Allied Healthcare Skillnet - Incorporating South West Healthcare Skillnet

Upcoming Events
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Thursday, 2nd of July (Download Presentations from this event )

Invitation to Upcoming Seminar : “Quis Custodiet ipsos Custodes?” (Who minds the minders?)

Briefing Seminar on Governance and Management

Focus on Key Issues and Risks facing Nursing

Homes in light of H.I.Q.A. standards

Presented by a panel of experienced high level experts
Read More on Programme ... Information on Speakers...

Venue: Adare Manor Hotel, Co. Limerick

Date: Thursday, 2nd of July Time: 3pm until 6pm.

Target Audience: Nursing Home Owners and Managers

Places are complimentary but are limited so please book your place early to avoid disappointment.

For more information or to book your place please call Allied Healthcare Skillnet
on 021 4630915 or email admin@healthcarenet.ie.
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09/03/09: Infection Control Training: Co. Limerick
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Allied Healthcare Skillnet will be holding an Infection Control Training Day on Thursday the 26^th of March, in Co. Limerick –
(venue is subject to confirmation). The training day will commence at 9.00am and conclude at 5.00pm.

This course is tailored to meet the criteria set down by HIQA and HSE guidelines on infection control. The training will be delivered by for the day
is “Mary Daly and Associates”, and the aims of the course are to ensure that trainees understand:

1. Standard precautions in a healthcare setting

2. The types of infection and the chain of infection

3. The importance of preventing the spread of infection

4. ‘Best Practice’ hand hygiene

5. How to handle body, chemical and general spillages

6. The importance of effective use of Personal Protective Equipment

7. Waste Management and Linen Management Procedures

8. Management of Workplace Equipment

The following areas will be covered:

1. Personal and Hand Hygiene

2. The Working Environment

3. Waste Management

4. Management of Body and Chemical Spillages

5. Personal Protective Equipment

6. Linen Management

7. Management of Workplace Equipment

The programme has been designed to provide trainees of all levels in a healthcare setting with the essential skills they need to identify and deal
with the everyday general and very specific infection control issues in a healthcare setting.
The fee for this training day for Skillnet Members is €75 per person, or €50 per person (for four or more trainees from a single nursing home).

Places are limited so to book your place, or to find out any more information, please call us at 021 4630915, or email admin@healthcarenet.ie

If you are not already a member of Allied Healthcare Skillnet, you can join today by logging onto www.healthcarenet.ie and
registering via the membership page.
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09/03/09: Infection Control Training: Co. Limerick
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Allied Healthcare Skillnet will be holding a three-day course in Co. Limerick (venue to be confirmed) entitled “Basic Healthcare Training”
starting on March 24^th , with the second day scheduled for April 2^nd, and the final day on April the 9^th. Start Finish Times: 9.30am to 5.00pm.

The aims of this course are to help care assistants learn about three key areas in care:
1: Infection Control
2: Patient Handling
3: Basic Life Support.

Day 1: Infection Control

This training day is tailored to meet the criteria set down by HIQA and HSE guidelines on infection control.
The training will be delivered by for the day is “Mary Daly and Associates”, and the aims of the course are to ensure that trainees understand:

9. Standard precautions in a healthcare setting

10. The types of infection and the chain of infection

11. The importance of preventing the spread of infection

12. ‘Best Practice’ hand hygiene

13. How to handle body, chemical and general spillages

14. The importance of effective use of Personal Protective Equipment

15. Waste Management and Linen Management Procedures

16. Management of Workplace Equipment

The following areas will be covered:

8. Personal and Hand Hygiene

9. The Working Environment

10. Waste Management

11. Management of Body and Chemical Spillages

12. Personal Protective Equipment

13. Linen Management

14. Management of Workplace Equipment

The programme has been designed to provide trainees of all levels in a healthcare setting with the essential skills they need to identify and
deal with the everyday general and very specific infection control issues in a healthcare setting.

Day 2: Patient Handling

Day 2 focuses on providing customised Patient Handling Training, tailored to meet the needs of nursing homes.
The course content meets criteria for Manual Handling as determined by the Health and Safety Authority.

