximately 6 to 8 hours to complete this e-learning candidate mandatory training package for agency workers and locum staff. The length of time to complete the course depends on the following:

• your prior knowledge and experience individual candidate mandatory training modules and related regulations
• how quickly you can study and absorb the learning materials
• how much you can pace yourself once started
• the number of modules that are relevant to your clinical environment

You are in full control of how long it takes to complete your candidate mandatory training modules. You can go through the course package in one sitting, or pause and come back later. Your progress will be recorded throughout and you will be able to start where you previously left off.

You can revise the online learning materials as many times as you like. Even after completing the course successfully (and obtaining your CPD certificate), you will still have access to your online learning materials for 365 days.

Mandatory & Statutory training - meeting employers' legal obligations

Octrac Consulting's CSTF aligned practical and online mandatory training courses help UK employers and employees alike to fulfil their legislative obligations. Our mandatory and statutory courses for doctors provide the essential knowledge and understanding as required by regulatory authorities.

Course aims and objectives

Octrac Consulting's online candidate mandatory training package for locum and agency workers helps clinicians and other healthcare professionals to meet the statutory requirements of the NHS and private healthcare sector and professional code of conduct. Octrac Consulting is committed to keeping up to date with changes in relevant UK legislation, national directives and requirements on mandatory training programme to ensure that it reflects changing legal, risk and service requirements. To that end, our mandatory and statutory modules are guided by the following:

• Standards set by the Royal Medical Colleges, the Health Professions Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• The Care Quality Commission (CQC) guidance for doctors, medical locums, registered nurses and other healthcare professionals
• Skills for Health's UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
• NHS frameworks' guidance for locum doctors, medical locums, locum allied health professionals and agnecy nurses

Octrac Consulting develops appropriate candidate mandatory training courses to meet the NHS quality standards and performance ratings. Our health and safety courses for doctors, AHPs, nurses and NHS professionals help to reduce injuries and avoid subsequent claims due to negligence and malpractice, improve staff morale, provide safe and effective care and improve patient experience.

What is covered in this candidate mandatory training package?

Our Skills for Health's UK CSTF aligned candidate mandatory training package covers the following modules:

• Code of Professional Conduct
• Key Legislation and National Guidelines
• Understanding your Role and Responsibilities
• Criminal Convictions
• Fitness to Practice
• CSTF Health and Safety and Welfare, including:
  
  • Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
  • Control of Substances Harzadous to Health (COSHH) Regulations
  • Display Screen Equipment
  • Risk Assessment
  • Waste Management
  • Bullying and Harassment
  • Stress Management
• CSTF Information Governance CSTF, including:
  
  • Caldicott Principles
  • Confidentiality
  • Information Security
  • Data Protection
  • Record Management
  • Counter Fraud
• Documentation and Record Keeping
• CSTF Conflict Resolution CSTF, including:
  
  • Effective Communication
  • Handling Violence & Aggression
  • Managing Risk, Minimising Restraint
  • Lone Workers
• Complaints Handling
• Consent Training
• CSTF Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
• CSTF Safeguarding Adults Levels 1, 2 & 3
• CSTF Safeguarding Children Levels 1, 2 & 3
• CSTF Preventing Radicalisation Levels 1 & 2
• Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
• Mental Health Act
• Mental Health Awareness
• Learning Disability Awareness
• Dementia Awareness
• CSTF Infection Prevention and Control Level 1 & 2, including:
  
  • MRSA
  • Blood Borne Viruses
  • Exposure Prone Procedures
  • Spillages and Body Fluids
  • Sharps Management
  • Clinical Waste Management
• Food Safety Awareness Levels 1 & 2
• CSTF Fire Safety Awareness
• Manual Handling Objects Level 1
• CSTF Moving and Handling of People Levels 1 & 2
• CSTF Resuscitation - Basic Life Support (BLS) Levels 1 & 2, including:
  
  • National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
  • SBAR
  • First Response

Why choose Octrac Consulting’s online training courses?

