Immunisation Course for Health Care Assistants
This vaccination course will complement your existing HCA training and help you stay confident, knowledgeable and up-to-date.
You need to know how to administer vaccinations for influenza, pneumococcal and swine flu. This two-day healthcare assistant course will give you all the skills you need in order to administer the injections as well covering the theoretical and legal background to immunisation.
This immunisation course is based on standard requirements as determined by the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training, Health Protection Agency, June 2005. All delegates will leave the course with an individual Patient Specific Direction (PSD) Protocol and a Competency Based Framework to use after the course under supervision with their mentor.
Course Content
- The HCA – role and function
- Competency and supervision
- Understanding competence
- Guidelines and protocols
- PSDs in primary care
- A brief introduction to the immune system
- Virus or bacteria?
- Signs and symptoms of swine flu and influenza
- How vaccines work
- Infection control
- Antivirals and antibiotics – how they work
- Chronic disease at risk patients
- Administration of vaccines
- Injection technique and sites – practical workshop
- Storage and handling of vaccine
- Reporting – documentation
- Allergy and contraindication
- Basic life support and initial anaphylaxis management
- Legal aspects of vaccination for HCAs
Aims/Objectives
- Be able to fully understand the principles of vaccination
- Be able to understand the legal framework regarding HCAs and Pneumococcal and Influenza vaccination programmes
- Understand the principles of administering injections and safe practice
Who should attend
- Healthcare Care Assistants
- Support Workers
- Nurses who need an update can also attend this course.
Duration
2 days
Price
£270.00 per person inclusive of VAT (£225.00 excluding VAT)
Course dates
Newcastle
21-22 August 2012 – book a place now
London
4-5 September 2012 – book a place now
London
25-26 September 2012 – book a place now
In addition to any scheduled courses, we can also deliver this course to groups on your own site. For more information, contact us.
Book your place on this vaccination course now.