CPD Immunisation Training

Funded CPD places may be available from Thames Valley and Wessex Primary Care School for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), nurses and nursing associates working in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West, please check before booking via the link if this applies to you. (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West continuing professional development - Working across Wessex) – if you are not from these counties or an AHP, Nurse of Nursing associate you will not be eligible for this funding. 

• Virtual Immunisation Update – ½ day training

• Introduction to Immunisation – 2-day training (June & Oct sessions)

• Immunisation and Influenza update – 1 day training

To book the courses please scroll to the bottom for the booking process.

In-person: Introduction to Immunisation – 2 days training

Dates: Tuesday 16th – Wednesday 17th June, 9am – 4pm

Venue: voco Oxford Thames Hotel, Henley Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, OX4 4GX

Cost: £390 – included two full days of training, lunch, refreshments, course materials and free parking at the venue.

A 2-day training course aimed at healthcare professionals and healthcare support workers new to the role of administering, promoting, and advising on vaccination. 

Content

1. The aims of vaccination, national vaccine policy and schedules

2. The immune response to vaccines and how vaccines work

3. Vaccine-preventable diseases

4. The different types of vaccines, their composition and their indications and contraindications

5. Current issues in vaccination

6. Communicating with patients, parents and carers about vaccines

7. Legal issues as applied to vaccination: consent and legal mechanisms to supply and administer vaccines

8. Storage and handling of vaccines

9. Correct administration of vaccines

10. Adverse reactions

11. Documentation

12. Strategies for optimising vaccination uptake

In-Person: Immunisation & Influenza Updates – 1 day training

Dates: Tuesday 7th July, 9.30am – 3.30pm or Wednesday 8th July, 9.30am – 3.30pm

Cost: £160 – includes training, lunch, refreshments, course materials and free parking at the venue.

A 1 day in-person immunisation & influenza update training course. This training is primarily targeted at healthcare professionals and healthcare support workers who already administer, promote and/or advise about vaccines. 5 CPD hours of participatory learning. The content is aligned with UKHSA (Health Security Agency) National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Vaccination Training - GOV.UK.

Content Areas: Any recommended changes to practice, policies and guidelines in relation to:

1. Vaccine schedules

2. Vaccine-preventable diseases

3. Current issues

4. Communication

5. Legal issues

6. Storage and handling of vaccines

In-person: Introduction to Immunisation – 2 days training

Dates: Tuesday 6th – Wednesday 7th Oct, 9am – 4pm

Venue: Oxford venue to be confirmed – will have free parking

Cost: £390 – included two full days of training, lunch, refreshments, course materials and free parking at the venue.

A 2-day training course aimed at healthcare professionals and healthcare support workers new to the role of administering, promoting, and advising on vaccination. 

Content

1. The aims of vaccination, national vaccine policy and schedules

2. The immune response to vaccines and how vaccines work

3. Vaccine-preventable diseases

4. The different types of vaccines, their composition and their indications and contraindications

5. Current issues in vaccination

6. Communicating with patients, parents and carers about vaccines

7. Legal issues as applied to vaccination: consent and legal mechanisms to supply and administer vaccines

8. Storage and handling of vaccines

9. Correct administration of vaccines

10. Adverse reactions

11. Documentation

12. Strategies for optimising vaccination uptake 

Other Virtual & in-person courses

• “RSV Revisited: Immune responses in a post-vaccine era” with Professor John Tregoning - https://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/events/john-tregoning

• Infection and immunity in Children Conference (IIC) – The Oxford ESPID Course - https://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/iic

• UK Clinical Vaccine Network Annual Conference - https://ukcvn.ac.uk/conference 

Booking information:

How to apply for funding and apply for this course

Please complete the MS Form available at the following link: Funding Request MS Form

The Training Hub will review and respond to your funding request. If funding is approved, it will be your responsibility to book your place on the course you wish to attend, we will provide the instructions to do this. Applications will be reviewed in order of the course date (soonest courses first) and date received. If you have any questions, please contact us at hwetraininghub@nhs.net.

Please note, you will need to send us your booking confirmation within 1 week of your funding being approved as places are limited. Failure to do this will result in your funding being withdrawn and you will need to reapply.

Course cost

The approximate course per delegate is: cost

If your funding request is approved the Training Hub will cover the full cost of this course.