ROLE
General Practice Assistant and Health Care Assistant
TRAINING METHOD
Face to face
PROVIDER
SY Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub
DATE
5th February 2025
TIME
09:30-12:30
LOCATION
Studio 1, 389 Manor Lane Sheffield S2 1UL
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Course information

3 hour training session delivered by Jane Emerson, Nurse Educator for the SY Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub on Phlebotomy.
On this course you will discuss and consider:

–       Training for blood collection procedures within general practice

–       Anatomy and physiology
–       Infection Control and Prevention.
–       Protecting the patient
–       Equipment
–       Procedure
–       Complications
–       Documentation
–       Responsibility and competence
–       Certification with Competencies

To be issued with a certificate of attendance for this session, you need to submit completed competencies to pcdltd.training-hub@nhs.net  as the Training Hub cannot take responsibility for competency sign-off of HCAs.

Course eligibility

PLEASE NOTE: This is a fully funded training session for Health Care Assistant’s (HCAs) and General Practice Assistants (GPAs) working in Primary Care in South Yorkshire only.

Before applying for this training session, we recommend that HCAs have completed the Care Certificate first.