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NHS Health Check Training for Wiltshire

21st Feb 2024
9:30am - 3:30pm (GMT)
21st Feb 2024
9:30am - 3:30pm (GMT)
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Description

NHS Health Check Training

Delivered by Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc

Former Clinical Advisor Personalised Prevention OHID

Chair Health Care Committee HEART UK

This is a Face to Face event, this bespoke NHS Health Check Training is a great opportunity to update your knowledge nationally and locally, whilst networking with colleagues from across Newham.

This event is for Wiltshire only, please visit the Smart Health Solutions website for more information on the NHS Health Check training.

This course will provide the learner with updated knowledge and understanding to support them in carrying out an NHS Health Check assessment and to inform the client of the significance of their results and their risk, providing brief advice if required.

It provides underpinning knowledge for the core competences and technical competences described in the NHS Health Check competence framework produced by Public Health England.

Learning Outcomes

  • State why NHS Health Checks are important.
  • Identify non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
  • Identify modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
  • Know the NHS Health Check filters
  • State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted.
  • Identify how an NHS Health Check can assess and interpret the risk of cardiovascular disease.
  • State how the risk of cardiovascular disease and opportunities for reducing this risk may best be communicated

Who should attend

Anyone involved in the delivery of health checks including:

  • Practice Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • GPs
  • Health Care Assistants
  • Care co-ordinators
  • Social Prescribers
  • Administration
  • Practice Staff
  • Pharmacists
  • Allied Healthcare Professionals
  • Health Trainers & Champions
  • Healthy Lifestyle Professionals

Certificates of participation are available to all attendees on submission of evaluation and handouts for each course are available for future reference via the MedAll platform.

We are a registered Centre for the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), and HEART UK supports our cardiovascular training. The NHS Health Check Competency Framework underpins our training.

We are proud of our strong heritage in supporting the NHS Health Check Programme, especially for training we have been providing since 2008 and that we have won all training tenders we have bid for.

Summary

Join the NHS Health Check Training for medical professionals in Wiltshire, delivered by renowned expert Michaela Nuttall. This face-to-face event offers an exciting opportunity to broaden your understanding of NHS Health Checks while connecting with colleagues from across Newham. Learn why these health checks are essential, update your knowledge on risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and enhance your competencies in conducting health checks. The training is suited for a range of healthcare professionals like practice nurses, GPs, health care assistants, pharmacists, and more. Upon completion, certificates of participation and course handouts will be provided. Sign up now to boost your career and contribute more effectively to the NHS's preventive healthcare efforts.

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Learning objectives

  1. By the end of the training, learners will be able to clearly explain the importance of NHS Health Checks and the rationale behind them.
  2. Participants will be able to identify and differentiate between modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors related to cardiovascular disease.
  3. Learners will understand and be able to conduct an NHS Health Check according to standard procedures and guidelines.
  4. Participants will be able to apply knowledge of the NHS Health Check filters across a variety of patients and circumstances.
  5. Learners will acquire skills to effectively interpret the results from NHS Health Checks, and communicate the risk of cardiovascular disease with patients in a comprehensive and comprehensible way, providing brief advice as required.
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21st Feb 2024
9:30am - 3:30pm (GMT)
Not an online event
This event has ended. Similar events
Free
IN PERSON