There are benefits of choosing Octrac Consulting as your e-learning training provider, including:

• Over 1000 training courses available
• National Skills Academy for Health national delivery partner
• UK accredited e learning provider
• Internationally recognized CPD certificates
• SCORM compliant e-Learning courses
• TIN CAN compliant e-Learning courses
• interactive online learning courses
• free blended learning environment for individuals and organizations
• competitively priced online training courses
• meet UK compliance requirements
• reduce organizational carbon footprint
• immediate access to online learning materials
• minimize travel costs and man hour costs of classroom training
• minimize hours and days spent away in classroom training
• download or print CPD certificates on completion

Agency Candidate Mandatory Training - 30 CSTF Aligned Online CPD Accredited Courses

Who is this online mandatory training package for?

This e-Learning mandatory training package should be completed by locum doctors and AHPs, agency nurses and agency workers working in NHS Trusts and private hospitals, including:

• Medical Consultants
• Surgeons
• General Practitioners (GPs)
• Specialist Doctors
• Registrars & SPRs
• Senior House Officers (SHOs)
• Private Independent Doctors
• Locum Doctors
• Allied Health Professionals
• Registered Nurses
• NHS Professionals
• Healthcare Professionals

You will be provided with all the individual modules listed below. You can however choose the mandatory training modules that are most suited to your specific clinical environment. If you are a locum doctor, locum AHP or agency nurse, please check with your locum or nursing agency agency regarding the specific mandatory training modules you require to meet the compliance requirements.

You can also select from our wide range of individual CPD courses in our elearning for healthcare course catalogue.

This online candidate mandatory training package has been designed for the busy locum clinician, agency nurses and other healthcare professionals. It has additional online learning resources that provide more details for learners to refer to during the course and in practice. For those who have completed statutory and mandatory training before, this training package provides you with the key legal and professional issues as specified in the Skills for Health's UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF).

Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)

This Skills for Health aligned practical mandatory training day and eLearning courses are designed for health and social care workers who work in NHS hospitals, private hospitals and related settings. This includes nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and health and social care support workers, as well as locum doctors, agency nurses, support workers and healthcare assistants.

The Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework recommends that health and social care workers who do not have client facing roles may be required to only take some of these statutory and mandatory courses. Please check with your employer which courses you require. The Mandatory Training Group will not be responsible if you take the wrong courses.

You will be provided with the optional statutory and mandatory training courses that are required for your area of work. You can however choose the mandatory training modules that are most suited to your specific clinical environment. If you are a locum doctor, agency worker or agency nurse, please check with your locum agency regarding the specific mandatory training modules you require to meet the compliance requirements.

You can also select from our wide range of individual CPD courses in our elearning for healthcare course catalogue.

This online mandatory training package has been designed for busy healthcare and social care professionals. It has additional online learning resources that provide more details for learners to refer to during the course and in practice. For those who have completed statutory and mandatory training before, this training package provides you with the key legal and professional issues as specified in the Skills for Health's UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF).

Why is Skills for Health aligned mandatory training important?

This mandatory and statutory classroom and e-learning course package was developed to meet the required learning outcomes in the Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) recommendations for health and social care providers. This package covers all the legislative and medico-legal/clinic-legal requirements for health and social care professionals to work safely and efficiently, as well as minimising litigation.

Practical/Physical training:

• Wear comfortable clothing
• Bring photo ID

Online modules:

• Access to desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone device

Our Skills for Health aligned mandatory training courses can be taken as part of induction to healthcare and social care sectors, as well as statutory and mandatory refresher training, annual mandatory training updates or continuing professional development (CPD) requirements for health and social care professionals.

The Mandatory Training Group’s online courses range from introductory modules at Level 1 to advanced and expert modules up to Level 6.

Our e-learning modules count towards CPD hours for professionals in various sectors to meet mandatory and statutory requirements.

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