Safe Administration of Medication

Essential In-House Training Courses for the Health and Social Care Sector

Safe Administration of Medication - Adult Social Care Training

If you are seeing an increase in medication errors, your last medication training was over two years ago or if you have new starts, this robust classroom training is what you need. This safe administration of medication training course covers both theory and practical elements, followed by on-the-job competencies. You should be able to see an improvement in the way medication is managed as an outcome.

Safe Administration of Medication Training Course Outline

  • Legislations attached to medication.
  • Legal medication categories
  • Types of medication
  • Strengths, forms, and routes of medication.
  • Systematic Administration of Medication- the 5- and 7-point checks
  • Covert medication
  • 20 Label Check Activity
  • Topicals
  • Measuring Fluids for administration
  • Inhalers/MDI
  • Instilling eye drops
Safe Administration of Medication - Adult Social Care Training

Who is the course for?

This safe administration of medication training course has been designed for individuals who need to safely handle and administer medication on a daily basis. Some of the individuals this course would be suitable for include healthcare professionals, carers, managers of care providers, nurses, support workers and/or care workers in general. We also cater for local authorities who need to train their employees in this important topic. 

Medication is a powerful element in alleviating symptoms causing pain and discomfort. It can also be effectively used in improving an individuals life. But it can also be very dangerous if not administered properly or misused.

If you’re involved in looking after medication and are  responsible for the safe delivery of medication, this is an essential course for you. We cover all aspects of safe medication management from the legislation attached to medication, to practical skills like administering eye drops. 

Safe Administration of Medication training course cost - £895 Day Rate (course duration 1 day)

Don't forget, I also tailor this Safe Administration of Medication Training course as a bespoke training for your business

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Other Information

Please note travel over a 60 mile round trip from Didcot (OX11) will be invoiced 45p per extra mile. If you’re looking for hospitality training that is not listed here, please give us a call or email us and we can discuss your requirements. 

About Our Services

We specialise in Employee Training and Development for the Adult Social Care, Hospitality and Catering sectors and our services include:  

  • Mandatory and Statutory Health and Social Care Training
  • Soft Skills across sectors
  • Management and Leadership
  • Frontline Customer Services
  • Training in house or remotely via Teams or Zoom
  • Training and People Development Consultancy
  • Bespoke Training design and delivery Bespoke Internal Career Path to help retain your current employees
  • Training needs Analysis
  • In house Training Audit and Analysis
  • Bespoke Competencies
  • Inductions
  • L & D Consultation as well as Learning Design and Learning Delivery
  • eLearning Design

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About Emerald Training and People Development

Emerald Training and People Development Services provides flexible and customised solutions for businesses looking to enhance their training and people development offerings, without the need for a full-time trainer or learning and development manager. 

We know that eLearning and classroom training may not be suitable for every setting, and we go all out to find the best approach for your specific needs.

Our services include analysis, on-site face to face training, remote training, audit and training needs assessment, custom training/ learning and development design and delivery, induction uplift, and support with retaining employees through a robust career pathway. 

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