# Provision of Health Training and Competency Assessment for care staff at the Derby Integrated Disabled Children's Service's Residential Short Breaks offering at the Lighthouse

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit](/buyers/nhs-arden-and-greater-east-midlands-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Published: 21 December 2020
- Planned start: 1 April 2021
- Planned end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 85e7ced1-c65c-4df1-8b5a-230bee0ff7f8-402223
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e4150510-c339-421b-a668-422304622dec

## Description

NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG require a Supplier to Design and implement a 12 month rolling programme of training for the social care team that meets the needs of the young people and ensures compliance with statutory and mandatory training\. This will include skills and competency assessments that provide effective assurance of the abilities of the social care staff to provide safe and appropriate care and delivering delegable health related tasks in line with other services nationally and with RCN guidance contained in Meeting Health Needs in Educational and other Community Settings - A guide for nurses caring for Children and Young People - RCN \(2018\)\. Training areas include  Epilepsy & emergency medication  Enteral feeds and enteral medication  Identification of an unwell child  Other training that is child specific as required e\.g\. respiratory, oxygen, suction, intermittent catheterisation  Other training within scope to meet as yet unidentified needs \(new young people or changing needs of existing young people\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e7ced1-c65c-4df1-8b5a-230bee0ff7f8-402223)