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AUDIT OF MEDICINES IN SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS - Company Training

The Medication Training Company

Summary

Price
£594 inc VAT
Study method
Onsite
Duration
4 hours
Qualification
No formal qualification
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

I’ve been a pharmacist for 25 years working across all sectors: hospital, community, pharmaceutical companies and academia. I spent several years in my last role as Consultant Pharmacist in Social Care at Brighton and Hove NHS PCT and Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton.

During this time, it became clear that much of what passed medication training involved staff sitting through slide-shows or being talked at by someone in front of a flip chart.

But think of a course you attended last year… what was on the 5th slide, 2nd bullet point down? Surely medicines administration is too important for a “tick box” approach.

My formal teacher training at the university made me realise there was a better way: focus on competency.

Administering medication is a practical skill. It needs close attention to detail and practise to get right. Strip out the theory, write it down, and give this to staff as a permanent reference for them to refer to. Then make the training practical, teach staff to administer medication by actually having them do this, rather than just talk about it. So that’s what I did.

Description

We have a comprehensive audit tool enabling you to thoroughly inspect your medicines systems. Developed by our own expert (and ex-CQC) pharmacists, it will ensure you score highly during CQC inspections and that people using your service are protected against any risks associated with medicines.

On this half-day course, we will train you how to use the tool and provide you with a voucher code to download it for free (rather that the standard cost of £50).

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to demonstrate how to use the audit tool to inspect:

  • Medicines training and competency checks
  • Risk assessments for self-medicators
  • Medicines policies, paperwork and procedures
  • Storage of medicines
  • Learning and reporting from medication errors
  • Audit of medicines charts
  • Disposal of medicines
  • Cold storage and monitoring of medicines
  • Storage and recording of controlled drugs

Handout

In addition to the handout, you will be sent a free electronic copy of the audit tool with guidance notes.

Course Mapping

CQC Key Lines of Enquiry S4: How are people’s medicines managed so that they receive them safely?

Who is this course for?

Managers, supervisors and staff members who oversee the management of medicines in care homes, supported living, day centres and community settings

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