Upcoming training courses
Challenging Conversations
A 3.5 hour interactive workshop for health or social care professionals working with people who have life limiting diseases or elderly care.
The course will enable you to:
- Identify difficult and challenging conversations
- Understand the barriers in difficult conversations
- Analyse the principles of engagement in difficult conversations
- Explore the principles of responding to challenging conversations
- Develop awareness of areas for self-development in relation to communication skills
When: Date to be confirmed
Where: St Wilfrid’s Hospice, 1 Broadwater Way, Eastbourne BN22 9PZ (in the Hospice Education Suite)
Cost: £25
Symptom Management
A 3.5 hour course for health and care professionals from all clinical settings. Looking at the assessment and management of some of the common symptoms experienced by service users receiving palliative care and those at the end of life. This will include pain, nausea, terminal agitation, breathlessness and respiratory secretions.
The course will enable you to:
- Recognise the importance of impeccable assessment in relation to holistic care and effective symptom control
- Identify the common symptoms that may occur in the last hours or days of life
- Consider the pharmacological management of key symptoms
- Recognise that symptom control may be complex and know where to seek help and advice
When: Date to be confirmed
Where: St Wilfrid’s Hospice, 1 Broadwater Way, Eastbourne BN22 9PZ (in the Hospice Education Suite)
Cost: £25
Syringe Pump Training
The course will enable you to:
- Understand how the McKinley T34/ BD Bodyguard syringe pump works and the importance of safety functions.
- State some of the reasons why someone may require a syringe pump.
- Understand the benefits and risks of a syringe pump for the individual and those closest to them.
- Professionals will know their professional responsibility and accountability when administering medication via a syringe pump.
- Show how to set up a McKinley T34/ BD Bodyguard syringe pump for the first time and know how to renew it.
When: Date to be confirmed
Where: St Wilfrid’s Hospice, 1 Broadwater Way, Eastbourne BN22 9PZ (in the Hospice Education Suite)
Cost: £25 per person.
To book, please fill out the form below.
Urinary Catheter Care for Care Workers
A 3-hour practical workshop for care workers aimed at non-registered health and care workers who provide personal care
The course will enable you to:
- Understand the different types and purpose of urinary catheters.
- Demonstrate safe and effective catheter daily care and maintenance techniques, including bag drainage and securement.
- Recognise the risks and signs of catheter-associated complications (e.g., infections) and take appropriate action.
Please note: this workshop does not include catheterisation itself
When: Wednesday 19th February 2025 09:30-12:30 and Wednesday 19th March 2025 09:30-12:30
Where: East Sussex College, Eastbourne Ecat House, Cross Levels Way, Eastbourne BN21 2UF
Cost: £25 per person
Hospice Awareness Days
We are now delivering Hospice Care Awareness Days for Health Professionals. The days provide an insight into the Hospice as well as Palliative and End of Life Care for Health Care Professionals and Students.