The course covers the following topics:

Legislation
Anatomy and Biomechanics
Risk Assessment
Ergonomics / VDU Workstation
Flexibility Exercises
Real / Simulated Manual Handling Training

Day 3: Basic Life Support

Heart Saver Automated External Defibrillator Training and CPR/Choking Assist Training. Successful completion will result in Irish Heart Foundation Certification – Valid for 2 years.
The fee for this 3 day training course for Skillnet Members is €200 per person.

Places are limited so to book your place, or to find out any more information, please call us at 021 4630915, or email admin@healthcarenet.ie

If you are not already a member of Allied Healthcare Skillnet, you can join today by logging onto www.healthcarenet.ie and registering
via the membership page.
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09/03/09: Forthcoming Spring/Summer Schedule 2009
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Over the next couple of weeks we will be finalising and publishing our Spring/Summer Schedule of Courses for 2009. We hope to provide
innovative courses of high quality, delivered at a local level. Please see your inbox and post box for further details!

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02/03/09: FETAC Level 5 – Healthcare Support Courses
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We are currently looking to facilitate three such courses around the country in 2009, to accompany the 4 courses that we currently offer in Cork City,
Waterford, Limerick and Tipperary. The areas that we are looking to set up courses in are (based on volume of requests from members):
Waterford City/Surrounding Area, East Cork, & Kerry

If your nursing home is interested in sending staff on such courses, please let us know as soon as you can as places are offered on a first-come,
first-served basis. The fee for the full 8 module course for Allied Healthcare Skillnet members is €300. Fee for non-members = €3,000

There may be a possibility, subject to further funding, for the running of other FETAC Level 5 courses in other areas.
If you are interested in a FETAC Level 5 course being facilitated in your area please let us know.

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01/03/09: Research Skills Course - 24th March & 29th September - Milford Care Centre
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Allied Healthcare Skillnet would like to let you know about a course which will help upgrade research skills, entitled “Searching the
Literature using PubMed” – Milford Care Centre – 23/03/09

Course Overview

This course is designed for health care professionals who are keen to develop their search skills to assist them with further study, research and
to find evidence to inform and support clinical practice PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s search system for health information and
is the free version of MEDLINE. It covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and other areas in the life sciences and includes
citations dating back to the 1950’s. Finding evidence which informs and supports decision-making in clinical practice is an importance skill when
caring for patients and their families.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: After attending this course, participants will be able to:

· Understand the key principles in carrying out a search such as how to plan a literature search and to identify appropriate keywords

· Ability to search PubMed using keywords and thesaurus subjects and to understand the difference between them

· Understand how to limit and broaden results when necessary

· Search using authors, journal names and how to use the citation matcher

· How to modify your search, set up a saved search and an alert

Date                24th March 2009                     9.30am—12.30pm
                           29th September 2009             9.30am—12.30pm

Fee     €25              Call: 061485863 to book.
Facilitator:       Joanne Callinan

Venue:             Milford Care Centre, 1^st Floor, Education Department

Entry Requirements
This study morning is open to anyone who wants to know more about searching for evidence.
For more information or to book a place, please call 061485863.

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25/02/09: Allied Healthcare Skillnet -2008 activities – Review.
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We will be shortly emailing members with a review of the evaluations of completed training activities that were conducted in 2008.
This report will outline summary findings from the evaluations we conducted with trainees who completed our courses in 2009.

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20/02/09: Training Needs Analysis Summer ‘09
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We are currently planning our Summer/Autumn Schedule of courses for 2009. We are eager to learn about members training needs so that we
can design high quality courses that will meet members’ needs, and locate courses in appropriate geographical locations.
We will be shortly emailing all our members to ask you for your feedback on your training needs for 2009.

