HEALTHCARE SKILLS INTERNATIONAL LTD, LEARN WITH US

CONTENTS

Introduction

Why Choose Us?

Why Edqual?

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Leadership

Postgraduate Diploma in Human Factors and Neuroscience

Professional Theatre Access

Resilience Programme

Professional Development – short courses Course Costs

Faculty Biographies

Accelerated Professional Development

Terms and Conditions

INTRODUCTION

Healthcare Skills Training International

We are an approved education centre delivering a range of externally validated, competence-based, internationally recognised qualifications to the medical profession, allied healthcare professionals and affiliated industries.

In addition, Healthcare Skills International works with commercial organisations and professional bodies to create bespoke accredited training packages and qualifications to fulfil more specialised training needs. We source the clinical expertise, provide the adult educational know-how, add our extensive credentialing experience and deliver the training necessary to develop your workforce and clinical partners. Our skills, knowledge training and qualifications are highly respected within public and private healthcare organisations and the global medical device sector.

Our professional development courses for clinicians expand skill-sets and deliver new qualifications which drive career advancement and improve professional standing.

The programmes we offer to medical device sector professionals and those supporting surgical teams in acute clinical areas, lead to qualifications which formally demonstrate competence to enhance patient safety. Our training ensures that medical standards are not compromised, professionally or legally. Each of our qualifications is compliance-driven, fully accredited and validated so all legal and regulatory requirements are fulfilled, and meet the criteria set by professional bodies and other stakeholders. Of equal importance, our courses use accelerated learning techniques and show how current practice is easily adapted to the new knowledge and concepts we provide. This reduces time away from patients (or customers) and motivates students to up-skill and adapt their practice immediately on return to the workplace, to consolidate learning.

Delivery

Our training programmes follow a blended learning format, consisting of a mix of preparatory study, online learning, in-person or live-virtual classroom teaching and workshops in acute clinical settings, depending upon the type of training.

Our programmes are delivered by respected healthcare practitioners who have defining knowledge and experience in their field. In addition to their designated professional qualifications, our faculty members hold additional certification in clinical education and have responsibilities in their daily working lives, all of which guarantees our training is current, credible and relevant.

WHY CHOOSE US?

Are you Trained and Qualified?

Awarded through EduQual, our credit-rated qualifications are globally recognised

Post-Graduate Diplomas Certificates

Professional Awards

Those who have completed our courses include:

•Practicing medical professionals (surgeons, physicians, general practitioners)

•Pharmacists

• Nurses

• Dentists

• Veterinary practitioners

• Medical device industry professionals

•Pharmaceutical industry professionals

•Regulatory personnel in commercial organisations involved in the manufacture, sale or use of medical devices.

Outcomes for those who successfully complete our courses include:

• An understanding of what constitutes best practice and key skills in clinical environments

• A firm grasp of legal obligations in hospitals and other clinical settings

• An ability to align with the expectations of clinical team members

• The acquisition of skills to optimise training approaches, knowledge and understanding, so the efficiency gains promised by new medical devices are delivered

• Improved leadership of clinical teams

• An understanding of detailed regulatory requirements and insight into medical device legislation medical device commercial organisation formal/corporate sign-off

• An understanding of the legal obligations associated with the sale and correct use of medical devices, reporting and record-keeping

WHY CHOOSE US?

Key training courses offered by Healthcare Skills International are credit-rated. Our qualifications are awarded by EduQual, a regulated awarding body approved by SQAAccreditation, (a globally-recognised UK-based qualification regulator and full member of the Federation of Awarding Bodies). This ensures our courses and assessments are locked-in to all relevant requirements and registration systems:

Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Assisted Surgery

Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Education

Orthopaedic Healthcare Industry Professional Diploma

Suite of medical device regulatory and medical device commercial qualifications – Certificate and Diploma

Advanced Professional Award in Hospital Procurement

Hospital Access/Theatre (OR) Skills – Professional Award

Pharmaceutical Ethics – Certificate and Diploma

Successful completion of these courses ensures that all relevant professional requirements are achieved and aligned with recognised national and international qualifications frameworks.

When we create bespoke training packages and qualifications for those with more specialised requirements, our experience and track-record give clients confidence in our ability to deliver, and within timescales attractive to a fast-paced commercial environment. Our faculty team delivers engaging teaching, using accelerated learning techniques for every Healthcare Skills International course we offer.

