What courses to take? NHS Agency Mandatory Training Requirements

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NHS Agency Mandatory Training Requirements

Agency Nurses

Face to face training:

  • Basic, Intermediate or Advance Life Support (Adult or Paediatric, as appropriate)
  • Moving and Handling (loads and people, as appropriate)
  • Fire Safety – Practical (induction required)

Online training:

  • Complaint Handling
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia & Learning Disability
  • Food Hygiene & Safety
  • PSTS/Conflict Management
  • Fire Safety
  • Health & Safety
  • Handling Information & Information Governance
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Lone Worker
  • Safeguarding Children Levels 1 & 2
  • Safeguarding Adults Level 1 & 2
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
  • RIDDOR
  • Documentation & Record Keeping

Registered Mental Health Nurses

Face to face training:

  • Basic, Intermediate or Advance Life Support (Adult or Paediatric, as appropriate)
  • Moving and Handling (loads and people, as appropriate)
  • Fire Safety – Practical (Induction required)
  • Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA)

Online training:

  • Complaint Handling
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia & Learning Disability
  • Food Hygiene & Safety
  • PSTS/Conflict Management
  • Fire Safety
  • Health & Safety
  • Handling Information & Information Governance
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Lone Worker
  • Safeguarding Children Levels 1 & 2
  • Safeguarding Adults Level 1 & 2
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
  • RIDDOR
  • Documentation & Record Keeping

Care Support Workers

Face to face training:

  • Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Life Support (Adult or Paediatric, as appropriate)
  • Moving and Handling (loads and people, as appropriate)
  • Fire Safety – Practical (Induction required)

Online training:

  • Complaint Handling
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia & Learning Disability
  • Food Hygiene & Safety
  • PSTS/Conflict Management
  • Fire Safety
  • Health & Safety
  • Handling Information & Information Governance
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Lone Worker
  • Safeguarding Children Levels 1 & 2
  • Safeguarding Adults Level 1 & 2
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
  • RIDDOR
  • Documentation & Record Keeping

Care Certificate:

  • Understanding Your Role
  • Your Personal development
  • Duty of Care
  • Working in a Person Cantered Way
  • Communication
  • Privacy and Dignity
  • Fluids and Nutrition

Locums

Practical training:

  • Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Life Support (Adult or Paediatric, as appropriate)
  • Newborn Life Support (required for baby units or SCUBU/NICU/PICU)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (Surgical Doctors)
  • Moving and Handling (loads and people, as appropriate)
  • Fire Safety – Practical (Induction required)

Online training:

  • Complaint Handling
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia & Learning Disability
  • Food Hygiene & Safety
  • PSTS/Conflict Management
  • Fire Safety
  • Health & Safety
  • Handling Information & Information Governance
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Lone Worker
  • Safeguarding Children Levels 1 & 2
  • Safeguarding Adults Level 1 & 2 (Level 3 for Paediatric Doctors)
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
  • RIDDOR
  • Documentation & Record Keeping
  • Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (Doctors working within Mental Health Settings)
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