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15/02/09: Evaluations and Satisfaction Surveys
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We would like to thank all members who completed all “Level 3” evaluations of the 2008 courses. This feedback is essential to ensuring we deliver
the highest quality of courses and to evaluate how training has transferred to behaviour change in the workplace.
Your feedback and cooperation is greatly appreciated.
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Allied Healthcare Skillnet Incorporating South West Healthcare Skillnet
	Upcoming Events ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, 2nd of July (Download Presentations from this event ) Invitation to Upcoming Seminar : “Quis Custodiet ipsos Custodes?” (Who minds the minders?) Briefing Seminar on Governance and Management Focus on Key Issues and Risks facing Nursing Homes in light of H.I.Q.A. standards Presented by a panel of experienced high level experts Read More on Programme ... Information on Speakers... Venue: Adare Manor Hotel, Co. Limerick Date: Thursday, 2nd of July Time: 3pm until 6pm. Target Audience: Nursing Home Owners and Managers Places are complimentary but are limited so please book your place early to avoid disappointment. For more information or to book your place please call Allied Healthcare Skillnet on 021 4630915 or email admin@healthcarenet.ie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/03/09: Infection Control Training: Co. Limerick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allied Healthcare Skillnet will be holding an Infection Control Training Day on Thursday the 26^th of March, in Co. Limerick – (venue is subject to confirmation). The training day will commence at 9.00am and conclude at 5.00pm. This course is tailored to meet the criteria set down by HIQA and HSE guidelines on infection control. The training will be delivered by for the day is “Mary Daly and Associates”, and the aims of the course are to ensure that trainees understand: 1. Standard precautions in a healthcare setting 2. The types of infection and the chain of infection 3. The importance of preventing the spread of infection 4. ‘Best Practice’ hand hygiene 5. How to handle body, chemical and general spillages 6. The importance of effective use of Personal Protective Equipment 7. Waste Management and Linen Management Procedures 8. Management of Workplace Equipment The following areas will be covered: 1. Personal and Hand Hygiene 2. The Working Environment 3. Waste Management 4. Management of Body and Chemical Spillages 5. Personal Protective Equipment 6. Linen Management 7. Management of Workplace Equipment The programme has been designed to provide trainees of all levels in a healthcare setting with the essential skills they need to identify and deal with the everyday general and very specific infection control issues in a healthcare setting. The fee for this training day for Skillnet Members is €75 per person, or €50 per person (for four or more trainees from a single nursing home). Places are limited so to book your place, or to find out any more information, please call us at 021 4630915, or email admin@healthcarenet.ie If you are not already a member of Allied Healthcare Skillnet, you can join today by logging onto www.healthcarenet.ie and registering via the membership page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/03/09: Infection Control Training: Co. Limerick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allied Healthcare Skillnet will be holding a three-day course in Co. Limerick (venue to be confirmed) entitled “Basic Healthcare Training” starting on March 24^th , with the second day scheduled for April 2^nd, and the final day on April the 9^th. Start Finish Times: 9.30am to 5.00pm. The aims of this course are to help care assistants learn about three key areas in care: 1: Infection Control 2: Patient Handling 3: Basic Life Support. Day 1: Infection Control This training day is tailored to meet the criteria set down by HIQA and HSE guidelines on infection control. The training will be delivered by for the day is “Mary Daly and Associates”, and the aims of the course are to ensure that trainees understand: 9. Standard precautions in a healthcare setting 10. The types of infection and the chain of infection 11. The importance of preventing the spread of infection 12. ‘Best Practice’ hand hygiene 13. How to handle body, chemical and general spillages 14. The importance of effective use of Personal Protective Equipment 15. Waste Management and Linen Management Procedures 16. Management of Workplace Equipment The following areas will be covered: 8. Personal and Hand Hygiene 9. The Working Environment 10. Waste Management 11. Management of Body and Chemical Spillages 12. Personal Protective Equipment 13. Linen Management 14. Management of Workplace Equipment The programme has been designed to provide trainees of all levels in a healthcare setting with the essential skills they need to identify and deal with the everyday general and very specific infection control issues in a healthcare setting. Day 2: Patient Handling Day 2 focuses on providing customised Patient Handling Training, tailored to meet the needs of nursing homes. The course content meets criteria for Manual Handling as determined by the Health and Safety Authority. The course covers the following topics: Legislation Anatomy and Biomechanics Risk Assessment Ergonomics / VDU Workstation Flexibility Exercises Real / Simulated Manual Handling Training Day 3: Basic Life Support Heart Saver Automated External