WHY EDUQUAL?

Healthcare Skills International is an approved and audited education centre, delivering a range of professional, competence-based qualifications awarded by EduQual.

EduQual is a UK awarding organisation which develops and accredits qualifications designed to meet the needs of key stakeholders: learners, and the commissioning organisation. This provides opportunities for high quality personal and professional development to individuals, while meeting training requirements and corporate sign-off on legal obligations.

Why does Healthcare Skills work with EduQual?

So our professional qualifications are developed in collaboration with stakeholders and are fit for purpose.

Because EduQual works with the relevant sector skills bodies and industry professionals to ensure that the qualifications they offer meet the needs of employers, and are informed by the latest industry thinking.

To deliver guaranteed and reliable quality: EduQual is committed to meeting the highest standards. Qualifications are developed in line with the standards specified by UK national qualifications regulator (Ofqual’s) Qualifications and Credit framework (QCF).

Delivering ‘fit for purpose’ qualifications and ready certified professionals.

Completing an EduQual professional qualification with Healthcare Skills International means you are ready to enter the workplace. Each candidate is certified by EduQual as having the knowledge and skills they needed to operate safely and effectively in their role.

With EduQual training and qualifications delivered by Healthcare Skills International, healthcare professionals are well prepared for clinical challenges, and medical device industry professionals have externally validated evidence of competence to demonstrate, teach, support and promote their products

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA CLINICAL EDUCATION

A qualification in clinical education is an essential part of effective healthcare delivery. Clinicians with training responsibilities need more than presentation skills to practice effectively.

They require the knowledge and skills to deliver learner-centric in-service training so that standards of care and best practice can be learned and maintained. Educating and advising patients as well as colleagues is an integral part of effective clinical care.

Successful completion of this course up-skills clinicians and medical device industry professionals to create engaging, comprehensive, well-structured and relevant learner-focussed training. We provide the tools needed for rapid acquisition and consolidation in all domains of healthcare learning.

Objectives: Clinical Education Course

The objectives of our Clinical Education Course are to understand the concepts of successful learning and teaching, and improve professional training skills, communication, course design, delivery, assessment and management. The outcome of this course is to enable participants to:

• Gain and apply knowledge of successful rapid-learning and adult-teaching techniques

• Deliver effective professional communication Master the techniques for technical skills training

• Meet the required standards for effective course management

• Effectively represent employing organisations in all required training roles, in person and online

These courses are intended for all staff with training responsibilities either for their colleagues or patients

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

All healthcare professionals regardless of their clinical speciality or clinical setting need to develop their knowledge and skills in the area of:

•Situational awareness

•Decision making

•Communication

•Leadership

Personal development in clinical leadership by staff optimises team protocol compliance and improves patient outcomes. Good leadership is key to efficient and functional team working.

Successful completion of our Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Leadership develops each of these key areas, expanding the knowledge and skill-sets of those in pivotal roles. Our approach is to deliver an engaging, well-rounded course, full of immediately applicable strategies and readily adapted to all healthcare roles.

Objective of the Clinical Leadership Course

The objective of the Clinical Leadership Course is to deepen the knowledge, understanding and insight underpinning successful leadership in healthcare. We show you how to create high performing teams through good leadership practice, and motivate students to implement change immediately on their return to the workplace.

This course enables participants to:

• Learn the best leadership skills to promote accountability, alter patterns of negative behaviour, and lead clinical teams to achieve improved outcomes

• Improve decision-making and communication within clinical teams

• Gain an understanding of situational leadership and how to lead in difficult circumstances

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA - HUMAN FACTORS AND NEUROSCIENCE

Successful completion of this course offers a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Factors and Neuroscience (38 credits level 7)

The objective is to know the key human factors relevant to the delivery of healthcare services from a neuroscience perspective in order to avoid common errors in patient care and deliver more effective outcomes.

This course enables participants to:

• Gain and apply knowledge of human factors and their underlying mechanisms

• Avoid common errors in the delivery of patient care/healthcare and services

• Successfully manage professional communication in an effective and positive manner

• Integrate management of the relevant human factors into routine practice

A variety of teaching approaches are used to deliver the course and rapidly consolidate learning. These include:

• Interactive presentations

• Group activities and discussions

• Practical skills coaching and workshops Supported role play, deliberate practice and positive feedback

Pre-course preparation and content delivery are designed to optimise the transfer of knowledge and skills by tailoring training materials to each learner’s professional role, experience and situation.

