Wound Care Management for Registered Practitioners

Description

Master the skills to deliver evidence-based wound care, reduce hospital admissions, and empower patients with long-term healing. From assessments to suture removal, this course covers it all.

Who is this course for?

Perfect for refreshing and expanding the skills of registered practitioners already competent in wound care, boost confidence, sharpen techniques, and improve patient outcomes from the ground up.

What will I learn?

This practical course equips learners with evidence-based wound care skills aligned with both local formulary and national policy. With a strong focus on improving patient outcomes, participants will learn to carry out robust initial health assessments that facilitate timely access to community care, helping to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

Learners will build confidence in making referrals through correct pathways, performing and understanding ABPI Doppler assessments, and safely removing sutures and staples in a simulated clinical environment.

The course also empowers learners to support patient education, promoting effective self-care and wound management strategies for both chronic and post-surgical wounds.

Topics Covered:

✅ Visual overview of skin layers and structure

✅ Understanding skin functions, including thermoregulation

✅ Stages of wound healing and tissue regeneration

✅ Factors affecting wound healing (intrinsic and extrinsic)

✅ Techniques for assessing individual wounds

✅ Clinical images of leg ulcers and chronic wounds

✅ Principles of wound bed preparation

✅ Demonstration of proper handwashing technique

✅ Clinical practice in aseptic technique

✅ Purpose and benefits of wound dressings

✅ Types of wound dressings and correct application methods

✅ Case study: managing a chronic diabetic leg wound

✅ Practical training in dressing application

✅ Correct use of Aseptic Non-Touch Technique (ANTT)

✅ Overview of common sutures and staples in wound closure

✅ Suture and staple removal equipment checklist

✅ Simulated practice in suture and staple removal

✅ Documentation techniques for wound care procedures

✅ Definition and characteristics of chronic wounds

✅ Overview of long-term conditions (LTCs) and impact on healing

✅ Treatment pathways and clinical considerations

✅ Recognising signs of wound infection and performing a swab

✅ Example image of wound care guidelines

✅ Essentials of diabetic foot care and monitoring

✅ Referral procedures within your organisation

✅ Understanding the diabetic foot pathway

✅ Understanding the podiatry referral pathway

✅ Pressure injury prevention and care strategies

✅ Indications and procedures for requesting ABPI assessments

✅ Prevention advice: empowering patients in your clinical role

Assessment

After completing the training, you will need to undergo supervised practice in a clinical setting and complete the required competencies before receiving your certificate. You will require a suitably trained registered practitioner who can assess within your workplace to confirm your practical competency before you can practice independently.

Is there any funding available?

Eligible individuals employed in General Practice within Humber and North Yorkshire may access NHSE funding opportunities, available via the Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub.

Details of applicable funding options and eligibility can be found below, or in this document. If you are unsure or have any queries, please contact the Humber and North Yorkshire Training Hub on hnyicb.traininghub@nhs.net who will be happy to help advise.

If you are eligible for a funded place, please select the relevant ‘Funded' option at the checkout, and you will not be charged. As places on each date are limited, each eligible person may book with funding on only one date per course – if you wish to swap dates, please cancel your initial booking before re-booking another date. To avoid funding waste, multiple bookings for the same individual, non-attendance without cancellation, or short notice cancellation (except in exceptional circumstances) will not be funded. Eligibility will be checked for all funded bookings, if it is determined that you have incorrectly claimed eligibility for funding, an invoice for the full course fee will be issued.

Do you offer bespoke courses?

We do offer bespoke options at a site of your choice. Prices may vary for bespoke sessions, dependent on numbers and travel – please contact us on info@academicare.co.uk for further details.

Booking more than one place

You can book as many places as you wish up to course limit. Once you’ve received your booking confirmation, please use the link provided in the email to access your booking. From there, you can add the names and email addresses of those attending the course. Kindly ensure this is completed before the course begins so attendees receive all the necessary information in advance.

Booking on behalf of someone else

You can make a booking on behalf of someone else. Once you receive the booking confirmation email, simply follow the link provided to access the booking. From there, you’ll be able to enter the attendee’s name and email address. Please ensure this is completed before the course begins so they receive all the necessary information in good time.

Paying for your course

You can pay by invoice, credit card, or debit card. If you're choosing to pay by invoice and you're not the person responsible for processing payments, you can simply forward the invoice email to your finance department for payment.