Chaperone for Healthcare – Level 2 – Online CPD Course

Learning outcomes of this chaperone for healthcare – level 2 course

The learning outcomes are:

• Know the legal, ethical and professional issues relating to chaperones
• Understand what the term chaperone means
• Know where, when and why chaperones are required
• Be able to define the term ‘intimate examination’
• Understanding the patient’s right to choose
• Know the role of the chaperone in a consultation
• Understand issues of confidentiality and consent
• Be aware of the needs of children and those who lack the capacity
• Understand issues relating to personal beliefs, values, religion, ethnicity or culture during chaperoning
• Know the importance of interpersonal skills
• Display appropriate behaviour during the consultation
• Be aware of the chaperone checklist and record-keeping
• Know how to raise concerns
• Use interpersonal and communication skills to clarify tasks and identify and rectify issues in a range of contexts
• Understand competing perspectives that inform decisions and articulate reasons for own decisions
• Develop a broader understanding of the knowledge base to identify principles underlying theoretical frameworks and begin to identify their strengths and weaknesses
• Provide informed solutions to standard problems in familiar contexts
• Operate under supervision in a range of varied but predictable contexts
• Reflect on the performance tasks which may be complex and non-routine

• General Practitioners (GPs)
• General Practice Administration Staff
• Health Care Assistants (HCAs)/Clinical Support Workers
• Non-Clinical Receptionist
• General Practices Nurses
• Registered Healthcare Practitioners
• Paramedics
• Practice Managers
• Anyone involved in healthcare looking to undertake the role

This chaperone training for healthcare e-learning course should be completed by those who work in health and social care services including:

• NHS medical, nursing, AHP and care staff
• Locum doctors and nurses
• Locum allied health professionals (AHPs)
• Agency nurses
• Agency workers
• Healthcare assistants
• Support workers
• Care assistants
• Nursery staff
• Teachers and teaching staff
• Community services

Our online chaperone for healthcare courses should be completed by all healthcare and social care staff. This includes voluntary staff and unpaid working in NHS and private hospitals. Locum doctors, locum allied health professionals, agency nurses and healthcare assistants can also complete these e-learning courses.

These chaperone training for healthcare training courses are also relevant for health and social care support workers, including those who work for nursing care homes, residential care homes and charities.

What is a chaperone?

A chaperone is an independent person, appropriately trained, whose role is to independently observe the examination/procedure undertaken by the doctor/health professional to assist the appropriate doctor-patient relationship.

The GMC guidance in Good Medical Practice 2013 indicates:

The name of the chaperone should be recorded in the clinical records and the patient should be informed of this.

Why is chaperoning for healthcare important?

Medical consultation is a challenge to both doctor and patient, whether in the community or in the hospital. The need for more detailed discussions with patients, along with their increasing autonomy and right to make choices in relation to their clinical care and treatment, has affected the traditional role of the doctor-patient relationship. This has made maintaining appropriate professional boundaries in the doctor-patient consultation more challenging, however, the guidance from national and regulatory bodies is clear that it is always the health professional’s responsibility to do so.

Chaperones and the role of an accompanying person in the consultation and in the clinical examination is a part of this responsibility to achieve a good standard of medical practice.

What are the Skills for Health’s UK “Core Skills Training Framework” (CSTF)?

There is increasing recognition that there are wide variations in the quality and consistency of healthcare training provided across the UK. To minimise these challenges, Octrac Consulting works with various UK health and social care organisations to develop statutory and mandatory training courses in line with Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF).

This includes mandatory training courses and other awareness courses for health and social care workers.

This online chaperone training for healthcare course was developed in line with the CSTF learning outcomes.

Why choose our accredited e-learning courses?

The benefits of using our accredited e-learning courses in the workplace include:

• • National Skills Academy for Health national delivery partner
  • The UK accredited e-learning provider
  • An approved UK training centre
  • Ofqual accredited qualifications
  • Nationally recognised CPD certificates
  • Free blended learning environment to support existing training
  • Access your online training immediately
  • The highly interactive e-learning portal
  • Substantial cost reductions (no travel fees & other expenses)
  • Embrace the benefits of eLearning for healthcare providers
  • Significant man hour reductions
  • Online training only takes as long as the learner’s needs
  • Low carbon footprint through e-learning
  • Over 200 online CPD courses
  • Repository of online learning materials and assessment
  • Fully qualified and experienced trainers, instructors and assessors
  • Subject matter experts and content developers
  • Convert your existing classroom courses to e-learning courses
  • All training courses are based on the latest guidance and best practice