Medication Administration/Monitoring
Ensuring that medications are given safely and accurately is a cornerstone of safe care. We recognise that medication is most effective and maintains therapeutic effect when given exactly as prescribed by the prescriber and develop individual care plans around this. Our support workers all go through rigorous and regular training in medication administration and have competence assessments performed by a Sphere Specialist Healthcare Registered Nurse. This ensures they have full understanding of the importance of their action and deliver this care in a safe and knowledgeable manner.
Our Support Workers can help with the following :
- Prompt medication
- Administer medication
- Administer specialist medication such as controlled drugs or those with specialist instruction, such as warfarin
- Kitchen/Administer through a specialist route such as a feeding tube, nebulisers, suppositories or other as prescribed
- Monitor for side effects
- Monitor effectiveness
Work closely with our Registered Nurses , NHS nurses and GPs to ensure the clients medication is regularly reviewed and the client is getting optimum benefit from this.
- Kitchen/Administer through a specialist route such as a feeding tube, nebulisers, suppositories or other as prescribed