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Healthcare Professionals with the right Vaccination + Immunisation skills are still in critical demand. Learn to administer vaccinations with this City & Guilds Assured training course.
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How does this course work?
Course Structure: Two-Part Training
1. E-learning Pre-requisite
The theory portion of your training is completed online. Upon booking, you'll receive access to the Elearning module via your HSG My Account Login, which must be fully completed, including passing the final assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
Completion of this Elearning module is a mandatory pre-requisite to attend the practical classroom session. You will not be eligible to participate in the practical training day if the Elearning is not completed.
2. Practical Classroom Session
The practical session is conducted in a classroom setting and includes hands-on training, as well as an end-of-course competency assessment. This session must be completed in-person.
You must complete both the Elearning module and the practical classroom session in order to receive your course certificate
This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals, inclusive of, but not limited to: -
- Nurses
- Midwives
- Health Visitors
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
Our Vaccination + Immunisation Foundation Course follows recommendations from the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for Registered Healthcare Practitioners.
You will acquire the knowledge and practical skills to ensure safe vaccination delivery, recognise and manage anaphylactic shock and perform basic life support.
- Be aware of the legal aspects of immunisation
- Demonstrate how to document and report all vaccines given
- Explain the importance of consent in relation to immunisation
- Describe and demonstrate effective communication methods with patients, parents, careers and other relevant people regarding immunisation
- Be aware of current issues and controversies surrounding immunisation
- Explain the aims of immunisation
- Describe national vaccine policy and schedules
- Identify and implement strategies for improving vaccine uptake
- Explain the immune response to vaccines
- Describe how vaccines provide individual and community protection
- Describe and recognise the main features of vaccine preventable diseases and the nature and frequency of their acute and long-term complications
- Be aware of the different types of vaccine used
- Be aware of contraindications and precautions when using vaccines
- Describe complicated vaccine presentations
- Describe how to manage and report adverse events
- Describe the importance of the cold chain
- Be aware of the correct procedure for the storage and handling of vaccines
- Demonstrate how to recognise and manage anaphylaxis
- Demonstrate how to safely and effectively perform basic life support
- Describe effective communication methods with patients, parents and carers and other relevant people about immunisation
- Demonstrate how to administer vaccinations safely
1. E-learning Pre-requisite
- Legal aspects of vaccination
- Current issues and controversies regarding immunisation
- Documentation, record keeping and reporting
- Accountability, supervision and delegation
- Consent and communication with patients/ parents
- Strategies for improving immunisation rates
- Vaccine priority groups
- The immune system and how vaccines work
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- The different types of vaccines and their composition
- Contraindications and adverse events
- Addressing complicated vaccination presentations
- Medicines management - Storage and handling of vaccines
Day 2 - Practical (10:30 - 17:00)
Session 1: 10:30 - 11:00 (30 minutes)
- Recap of Day 1 (Theory)
- Questions and answers
Session 2: 11:00 - 12:30 (90 minutes)
- Vaccination administration demonstration
Lunch break: 12:30 - 13:00 (30 minutes)
Session 3: 13:00 - 14:00 (60 minutes)
- Delegate practical vaccination training time
Session 4: 14:00 - 14:45 (45 minutes)
- Delegate assessments - Intramuscular and Subcutaneous injections
Session 5: 14:45 - 16:45 (120 minutes)
- Anaphylaxis recognition and management
- Basic life support demonstration and practical assessment
Course summary: 16:45 - 17:00 (15 minutes)
Please note: This course includes an open-book assessment and observation of practical activities.
- Covers all core areas of vaccination allowing healthcare practitioners to deliver vaccinations safely and effectively
- Provides background knowledge to answer parents’/ patients’ questions confidently and accurately
- Delivers correct vaccination technique (sub-cutaneous (SC) and Intra-Muscular (IM)) observed by a specialist trainer
- Delegates will receive competency framework forms which can be used towards obtaining supervised workplace competencies
- City & Guilds Assured Vaccination + Immunisation Training
Vaccination and Immunisation Training Course
Accredited by
The CPD Standards Office
= 11 hours of CPD
Healthcare Professionals with the right Vaccination + Immunisation skills are in critical demand. Learn to administer vaccinations with this City & Guilds Assured training course.
