Course aims and objectives
Octrac Consulting's online mandatory training for agency nurses package for registered nurses helps nursing staff to meet the statutory requirements of the NHS and private healthcare sector and professional code of conduct, including:
- Standards set by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- The Care Quality Commission (CQC) guidance for nurses and nursing locums
- Skills for Health's UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
- NHS frameworks' guidance for locum and agency nurses
What is covered in this online mandatory training package?
Our mandatory training for agency nurses 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 Hazardous 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 Levels 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
You will be provided with all the individual modules listed below. You can however choose the statutory and 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.
Why is mandatory training for agency nurses important?
This mandatory training for agency nurses e-learning package for nurses covers all the legislative and medico-legal requirements for nurses to work safely and efficiently, as well as minimising litigation.
What is the Skills for Health’s UK ‘Core Skills Training Framework’?
There is increasing recognition that there are wide variations in the quality and consistency of healthcare training provided across the UK.To minimise these challenges, Octrac Consulting works with various UK health and social care organisations to develop statutory and mandatory training courses in line with Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF).
This includes mandatory training courses in the Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework – CSTF Statutory Mandatory Training Subject Guide Version 1.3 , Skills for Health Clinical Care UK Core Skills Training Framework Subject Guide April 2015 and other awareness courses for health and social care workers.This mandatory training for agency nurses E-Learning package was developed in line with the Skills for Health CSTF learning outcomes.
Prerequisites
It is beneficial to also look at the following courses:
- CPD Courses for NMC Revalidation for Nurses
Why train with Octrac Consulting?
The benefits of using our accredited e-learning courses in the workplace include:
- Over 1000 online CPD courses
- National Skills Academy for Health national delivery partner
- UK accredited e-learning provider
- An approved UK training centre
- Ofqual accredited qualifications
- Nationally recognised CPD certificates
- Free blended learning environment to support existing training
- Access your online training immediately
- Highly interactive e-learning portal
- Substantial cost reductions (no travel fees & other expenses)
- Embrace the benefits of e-Learning for healthcare providers
- Significant man hour reductions
- Online training only takes as long as the learners needs
- Low carbon footprint through e learning
- Repository of online learning materials and assessment
- Fully qualified and experienced trainers, instructors and assessors
- Subject matter experts and content developers
- Convert your existing classroom courses to e-learning courses
- All training courses based on latest guidance and best practice
Mandatory Training For Agency Nurses - NMC Revalidation - 30 CSTF Aligned Online CPD Accredited Courses
