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Immunisations Foundation for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners – 7th and 14th June 2024 – Hosted by LDC
June 7 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
£135Immunisations Foundation for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners – 7th and 14th June 2024
09:30 – 12:30 on both dates.
Delegates must attend both dates to complete the course.
With Specialist Trainers Tricia Smith and Emma Edwards.
This course is suitable for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners only.
This course meets the national minimum standards for immunisation training
Course content will include
• Immunity and the different types of vaccine and how they work
• Legal aspects of vaccination, including delegation, consent and patient specific directions
• Epidemiology of influenza, pneumococcal and shingles diseases.
• Influenza, COVID, pneumococcal and shingles programmes for 2024.
• The importance of the cold chain
• Consultation process and risk assessment
This course is being run as an online training course. Details of how to join the meeting will be emailed to you closer to the event.
All delegates are required to complete a workbook prior to each taught session.
At the end of the course there will be a final assessment. Further information will be sent out prior to the start of the course. Please allow at least an hour after the final teaching session to complete the online assessment.
These are interactive teaching sessions and it is expected that delegates will be in a quiet environment in which they can use a camera and a microphone to communicate with the rest of the group. Inability to communicate with others during the sessions may lead to the course not being successfully completed.
If you no longer require your place on this course place cancel it so that there is availability for other delegates. To cancel a booking please log into your Learning and Development Centre account, go to the Centre course list and click on the orange box next to the course name.
All delegates must have their own booking made through the Learning and Development Centre website to join the meeting. The name on your Zoom account should be recognisable as the name on your booking. If we cannot identify delegates they may not be admitted to the session, or certificates may not be issued after the event.
If you have any questions please contact our team: ldc.sentinel@nhs.net