Defibrillator Training and CPR/Choking Assist Training. Successful completion will result in Irish Heart Foundation Certification – Valid for 2 years. The fee for this 3 day training course for Skillnet Members is €200 per person. Places are limited so to book your place, or to find out any more information, please call us at 021 4630915, or email admin@healthcarenet.ie If you are not already a member of Allied Healthcare Skillnet, you can join today by logging onto www.healthcarenet.ie and registering via the membership page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/03/09: Forthcoming Spring/Summer Schedule 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Over the next couple of weeks we will be finalising and publishing our Spring/Summer Schedule of Courses for 2009. We hope to provide innovative courses of high quality, delivered at a local level. Please see your inbox and post box for further details! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/03/09: FETAC Level 5 – Healthcare Support Courses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are currently looking to facilitate three such courses around the country in 2009, to accompany the 4 courses that we currently offer in Cork City, Waterford, Limerick and Tipperary. The areas that we are looking to set up courses in are (based on volume of requests from members): Waterford City/Surrounding Area, East Cork, & Kerry If your nursing home is interested in sending staff on such courses, please let us know as soon as you can as places are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. The fee for the full 8 module course for Allied Healthcare Skillnet members is €300. Fee for non-members = €3,000 There may be a possibility, subject to further funding, for the running of other FETAC Level 5 courses in other areas. If you are interested in a FETAC Level 5 course being facilitated in your area please let us know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/03/09: Research Skills Course - 24th March & 29th September - Milford Care Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allied Healthcare Skillnet would like to let you know about a course which will help upgrade research skills, entitled “Searching the Literature using PubMed” – Milford Care Centre – 23/03/09 Course Overview This course is designed for health care professionals who are keen to develop their search skills to assist them with further study, research and to find evidence to inform and support clinical practice PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s search system for health information and is the free version of MEDLINE. It covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and other areas in the life sciences and includes citations dating back to the 1950’s. Finding evidence which informs and supports decision-making in clinical practice is an importance skill when caring for patients and their families. LEARNING OUTCOMES: After attending this course, participants will be able to: · Understand the key principles in carrying out a search such as how to plan a literature search and to identify appropriate keywords · Ability to search PubMed using keywords and thesaurus subjects and to understand the difference between them · Understand how to limit and broaden results when necessary · Search using authors, journal names and how to use the citation matcher · How to modify your search, set up a saved search and an alert Date 24th March 2009 9.30am—12.30pm 29th September 2009 9.30am—12.30pm Fee €25 Call: 061485863 to book. Facilitator: Joanne Callinan Venue: Milford Care Centre, 1^st Floor, Education Department Entry Requirements This study morning is open to anyone who wants to know more about searching for evidence. For more information or to book a place, please call 061485863. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25/02/09: Allied Healthcare Skillnet -2008 activities – Review. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We will be shortly emailing members with a review of the evaluations of completed training activities that were conducted in 2008. This report will outline summary findings from the evaluations we conducted with trainees who completed our courses in 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20/02/09: Training Needs Analysis Summer ‘09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are currently planning our Summer/Autumn Schedule of courses for 2009. We are eager to learn about members training needs so that we can design high quality courses that will meet members’ needs, and locate courses in appropriate geographical locations. We will be shortly emailing all our members to ask you for your feedback on your training needs for 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15/02/09: Evaluations and Satisfaction Surveys ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We would like to thank all members who completed all “Level 3” evaluations of the 2008 courses. This feedback is essential to ensuring we deliver the highest quality of courses and to evaluate how training has transferred to behaviour change in the workplace. Your feedback and cooperation is greatly appreciated. < Top Of Page > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Events document >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allied Healthcare Skillnet Incorporating South West Healthcare Skillnet Allied Healthcare Skillnet 65 St Mary's Road, Midleton Cork. Tel: 021 4630915 , Fax: 021 4630911 info@healthcarenet.ie www.healthcarenet.ie


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