Workplace training for the care or clinical workforce – what to expect from clinical observation courses for work.
Clinical Observations
Clinical Observations: Staff will learn to take and accurately record observations of; blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration rate. They will understand what constitutes a normal reading and know when to ring for help with an abnormal reading.
Infection Prevention and Control
This course covers hand washing, use of PPE and disposal of clinical waste. All of these topics are so important to the day to day running of a care home as the spread of infection can be dramatically reduced if all members of staff follow the basics of infection prevention and control consistently.
Medication Awareness
The training courses cover basic information on different types of medication, and the ways in which they can be administered. It also includes information on how to accurately record all medications given to service users, and the possible consequences of any error.
Moving and Handling For more on this, take a look at www.tidaltraining.co.uk/clinical-training-courses/.
Training staff in the safe moving and handling of service users is essential for their safety and well-being as well as that of staff. The training will cover the use of equipment such as hoists and slide sheets as well as manual handling for lower risk activities.
Wound Care Basics
Staff will be taught to clean and dress simple wounds, spot signs of infection and know when to refer a person to a clinician for further assessment and treatment of a wound.
Documentation and Record-Keeping
Further help to support your clinical training courses, documentation and record-keeping within the clinical environment is also crucial to ensure that staff have accurate records of a service user’s care in order to support their ongoing care, as well as to evidence staff’s actions in case of any future concerns. This will help staff to understand what information should be recorded, how to accurately document information, and how to clearly write notes in order to ensure that others are able to understand the information that has been recorded.
Quality training will help your staff to feel confident in their ability to manage and do the right thing at any time of day using the skills for Care in their workplace clinical training guidance.
