January 2021 - COVID Update
Following the 4th January UK Govt. announcement, training will continue to run throughout all our training venues in January and February 2021.
The Health and Safety Group is an educational facility providing critical support services for key healthcare workers. All our training venues follow Govt COVID guidelines.
Group Bookings Available! Receive this training course at your place of work for up to 20 delegates, for as little as £50 per person. Click here for your free quote!
Who Is This Course For?
This Vaccination + Immunisation training is a refresher session for all healthcare workers with a professional registration, inclusive of, but not limited to: -
- Nurses
- Midwives
- Health Visitors
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
Please Note - Delegates should have attended a 2-day foundation course or equivalent previous study, prior to attending this yearly update.
Public Health England recommends those delivering vaccinations update their skills yearly.
Our Vaccination Training 1-day refresher course follows recommendations from The National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for Registered Healthcare Practitioners.
You will refresh your knowledge and practical skills needed to ensure safe vaccination delivery, recognise and manage anaphylaxis shock and perform basic life support.
- Update knowledge on national vaccine policies, schedules, legislation + guidance
- Recap your responsibilities as a vaccination provider
- Demonstrate the steps required prior to, during and post vaccination administration
- Demonstrate how to administer vaccinations safely
- Describe how to store and supply vaccinations
- Refresh knowledge on Anaphylaxis awareness, treatment + Basic Life Support
- Describe the supervisory role and how to successfully delegate
- 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 reconstitute and administer vaccines correctly
Course Introduction: 10:30 - 10:45 (15 minutes)
Session 1: 10:45 - 11:30 (45 minutes)
- Changes to legislation relevant to vaccination
- Current issues in vaccination
- Record keeping
- Accountability, supervision and delegation
Session 2: 11:30 - 12:15 (45 minutes)
- Changes to National Immunisation Schedule
- Recent epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases
Session 3: 12:15 - 13:00 (45 minutes)
- Review of vaccine types and compositions
- Changes in contraindications and adverse events
Lunch break: 13:00 - 13:30 (30 minutes)
Session 4: 13:30 - 15:30 (120 minutes)
- Review of current practice and identification of areas for improvement
- Delegate assessments - Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injections
Session 5: 15:30 - 16:45 (75 minutes)
- Anaphylaxis recognition and management
- Basic life support demonstration and practical assessment
Course summary: 16:45 - 17:00 (15 minutes)
Please note - morning and afternoon refreshment breaks will be given at a natural stopping point within a given session.
- Q + A session for commonly encountered problems in practice
- All vaccination techniques (sub-cutaneous (SC) and Intra-Muscular (IM)) will be observed by a specialist trainer
- Copy of the 'Immunisation against infectious diseases - the green book' provided to each delegate
