Clinical Skills
Depending on the type of setting and the people receiving support, frontline health and social care workers may also need to undertake training in specific clinical skills and knowledge, such as Diabetes, Catheter Care or PEG Feeding.
Delegated Healthcare Tasks
First Response Training can now offer high quality training courses in specialist delegated healthcare tasks. Delivered by a competent practitioner in a classroom environment, these courses all include simulated practical activity and practical sign-off. Our highly qualified and experienced trainers will provide the appropriate clinical training equipment and will conduct practical simulation activities, assessments and sign-off. Courses are for a maximum of 8 learners and all learners receive an FRT Certificate of Competency
Classroom Training
Our Clinical Skills courses are available through Classroom Training, delivered by an experienced instructor.
Online Webinars
Selected Clinical Skills courses may be available via Webinar. Please get in touch to enquire.
Clinical Skills Training
First Response Training provides a range of additional Level 2 Awards for health and social care staff required to carry out specific clinical tasks in their day to day roles.
Epilepsy and Emergency Medication Awareness
Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with a basic knowledge of epilepsy, the management of seizures and the use of emergency medication.
Catheter Care
This classroom training aims to ensure learners have an understanding of how to care for a person with an indwelling catheter. The course is taught in person by one of our trainers.
Epilepsy Awareness
Aim: To provide delegates with a basic knowledge of epilepsy and the management of seizures.
Diabetes Awareness
Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with a greater awareness about diabetes, its symptoms, treatments and side effects for those working with people who have diabetes.
Anaphylaxis and Emergency Medication Awareness
This 2-hour classroom informs healthcare support workers and social care workers about anaphylaxis and explains the administration of medication to control it.
Inhalers and Nebulisers
Aim: To introduce healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to the use of inhalers and nebulisers, when treating asthma and COPD.
Basic Clinical Observations
This course aims to introduce healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to the basic techniques used to observe and monitor the condition of patients and individuals using services, including pain and discomfort levels.
Stoma Care Awareness
Aim: To ensure that delegates working in the adult social care sector have an understanding of what a stoma is, why a person may have one and the potential side effects.
PEG Feeding Awareness
Aim: To give learners the underpinning knowledge of the principles of PEG feeding.
CPD Points Available
These training courses are CPD accredited. This means that your staff members can receive nationally recognised CPD points for completing our high quality, externally verified training programmes.