Domiciliary Care and Medication Management Training

CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means, that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.

 

Module 1. Introduction to medication management domiciliary care

• In this module, you will have a thorough understanding of domiciliary care. You will learn about different types of domiciliary care, the role of a domiciliary care worker, how domiciliary care differs from other types of care settings and more from this module.

Module 2. Legislation and guidance for medication management

• In this module, you will learn about the legislation and guidance for medication management in domiciliary care. You will learn about various laws regarding medication management and the roles and responsibilities accompanying the regulations.

Module 3. Fundamental principles of medication management

• In this module, you will gain an understanding of medication management in domiciliary care. You will also know about the principles of safe medicines management, and medication management principles in detail.

Module 4. Service user needs assessment

• In this module, you will understand how to assess and review a person’s medical support needs. You will also learn about joint working between health and social care, the process of sharing information about a person’s medicines with the social care providers or any other relevant parties from this module.

Module 5. The consent to treatment

• In this module, you will learn about What is consent to treatment and why is it important for domiciliary care. You will understand how to obtain valid consent from the people you care for or their representatives and how to document and communicate consent and any related issues in domiciliary care.

Module 6. Obtaining medication

• In this module, you will gain an understanding of obtaining medication in domiciliary care. You will learn how to order medication for domiciliary care, how to transport and deliver medication, how to store medication and more from this module.

Module 7. General support with medication

• In this module, you will understand what is general support with medication and why it is important for domiciliary care. You will also learn how to assess the general support needs and preferences of the person receiving care, how to provide general support with medication according to the care plan and more from this module.

Module 8. The principles of safe administration with medicines

• In this module, you will learn about the principles of the safe administration of medicines. You will understand the governance for managing medicines safely and effectively, several key principles of effective medication management in domiciliary care and more from this module.

Module 9. Awareness of specific medications

• In this module, you will understand the awareness needed for specific medication in domiciliary care. You will learn about the classification and action of various medicines, the dosage and formulation of medicines, the monitoring and reporting of medicines and more from this module.

Module 10. Practical considerations for the safe management of medicines

• This module discusses the practical considerations for the safe management of medicines in domiciliary care. Here you will learn the procedures for managing medicines in domiciliary care, the assessment and review of medicines support needs and preferences and more.

Module  11. Service users with swallowing difficulties

• In this module, you will learn about dysphagia: the difficulties of swallowing that can occur with many service users. You will also learn about the signs and symptoms of dysphagia, the referral and management of dysphagia, the support and communication with service users with dysphagia and more.

Module 12. Covert administration of medicines

• In this module, you will learn about the covert administration of medicines. Here you will understand the scope of the covert administration of medicines, the assessment and management, the monitoring and reporting of covert administration of medicines and more.

Module 13. Recordkeeping

• In this module, you will understand the recordkeeping procedures in domiciliary care. Here you will learn the purpose and importance of medicines administration records, the principles and guidance of recordkeeping in domiciliary care and more.

Module 14. Self-administration of medicines

• This module discusses the self-administration of medicines where you will learn about the definition and scope of self-administration of medicines, the assessment and review of self-administration of medicines and the support and monitoring of self-administration of medicines in domiciliary care.

Module 15. Self-disposal of medicines

• This module discusses the self-disposal of medicines where you will learn about the legal and ethical aspects of self-disposal of medicines, the assessment and education of self-disposal of medicines, and the support and monitoring of self-disposal of medicines in domiciliary care.

Module 16. Dealing with significant events relating to the handling and administration of medicines

• From this module, you will learn to deal with significant events relating to the handling and administration of medicines. Here you will learn the assessment and reporting of significant events involving medicines, the review and learning from significant events involving medicines and dealing with significant events involving medicines in domiciliary care.

This Domiciliary Care Training Course is suitable for the following:

• Domiciliary care workers,
• Home caregivers,
• Community healthcare assistants,
• Locum and agency care workers,
• Support workers, and
• Care assistants

• There are no academic entry requirements for this Domiciliary care training, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
• However, you are required to have a laptop/desktop/tablet or smartphone and a good internet connection.

On the assessment round, you will participate in the MCQ test to examine your learning from this course. After completing the Domiciliary care training modules, learners must answer MCQs to complete the assessment procedure. The MCQ test measures how much a learner can grasp from each section. In the assessment test, you must get 60% as a pass mark.

Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy

After successfully passing the MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. You will get the CPD-accredited PDF certificate free of cost, which is included with the course. There is an additional fee to obtain a printed copy of the CPD-accredited certificate, which is £35.