Length of Course: 7 hours
Prerequisites: Personal Care Certificate or Cert III in Individual Support (or similar)
Cost: $185 per person (group and offsite bookings please enquire here)
Course Introduction
The Medication Administration Training Course provides essential knowledge and practical skills for aged care, disability, and home care workers who support clients with safe medication support and administration. This course is an essential training program for providers wanting to remain compliant with disability and aged care regulations, ensuring staff understand their responsibilities when assisting with medications.
Participants will learn how to read and understand a medication chart, develop an understanding of basic medication terminology, and apply the seven rights of medication to ensure safe practice. The training also explains how to identify a client’s individual medication needs and differentiate between medication administration, prompting, and self-administration.
The course also covers organisational policies and procedures for medication administration, including how to identify and respond to medication incidents, report concerns, and follow correct documentation and escalation processes.
A practical component allows participants to develop confidence in medication administration techniques and procedures, helping ensure medications are handled safely and in accordance with care plans and regulatory expectations.
By completing this course, participants will gain the knowledge and practical skills required to support safe medication management while helping providers meet compliance requirements in disability and aged care services.
Medication Training – Key Competences Covered
- How to read and understand a medication chart
- Introduction to basic medication terminology
- The seven rights of medication
- Understanding a Client’s needs for various medications
- How to differentiate between administration, prompting and self-administration
- Understanding policy and procedures for medication administration
- How to respond to a medication incident
- Identification and reporting of any issues or concerns
- Documentation escalation
- Practical elements – administration techniques and procedures
Medication Training Course Certification
A certificate of achievement is issued on completion of the course.