Course description
Vaccination + Immunisation 2 Day Foundation Course
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Upcoming start dates
1 start date available
Suitability - Who should attend?
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for all healthcare workers with a professional registration, 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.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Objectives
- 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
Benefits
- 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
- participants will receive competency framework forms which can be used towards obtaining supervised workplace competencies
Training Course Content
Day 1 - Theory
Session 1:
- 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
Session 2:
- Strategies for improving immunisation rates
- Vaccine priority groups
- The immune system and how vaccines work
Session 3:
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Session 4:
- The different types of vaccines and their composition
- Contraindications and adverse events
- Addressing complicated vaccination presentations
Session 5:
- Medicines management - Storage and handling of vaccines
Day 2 - Practical
Session 1:
- Recap of Day 1 (Theory)
- Questions and answers
Session 2:
- Vaccination administration demonstration
Session 3:
- Delegate practical vaccination training time
Session 4:
- Delegate assessments - Intramuscular and Subcutaneous injections
Session 5:
- Anaphylaxis recognition and management
- Basic life support demonstration and practical assessment
Expenses
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