How does this course work?
Course Structure: Two-Part Training
1. E-learning Pre-requisite
The theory portion of your training is completed online. Upon booking, you'll receive access to the Elearning module via your HSG My Account Login, which must be fully completed, including passing the final assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
Completion of this Elearning module is a mandatory pre-requisite to attend the practical classroom session. You will not be eligible to participate in the practical training day if the Elearning is not completed.
2. Practical Classroom Session
The practical session is conducted in a classroom setting and includes hands-on training, as well as an end-of-course competency assessment. This session must be completed in-person.
You must complete both the Elearning module and the practical classroom session in order to receive your course certificate
This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals, inclusive of, but not limited to: -
- Nurses
- Midwives
- Health Visitors
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
Our Vaccination + Immunisation Foundation Course follows recommendations from the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for Registered Healthcare Practitioners.
You will acquire the knowledge and practical skills to ensure safe vaccination delivery, recognise and manage anaphylactic shock and perform basic life support.
- Be aware of the legal aspects of immunisation
- Demonstrate how to document and report all vaccines given
- Explain the importance of consent in relation to immunisation
- Describe and demonstrate effective communication methods with patients, parents, careers and other relevant people regarding immunisation
- Be aware of current issues and controversies surrounding immunisation
- Explain the aims of immunisation
- Describe national vaccine policy and schedules
- Identify and implement strategies for improving vaccine uptake
- Explain the immune response to vaccines
- Describe how vaccines provide individual and community protection
- Describe and recognise the main features of vaccine preventable diseases and the nature and frequency of their acute and long-term complications
- Be aware of the different types of vaccine used
- Be aware of contraindications and precautions when using vaccines
- Describe complicated vaccine presentations
- Describe how to manage and report adverse events
- Describe the importance of the cold chain
- Be aware of the correct procedure for the storage and handling of vaccines
- Demonstrate how to recognise and manage anaphylaxis
- Demonstrate how to safely and effectively perform basic life support
- Describe effective communication methods with patients, parents and carers and other relevant people about immunisation
- Demonstrate how to administer vaccinations safely
1. E-learning Pre-requisite
- Legal aspects of vaccination
- Current issues and controversies regarding immunisation
- Documentation, record keeping and reporting
- Accountability, supervision and delegation
- Consent and communication with patients/ parents
- Strategies for improving immunisation rates
- Vaccine priority groups
- The immune system and how vaccines work
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- The different types of vaccines and their composition
- Contraindications and adverse events
- Addressing complicated vaccination presentations
- Medicines management - Storage and handling of vaccines
Day 2 - Practical (10:30 - 17:00)
Session 1: 10:30 - 11:00 (30 minutes)
- Recap of Day 1 (Theory)
- Questions and answers
Session 2: 11:00 - 12:30 (90 minutes)
- Vaccination administration demonstration
Lunch break: 12:30 - 13:00 (30 minutes)
Session 3: 13:00 - 14:00 (60 minutes)
- Delegate practical vaccination training time
Session 4: 14:00 - 14:45 (45 minutes)
- Delegate assessments - Intramuscular and Subcutaneous injections
Session 5: 14:45 - 16:45 (120 minutes)
- Anaphylaxis recognition and management
- Basic life support demonstration and practical assessment
Course summary: 16:45 - 17:00 (15 minutes)
Please note: This course includes an open-book assessment and observation of practical activities.
- Covers all core areas of vaccination allowing healthcare practitioners to deliver vaccinations safely and effectively
- Provides background knowledge to answer parents’/ patients’ questions confidently and accurately
- Delivers correct vaccination technique (sub-cutaneous (SC) and Intra-Muscular (IM)) observed by a specialist trainer
- Delegates will receive competency framework forms which can be used towards obtaining supervised workplace competencies
- City & Guilds Assured Vaccination + Immunisation Training