Training

A strong focus on continued staff training and development is central in our pursuit of excellence. Our Healthcare Professionals are trained to the National Minimum requirements upon joining the company.

Initial training will cover the following;

• Basic Life Support (Adult/Paediatric)
• Complaints Handling
• Manual Handling (Adult/Paediatric)
• Food Hygiene Awareness
• Infection control
• Risk Incident Reporting
• Handling Violence and Aggression
• Caldicott Protocols
• Personal Safety including lone working
• Fire Safety
• COSHH
• RIDDOR
• Health and Safety
• POVA/POCA

As part of our Continuing Care service we offer all of our staff enhanced training courses in the following;

• Medication
• First Aid

Further bespoke training, based upon the specific needs of each service user, will be accessed as required. Examples include the following;

• Care of the ventilated patient
• Tracheostomy training
• Ventilation, suction and cough assist
• Enteral/nasogastric feeding
• Complex continence management
• Administering complex medications
• Autonomic dysreflexia
• Epilepsy training
• Care planning and risk assessment
• PRICE training

This list is not exhaustive.