This course uses blended learning techniques in a two-day live-virtual classroom-based training format.

This course reviews the key human factors relevant to the delivery of healthcare services from a neuroscience perspective in order to avoid common errors in patient care and to enable more effective and efficient outcome management.

RESILIENCE PROGRAMME CPD

Even pre-pandemic, stress and burnout were becoming increasingly problematic in medicine and allied healthcare professions. Grit (perseverance) can be confused with resilience (recovery), and long hours, night shifts, and emotional distress take their toll.

Since COVID,there has been greater awareness of the need to develop and maintain resilience across all levels of healthcare.

Our Resilience Programme can be delivered to individuals or in a small group workshop format and helps those working in clinical environments to build more resilient teams.

The objectives of our Resilience Programme are to:

•Gain insight into how stressors affecting performance and career longevity develop

• Apply enabling strategies to better manage pressure

•Learn how to pause and recover productivity and effectiveness, even in the most challenging situations.

•We show how to regain control when a cycle of chronic stress develops, and empower those in leadership roles to build more resilient teams.

This programme enables participants to:

• Understand the neuroscience behind stress Strategise for control and to build resilience

• Gain skills to manage pressure in healthy ways & regain high productivity

• Avoid repeating stress-inducing behaviours

• Immediately implement practical strategies to build personal and organisational resilience

This course is intended for all healthcare staff and industry professionals at ALL levels

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ACCESS

VALID FOR INTELLICENTRICS/

SEC3URE/MIA/LSI TIERS 1,2,3

UK standards are high for products used in healthcare, and organisational reputation is key to commercial success. The role of the medical device industry professional when selling to hospitals has changed. Representatives of organisations providing healthcare goods and services must now be expert product technical specialists to succeed, and the standards of training and service delivery required for this role align with registered healthcare professionals. Device industry professionals may need to be present in operating theatres and other acute clinical areas on a regular basis, to provide support and to educate staff in the use of transformative products and technologies. The relationship between the ‘customer’ and the sales professional in healthcare can no longer be approached as a straightforward selling opportunity - the company representative in 2023 is a valued member of the clinical team. In addition to their supportive/educational role, medical device companies are also responsible for the lifetime risk management of their products and must provide ongoing service to hospitals and clinical teams.

Healthcare Skills Training International delivers knowledge and skills to device industry representatives to the required standard, providing a regulated Theatre Access qualification to professionals working in such organisations.

Our qualifications are:

• Benchmarked to National Occupational Standards

• Delivered by an audited training provider

• Governed by the UK Regulator

Our courses comprise two-day live-virtual classes for those new to the healthcare industry. For experienced representatives, we host an exam-only online qualification (which includes uploaded practical assessments).

This course delivers, then benchmarks the training which hospital management expect of healthcare industry personnel when entering, supporting, and providing verbal and technical input in acute clinical areas. Designed for roles in the medical device, pharmaceutical and regulatory environments. this course offers:

• An understanding of what constitutes best practice in a clinical environment, including infection control (hand washing & blood borne pathogens), PPE and Standard Precautions.

• The legal obligations in hospital and clinical settings Competence based training approaches to product training

• Regulatory requirements including medical device legislation, legal requirements for healthcare product industries, product liability and reporting obligations.

COURSE INFORMATION

HCS Post Graduate Dip

In Principles of Computer and Robotic Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty

Clinical Education, Clinical Leadership, Human Factors and Neuroscience

Provision of 2 day virtual classroom training course

Minimum 10 delegates - maximum 18 delegates Dates : as meets your business requirements

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Post Graduate Diploma Qualifications Option (38 credits level 7)

To attend virtual 2 day classroom course and successfully complete Post Graduate Diploma assessments

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Resilience Programme

CPD Option

Provision of 1 day virtual classroom course

Minimum 10 delegates - maximum 18 delegates Dates : as meets your business requirements includes 4 CPD/CME points

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All fees are plus VAT if applicable

