Level 2 Certificate in Medicines Management for Domiciliary Carers

This training course in the safe handling of medicines is accredited by NCFE – a government recognised awarding body, it also meets all of the requirements set out by CSCI and the Skills for Care knowledge set for medication and is therefore quite thorough – enabling you to meet the required standards in this area for your inspections.  The learning is split into 3 units. Units 1 & 2 are delivered as a face-to-face presentation in a 3 1/2 hour session. Unit 3 is a distance learning module that is provided to the candidates once they have attended units 1 & 2 and will take approximately 4-6 weeks to complete. The total learning hours are expected to be approximately 30 hours.

Unit 1 covers legislation and guidance:-

• CSCI Professional Advice on the Administration of Medicines
• National Minimum Standards for Domiciliary Care (Standard 10)
• Regulation 14 of the Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations 2002
• The Medicines Act 1968
• The role of the care agency
• General rules for adult service users
• 3 Levels of support
• Compliance aids
• Child service users
• Record Keeping in Domiciliary Care
• Medication Administration Records in Domiciliary care

Unit 2 - Understanding Medicines

• What is a medicine
• Legal categories of medicines
• How do medicines work
• Names of medicines
• Formulations
• Administration (or the prompting of) of different formulations
• Dosage instructions
• Controlled drugs

A short multiple choice assessment is completed at the end of this session and delegates take away a booklet to record on-the-job learning evidence for these units. They are also given unit 3 to take away too.

Unit 3 - Safe handling of medicines

• Confidentiality and consent
• Care needs assessment/risk assessment
• Types of medication e.g. antibiotics, analgesics, diuretics etc.
• Side effects and adverse reactions and what to do
• Ordering and receipt of prescriptions
• Pharmacy services that support domiciliary carers
• Safe storage and disposal of unwanted medicines
• Over the counter medicines
• Medication policy

This course costs £50 person and includes registration fees

Training sessions are run by a qualified pharmacist, at your premises and cost the appropriate fee per person (minimum of 10 people per session) plus travel expenses of 28p per mile. Two x half day sessions can be run on the same day if this suits to do so.

Venue: A Venue Somewhere
Date: 15/10/2007
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Category: Medicines Management