Clinical Skills for Care Homes
XET is proud to now offer a range of clinical skills for care homes and the care sector.
These courses are compliant within the CQC (Care Quality Commission) and Care Commission Scotland guidelines.
Taught by our registered nurse with over 30 years of clinical and nursing experience, you can be sure that you are in safe hands.
Range of courses on offer:-
Anti-coagulation Therapy
Assisted Cough Technique
Autism Awareness and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Avoidable Outcomes – Pressure Area Care, Continence Promotion and Nutrition and Hydration
Bed Rails
Bowel Continence
Cannulation
Cardiac Disorders Awareness
Care Planning, Record Keeping and Documentation
Catheter Care
Catheterisation (Male, Female and Supra-pubic)
Catheterisation (Supra-pubic Only)
Catheterisation Refresher
Child Growth Training
Clinical Supervision
Coaching Skills for Mental Health Workers
Common Conditions in Older People
Continence Promotion Update
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
COPD Awareness
Dementia – An Understanding
Developing Assertiveness in the Right Way
Diabetes – Blood Glucose Monitoring
Diabetes Awareness
Diabetes Management
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Digital Rectal Examination and Manual Evacuation of Faeces
Dignity, Respect and Compassion
Disability Awareness
Disengagement/Breakaway Skills
Drugs Awareness
Dysphagia Awareness
Ear Irrigation
End of Life Care
Epilepsy – The Administration of Buccal Midazolam and Rectal Diazepam
Epilepsy Awareness
Equality and Diversity
Falls Awareness and Prevention
Flu Vaccines and Immunisations
Flu Vaccines and Immunisations Update
Gastrointestinal Disorders Awareness
Genitourinary, Renal and Organ Failure Awareness
Hand and Nail Care
HCR-20: Violence Risk Assessment Scheme
Hepatitis Awareness
HIV Awareness
Huntington’s Disease, Eating and Drinking Awareness
Infection Control – MRSA and C. Diff
Infection: Prevention and Control
Information Sharing and Confidentiality
Intravenous Therapy
Introduction to Heart Failure
Introduction To Working With People With Asperger Syndrome
Learning Disabilities, Dementia and Mental Health – The Principles of Care
Leave of Absence/Escort Training/Chaperone
Leg Ulcers – Compression Bandaging
Managing Blood and Body Fluid Spillages
Managing Obesity
Managing Violence and Aggression in the Workplace
Medical Negligence
Medication Awareness
Medication Management
Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Mental Health – Awareness for Qualified Staff
Mental Health – Awareness for Support Staff
Mental Health – Behaviour that challenges
Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida – The conditions and their effects on later life
MUST Scoring
Nasogastric Tube Feeding
Nebuliser Operation
Neurological Diseases Awareness
NG and PEG Tube Care
Nurse Verification of Expected Death
Nutrition and Hydration
Oral Suctioning
Oxygen Therapy
Pain Management
Palliative Care for people with dementia
Parkinsons Disease Awareness
PEG Tube Feeding
Personal Hygiene and other Essential Everyday Tasks – Basic Care
Personality Disorder Awareness
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Raising Concerns and Whistle-Blowing
Recognising the Physically Ill Patient
Recognition and Management of DVT (VTE)
Rectal Administration of Medicines
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Connective Tissue Diseases
RIDDOR
Risk Assessment in Care
Safe Use of Syringe Driver
Safeguarding
Spinal Injury
Stoma Care
Stress Awareness
Stroke Awareness
Subcutaneous (SC) and Intramuscular (IM) Injection
Subcutaneous Fluid Administration
Substance Misuse
Tracheostomy Care
Vascular Disease Awareness
Venepuncture
Wound Care & Management
Course Assessment
Certificate Award
A certificate of attendance from XET will be issued upon successful completion.
Quality Assured by Service Medical Professionals (SMP) for compliance
Course Dates & Locations
We can provide this training course at a date and location of your choice.
Suited Professions
- Care Workers
- Nursing Staff
Pre-Requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this training course.
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