Many adults and children with complex care needs are now being supported within care settings. Only a few years ago they would likely have been cared for in a hospital setting due to their complex needs, however as hospital beds become more scarce, this is not always possible. This change has led to a necessity for support workers, personal assistants and nurses to receive complex care training.
Here at Guardian Angels Training we have developed a package of complex care training courses and competency assessments that can be delivered individualised to the persons medical and social needs. Courses can also be tailored to the individual setting/circumstance, whether this is as an individual employer, case management, home care provider, residential or nursing home.
Examples Complex Care Needs include individuals, both adults and children, that have an, or require support with:
We have provided bespoke complex care training and development for individuals with a diverse range of conditions and requirements. We work with care providers, families, and individual employers to ensure a high level of support and care to both adults and children with complex care needs:
Our team of fully qualified and experienced nurse educators and trainers ensure that we deliver safe, effective and relevant learning and development to individuals who are caring for and supporting those with complex care needs. We also provide additional support regarding competency assessment and testing within the workplace. Following our learning and development courses, if you are not able to source nurses from the local NHS trust to assess competency for various clinical skills such as Tracheostomy Care, PEG Care, Ventilator Care, Catheter or Bowel Care, then we can discuss providing further support in this area. We provide competency assessments, overseen by our specialist nurses who work alongside your team members, undertaking clinical shifts with the individuals in your care, until they are deemed safe, competent and confident enough to practice unsupervised. All of our specialist nurse educators have current NMC Pin Numbers and active DBS checks in place as well as Professional Indemnity Insurance protection.
Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) Training
Suctioning Training (Nasal, Oral, and Tracheal Suction)
Condition Specific
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and / or Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) training
Autonomic Dysreflexia training
People Handling / Manual Handling for Individuals affected by an Acquired Brain Injury and / or Spinal Cord Injury
Pressure area care and tissue viability training for Complex Care Individuals
Elimination Training
Bowel management training following a spinal cord injury
Catheter care training for Complex Care Individuals and those with a Spinal Cord Injury and/or Acquired Brain Injury
Guardian Angels Training will provide the necessary competency proformas required to ensure safe and evidenced-based clinical practice following completion of our complex care training courses. This will then allow the Registered Provider to ensure mandatory competency assessments are completed within the workplace by a nominated mentor/supervisor. If you need further advice regarding competency assessments, or if you would like our Registered Nurse Trainers to provide onsite competency assessments, then please do contact us.
Our venepuncture/phlebotomy course encompasses a wide range of topics related to the taking of blood including the process itself, post-venepuncture/phlebotomy care, potential issues and more.
Our course is designed to ensure that health care and support workers have the knowledge, understanding and clinical skill to confidently, safely and competently perform Tracheostomy Care to patients and service users.
Our Stress Management Training course has been designed to touch upon the most important elemental subjects of stress, anxiety and the ways in which all such pressures can be managed in a positive manner.
The course ensures staff are compliant with all requirements of the NHSCSP, but also covers a wide range of related modules including communication with patients, Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN), referring to Colposcopy and more.
