Assessor’s course to assess staff competency in the safe administration of medication 24/25

Target Group:

This course is targeted to staff that carry out an assessor’s role working within nursing homes, registered care homes, day care services, supported living provision and domiciliary care services supporting Sutton Residents.

Aim

The aim of this session is:

• To provide knowledge and skill based training which will equip participants with ability and materials needed to assess the competency of their staff when administering medication.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this course participants will have:

• Improved knowledge and confidence to explain the training and competency pathway that staff who administer medication should complete, and how this should be recorded
• Increased skills and confidence to use a formal system to assess and record staff competency
• Practised a variety of techniques to assess staff competency
• Greater knowledge and skills to assess someone's competence when administering oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, eye drops.