complete Prostap Hormone Injection - Virtual Training
Wessex Local Medical Committees event
Wednesday 4 November 2020 at A smart device near you!
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This is a morning event.
Times: 09:30 - 13:00
Speakers
Mrs Julia Judd
Mrs Julia O'Mara
Log on to Zoom: 13:15 - Training 13:30 - 16:30
This training will be conducted online via the Zoom App. To participate you will need to use an appropriate device with microphone, speaker, and camera where possible. As well as booking your place here, you will need to register to join this event. The link to register will be sent to you in the reminder email which will go out 1 week in advance of the webinar, please look out for it in your junk email if necessary.
This half day course is open to all Advanced HCAs who are currently working with clients that require Prostap injections. It is recommended that only HCAs who have achieved education and training to Level Three of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)4 or equivalent in England and Wales with at least 2 years’ experience as a HCA should be considered for training in vaccine administration. The course will provide all necessary documentation for the administration of the injection to include a competency framework to use with the mentor in practice, a protocol for the administration of Prostap injections and an example of a Patient Specific Directive (PSD) for prescribing and legal purposes.
NB: This immunisation training course has been approved by PHE/NHS England South West Screening and Immunisation Team as conforming to the national minimum standards for immunisation training
Aims and Objectives
- To provide HCAS with the knowledge and skills required for the procedure of administering Prostap injections.
- To provide the HCA with resources, education and awareness of the legal issues, accountability and prescribing through delegation.
- To provide the mechanisms for the HCA to be signed off as competent by a trained nurse in their workplace and follow the protocols and framework supplied for safe practice.
Course Content
- The role of the HCA in extended practice
- What is Prostap?
- The uses of Prostap in patient condition management
- Undertaking a risk assessment of the patient prior to injection
- How is Prostap prescribed / legal issues / prescriptions: PSD
- What are the side effects / contraindications / follow up care / anaphylaxis
- Record keeping /documentation/communication with patients / capacity / consent
- Safe handling and storage of injections; including infection control
- Injection administration and techniques including practical session
- Protocols/ competencies and supervised practice by mentor
We are delighted that BSW Training Hub have agreed to fund this course for eligible staff working in General Practice in: BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW), from the CPD funding held by the Hub. However, sadly some of your colleagues on previous courses have booked places and not attended, preventing others attending. If you decide that you cannot attend this course, please notify us, by email, at least 3 weeks before the course to cancel your place. If you do not cancel your place and do not attend, you will be charged the full delegate fee.
Trainer
Your trainer will be either Julia Judd or Julia O'Mara from J2S Training
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Julia Judd qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1989 and has enjoyed a diverse career working in the emergency department and acute surgical wards before settling on a career in primary care. Since 1994 Julia has worked in General Practice, building her portfolio of skills to include practice nursing and management of long term conditions. As her career developed she later extended her role becoming a nurse practitioner and independent prescriber. Julia continues to work as a Nurse Practitioner in a large inner city practice in Portsmouth City, maintaining her own professional skills and acknowledging the increasing demands and burden placed on Primary Care services. |
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Julia O'Mara qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1989, and has experience in many fields of nursing and teaching. Julia has been working in Primary care in 1994 where she developed skills in practice nursing, long term conditions, first contact, history taking and assessment skills and independent nurse prescribing. Currently Julia has a leading role as The Nurse Advisor for Portsmouth City Clinical Commissioning Group. This role involves listening to the views of the nurses in the city and looking at ways to improve services and delivery of care. At a strategic level Julia manages and chairs the Professional Practice Nurse Forum, co-chairs the Non-Medical Prescriber’s Forum and has an instrumental role in practice nurse education and development through TARGET |
Please note this session will NOT be recorded
Location details
A smart device near you!
Is the training accessible to wheelchairs? Yes
Main contact
Name: Giselle Thornton
Email: giselle.thornton@wessexlmcs.org.uk
Phone: 023 8025 3874
If you have any communication or mobility needs that the event organisers need to be aware of please contact them in advance of the course to let them know.