Professional Theatre Access (Valid for Intellicentrics / Secure, MIA/LSI Tiers 1,2,3)

Provision of 2 day virtual classroom course

Fees include the Professional Qualification Registration from EduQual, the awarding body regulated by the SQA. Please contact us for study-group rates at: office@healthcareskills.com

All fees are plus VAT if applicable.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOESN’T NEED TO TAKE FOREVER

Everyone working in the healthcare domain can benefit from Healthcare Skills courses. We rapidly upskill clients, providing the knowledge, skills and confidence to excel. We train people at all levels of the professional hierarchy, giving them the tools to master their career-challenges. From clinicians to medical device industry professionals, from the newest on-boarder to consultants, GPs and device industry CEOs, Healthcare Skills International delivers.

Our courses provide the additional practical knowledge and skills needed to continually adapt to and succeed in fast-paced clinical environments. We show how effective strategies can be easily absorbed into current practice and work-patterns to improve performance and demonstrate suitability for career advancement.

Our live and live-virtual classrooms allow us to tailor learning to each individual and conform to all professional disciplines and specialties. Delivered by experts with defining knowledge,experience and training know-how, our courses distill the essence of invaluable knowledge ands kills and teach them in an engaging and motivating way for rapid learning and practical application.

Our vocational courses are open to those with the appropriate recognised prior learning (RPL) for their occupation or specialty. Our delivery of externally regulated and quality assured short-course qualifications is achieved by building on participants’ accredited RPL. So, for example,our Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education is approved by EduQual as being commensurate with a Level 7 qualification.

Each Healthcare Skills course is ‘stand-alone’, but participants often return for other courses, recognising the value of our accelerated-learning approach and the immediate practical application of our training. Clients aware of the quality of teaching we provide can benefit from booking a ‘suite’ of courses which we know will matches their professional requirements.

OUR TEAM

DIANE IRVINE FOUNDER

With more than 35 years experience in the healthcare medical devices industry, Diane worked for major multinationals whose products became market leaders in the UK and worldwide. Since 1989, Diane has focused on new surgical technologies and development of the required training courses for the medical device industry ,surgeons and clinical teams to support advances in surgical technique. Health Care Skills Training International Ltd. is a registered EduQual Centre delivering professional healthcare qualifications that are internationally recognised.

ANNE RHODES INTERNAL VERIFIER

Anne’s career spans over 30 years in the perioperative field. She has held the positions of Lead Nurse for Theatres, and Day Surgery and in Education as a Professional and Practice Development Senior Charge Nurse. She has also been involved over many years in heightening perioperative staffs’ awareness of latex allergy within the perioperative environment through development of protocols, policies and publications. She is also involved in developing and implementing bespoke training courses for several high profile Medical Companies.

DENISE CAFARELLI DEES

Denise began a career in clinical research, service, management and education in the field of communicative disorders at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the USA, over 35 years ago. She has worked in both public and private healthcare, the medical device industry and in graduate degree, as well as professional education, including serving as an assessor of clinical competence and external examiner for professional organisations, hospitals and universities in the USA, UK/Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Australia for surgeons, clinicians and industry professionals.1.

JACQUELINE HAUGHTON

Jacki worked for the NHS for 38 years, and for the last twenty years as a Consultant Surgeon. She was the first Colorectal - trained surgeon appointed to her area, which had high levels of deprivation. She retained a pragmatic and cost -efficient approach to healthcare, expanding much-needed lower GI services by training nurses in extended roles. She initiated training of nurse colonoscopists in her region, which led to a new service of ‘direct-to-test’ GP referrals being established. Jacki has been teaching post graduate education for both the NHS/ Private sector and Healthcare Industry with Health Care Skills Training International since 2000. Jacki became Medical Director in 2023.

GRAHAM SUNDERLAND

Graham retired from full time clinical activity in June 2015 and continues to be involved part time in appraisal and training to support the service. He has a long-standing interest in surgical education and training and continues to be active in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow and Academy of Clinical Educators as a senior college clinical educator. Graham was a member of the Patient Safety Board of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and continues as a member of the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons faculty. He is Chairman of the Joint Surgical Colleges Fellowship Examination board in general surgery.

