363 Health & Wellbeing courses in Musselburgh

Clinical supervision is the term used to describe a formal process of professional support and provides an opportunity for staff to: reflect on and review their practice, develop their analytical skills and change or modify their practice.

A study day designed for HCAs who are working in a supportive role in primary care, offering care for patients with asthma. This day provides an overview of how asthma is diagnosed and managed and includes a practical inhaler delivery systems workshop.

This course will equip non-registrants to allocate patients safely into face to face or telephone appointments, with an appropriate practitioner or service. The course will also equip non-registered staff to question for, recognise and allocate patients with urgent health needs.

This day provides evidence based information on the preparation and performance of spirometry, and includes video demonstrations on spirometry and peak flow to help delegates gain the necessary skills to perform accurate spirometry tests.

Develop essential knowledge and appropriate skills in the quality treatment and management of the patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma.

Develop essential knowledge and appropriate skills in the quality treatment and management of the patient with an eye problem

Aimed for GP reception staff and HCAs, who work face to face booking patients in or HCAs doing the initial triage/observations. Receptionists and HCAs working in the urgent care setting or walk in centres may also find this beneficial as they also book patients in and monitor the waiting room.

A two-day Immunisation Training Course for Healthcare Support Workers/Healthcare Assistants (HCSWs/HCAs).

This update meets the recommendations of Public Health England and Public Health Wales National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training of Healthcare Support Workers (2015).

Following attendance, candidates will be able to record an ECG correctly and start to develop interpretation skills. The course includes supervised practice in recording a 12 lead ECG.