St John s Palliative Care Education at St John s Training Calendar July to December 2017 For course bookings: Please contact Liz Wheeler on 01524 382538 ext 211
MONTH DATE 6th July COURSE NAME COURSE SUITABLE FOR, Care RLI Sage & Thyme Communication Skills Workshop Dementia Friends Awareness Session All staff groups T34 Syringe Driver Training 12th Health Care Support Staff working in Acute,, Care 14th Lunchtime Learning: Assisted Suicide 20th, Care 21st TBC Mental Capacity Act/ DoLS Update 26th CDP 2: Symptom Management Study Day, Care 27th 12.30pm 13.30pm Dementia Friends Awareness Session All staff groups 4th & 5th 09.00am 16.30pm Train the Trainers Advance Care Planning & Communication Skills Health & Social Care Staff via Application - please contact the Education team for application criteria 11th 09.30am 12.30pm Basic Life Support: CPR and AED 18th Health Care Support Staff working in Acute,, Care 21st 7th Oct VENUE 13.00pm 16.00pm 12.30pm 13.30pm 14.00pm 16.00pm 14th 19th Sept TIME
MONTH DATE Oct (Cont ) Nov TIME VENUE COURSE NAME COURSE SUITABLE FOR 24th Lunchtime Learning: Breathlessness 31st Advance Care Planning &Y Communication BOOKED Skills Study Day Health & Social Care staff working within North Lancs and South Cumbria 8th KEDDay Study Y BOO Person, Care 9th 14.00pm 16.00pm 22nd 09.30am 12.30pm Basic Life Support: CPR and AED 24th 13.00pm 16.00pm RLI Sage & Thyme Communication KEDWorkshop LLY BOOSkills 29th Person Day OKED Y BOStudy Health Care Support Staff working in Acute,, Care 6th Advance Care Planning & Communication Skills Study Day Health & Social Care staff working within North Lancs and South Cumbria 13th KEDDay Person Study Y BOO Health Care Support Staff working in Acute,, Care Dec FU Palliative Care Education at St John s
Course Prospectus This brochure has been developed to give you a brief overview of courses available from the St John s Education Team. We are constantly developing and updating our courses to ensure they remain relevant and that they incorporate the latest key legislation which informs best practice in care delivery. Throughout the year we will be adding dates and courses to our training calendar in response to training needs identified within the health & social care sector in our area. If there is specific training you would like delivered which you can t see here please contact the Education Team, and we will be happy to discuss developing bespoke courses specific to your organisation. This can be delivered here at St John s or within your own workplace as required. We look forward to working with you. For all course enquiries, please contact Liz Wheeler, Education Coordinator on 01524 382538 ext 211. Alternatively, email elizabeth.wheeler@sjhospice.org.uk. Advance Care Planning Facilitator s Training Course and Communication Skills Developed collaboratively with Palliative Care Specialists across A new 2-day train the trainers course for health & social care staff who wish Morecambe, this study day focuses on best practice for the care of the dying person in their last days and hours of life. The programme includes: to train as ACP Champions and Facilitators in their own workplace. Advance Care Planning and the Mental Capacity Act, Communication, Fee: Places are funded for Health & Social Care staff working within North Symptom Management, Nutrition & Hydration and Bereavement. Lancashire and South Cumbria. There is a selection criteria and application form to be completed to be considered for this course. Details are available Fee: Free to Health & Social Care staff working within North Lancashire, from the Education Team. Advance Care Planning and Communication Skills Study Day CDP 2: Symptom Management This study day is available for all frontline health & social care staff and This study day is a follow up to the Care of the Dying Person Study Day and looks in detail at advance care planning and the communication skills offers a more in-depth programme around Symptom Management at end of required for these sensitive and difficult conversations. life. Fee: Places are funded for Health & Social Care staff working within North Fee: Free to working within North Lancashire, South Lancashire and South Cumbria. Lakes and UHMB localities. Basic Life Support Dementia Friends Information Session This half-day course covers CPR training and use of an Automated External Each Information Session lasts around one hour and is run by a volunteer Defibrillator (AED Training Model) Dementia Friends Champion. You will learn more about dementia and how you can help to create dementia friendly communities. If you would like a Fee: 35 Dementia Friends Information session delivered in your own workplace, please contact the Education Team. Fee: Free All prices correct at July 2017
Lunchtime Learning T34 Syringe Driver Our 1 hour lunchtime learning sessions offer you the opportunity to hear This short practical session covers how to set up a T34 McKinley Syringe from experts in their field covering a range of topics including with Driver, look at medication used, how to dose and adjust dosage. Breathlessness, Constipation and Malignant Bowel Obstruction, Palliative Care Emergencies. Fee: 15* (Suitable for registered nurses and doctors who use syringe drivers in their care for patients. Please note: participants will need to Fee: Free to Health & Social Care staff working within North Lancashire, arrange to be observed in their own place of work by someone able to certify competency in that environment.) Mental Capacity Act and DoLS Update This session covers the assessment of capacity, best interest decisions and This session is for registered nursing staff who have organisational support the process of advance care planning. to verify a patient s expected death. The session will look at differences between certification and verification and offer practical guidelines for Fee: 25 verification. Sage & Thyme Communications Skills Foundation This half day training course is designed to give you the tools to effectively communicate with patients, relatives and carers and is relevant to all staff engaged in face to face communication. Fee: Free to Health & Social care staff working within North Lancashire, Fee: 25* PLEASE NOTE: Places are limited on all courses, and booking is essential. Where fees apply, these must be paid in full before the course runs. *Concessions apply contact the Education Team for more information. About St John s St John s has been supporting patients, families and the wider community in North Lancashire and the South Lakes since 1986. Serving a population of over 250,000 people, we are specialists in palliative care for a wide range of life shortening conditions. These wonderful services, and the many more that we offer, are only possible because of our supporters. We are not part of the NHS, we are a local charity. We only receive 30% of our running costs from government funding. That means that we rely on our wonderful community and our fundraising activities to raise the remaining 70%. We have to do this every day to ensure that our services remain available and free of charge to everyone when they need us most. We need your help If you would like to help St John s by donating some money, some time, support, goods for our shops or anything at all that you think could help us, please don t hesitate to get in touch. St John s, Slyne Road, Lancaster, LA2 6ST Tel: 01524 382538 www.sjhospice.org.uk SJHOSPICE @SJHOSPICE