JAKE TIMOTHY

Jake has been a full time Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at the Leeds TeachingHospitals NHS Trust for over 10 years. He initially trained at Chasing Cross and Westminster Medical School. He is an Associate Clinical Professor and has been awarded many grants. He has published widely and is an executive editor for an international journal. Jake has taught prolifically both to his peers and allied health care professionals. Pioneering new surgical techniques, he is also a NICE specialist advisor and until recently has been the UK representative for the Training Courses for the European Association of Neurosurgeons, organizing and delivering teaching modules. More locally he is a Foundation Program Director at the YorkshireDeanery and runs courses on Human Factors and Simulation. He was awarded a Clinical Excellence in Service Delivery by his trust for setting up and expanding a new procedure. Apart from the UK, Jake has set up a spinal service with his colleagues and in partnership with surgeons in Bangladesh to treat the high number of paralysed patients in that country.

1. Formation of a Contract

1.1 The order/invoice attached to these terms and conditions is valid on receipt of a confirmation document or Purchase Order Number.

1.2 Each order accepted shall constitute an individual legally binding contract between Healthcare Skills Training International Ltd and Philips Healthcare Such contract is hereinafter referred to in these terms and conditions as “ an order”.

1.3 No addition, alteration, substitution or waiver of these terms and conditions will be valid unless expressly accepted in writing by us or a person authorised to sign on our behalf.

1.4 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall prejudice any condition or warranty expressed or implied, or any legal remedy to which we may be entitled in relation to the services/and or work which form the subject of this quotation.

2. Specification

All Healthcare Skills Training International Ltd qualifications/training courses supplied by us shall be in accordance with the quotation given and any further specifications or descriptions agreed or expressly listed or set out on the face of the order

3. Acceptance

3.1 We must be informed in writing of any changes, alterations, substitutions, or cancellations. We reserve the right to retain any deposits or charge in full for any qualifications/training courses booked where cancellation is not made within the period specified. A refund, less a 10% administration fee, will be due if cancellations are received in writing at least 6 weeks before the course date. Subject to clause 5.2, we regret that any cancellation after this time cannot be refunded. and that refunds for failure to attend the training course cannot be made, however substitute delegates are always welcome.

4. Title and Payment

4.1 We warrant that we have good title to the EduQual Qualifications Framework.

4.2 Unless otherwise stated in the order, payment of the course fees and EduQual registration fees comprised in each order shall become due prior to delegates’ course attendance.

4.3 We will charge daily interest on late payment of the amounts due, at a rate of 4% per annum above the then base lending rate at Bank of England from the date the payment was due until actual date of payment.

5.Price

5.1 If the rate of value added tax (VAT) increases between the date of your order and the date of delivery we will add the necessary additional amount of value added tax to the price of the goods.

5.2 If the course fees increase for any reason between the date of your order and the date of delivery of a training course, we will notify you of this and give you the choice of accepting the price increase or cancelling the order in which case any deposit paid by you will be refunded in full.

6.Force Majeure

6.1 We shall not be liable for delay or failure to perform any of our obligations under this order if the delay or failure is caused by any circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

6.2 For the purposes of this condition, “force majeure” shall include, but not be limited to act s of God, war, terrorism, civil disorder, industrial dispute, fire, or explosions.

6.3 Upon the happening of a “force majeure” event, we shall be entitled to reschedule course dates at mutually convenient time for the performance of our obligations.

7.Guarantees

We do not provide additional guarantees.

8.Exclusions

8.1 We shall not under any circumstances be liable for any indirect or consequential loss howsoever caused whether by negligence, breach of contract, misrepresentation or otherwise.

9.Complaints

We aim to provide a high level service. If you do have an enquiry or complaint regarding the services provided by us, please address them to:

Anne Rhodes Internal Verifier

Healthcare Skills Training International Ltd

West of Scotland Science Park

Kelvin Campus, Block 7, Unit 2 2317 Maryhill Road, Glasgow G20 0SP

10.Jurisdiction

If any part of these terms and conditions are found to be unlawful it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining clauses. These terms and conditions shall be construed in accordance with the Laws of Scotland and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts.

West of Scotland Science Park

Kelvin Campus

Block 7, Unit 2 2317 Maryhill Road

Glasgow G20 0SP

T: +44(0) 7738 846 629 (Mobile)

T: +44(0) 141 946 6482 (Office)

E: office@healthcareskills.com

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