The training is being delivered face to face at Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce on the 5th December, 8.45am to 3pm.
Places can be booked through users’ Invicta Health Learningpool accounts. A link to the course page is here: https://invictahealth.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1094
Queries can be sent to learning@invictahealth.co.uk.
Before you can book a place on this course, you must complete and submit an Eligibility Assessment and confirm you have all of the below:
- A Care Certificate Qualification
- A NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent (STEP/KaSPaC)
- An identified registered mentor within your practice
- If you are a Student Nursing Associate, you would need to have been a SNA for at least 6 months.
The course is listed as not suitable for GPAs and Trainee GPAs as they do not meet the eligibility requirements.
Learning Objectives provided by the trainer & noted on our site are as follows:
- Have a greater understanding of normal healing and the factors that may affect this
- A good understanding of the key principles of wound care and the role they play in this
- Be able to recognise wound-related complications and know when to seek advice or support
- Be able to recognise common wound types and what clinical interventions are needed
- A greater understanding of the role of dressings in wound care, what the various categories are and how and when to use them
