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Covid-19 resources and competency requirements – Spring 2021

We’ve pulled together a wide range of resources for you to support you in preparing to work as a clinical vaccinator with Lancashire Vaccination Centres.

> Click to return to the Clinical Vaccinator Application Form

Required reading

MHRA approval of Pfizer BionTech vaccine:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-covid-19

MHRA information for HCPs on Astra Zeneca vaccine:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca/information-for-healthcare-professionals-on-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca

COVID-19 chapter of Vaccination Green Book:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-the-green-book-chapter-14a

PHE COVID-19 vaccination: information for healthcare practitioners:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-programme-guidance-for-healthcare-practitioners

Astra Zeneca vaccine PGD:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/patient-group-direction-for-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-chadox1-s-recombinant/

Astra Zeneca vaccine National Protocol:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-protocol-for-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-chadox1-s-recombinant

Pfizer vaccine PGD:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/patient-group-direction-for-covid-19-mrna-vaccine-bnt162b2-pfizer-biontech/

Pfizer vaccine National Protocol

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-protocol-for-covid-19-mrna-vaccine-bnt162b2-pfizerbiontech

CPPE Safeguarding Level 2 training and assessment (or equivalent)

https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/safegrdingl2-a-05

Flu vaccination training in line with requirements to carry out NHS flu vaccination advanced service:

https://psnc.org.uk/services-commissioning/advanced-services/flu-vaccination-service/flu-vaccination-training/

Completion of the CPPE vaccination services Declaration of Competence (only pharmacists will be able to access this):

https://www.cppe.ac.uk/services/declaration-of-competence

By meeting the above vaccination competencies and NHS requirements, please ensure that you have completed the following training within the required timeframes:

  • Face to face vaccination training or online refresher training
  • Face to face basic life support training or online refresher training
  • Anaphylaxis training, including use of adrenaline ampoules for anaphylaxis

Other useful COVID vaccine resources can be found at the Specialist Pharmacist Services website:

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/home/covid-19-vaccines/

Once you have completed all the online training, reading and completed some short face to face training at one of our vaccination centres, you should meet all the requirements at the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccinator-competency-assessment-tool

Required training

eLearning for Health COVID 19 vaccinator training and e-assessments:

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/coronavirus/

Once you have clicked on the above link you can access the Coronavirus training with or without logging in but if you don’t log in (or create a log in) then the system does not keep a record of your training. 

Once you have clicked on the first link relating to COVID vaccination training on the above page and then either logged in or selected ‘View’ you must select: 

‘COVID 19 Vaccination’

Then complete all the training and assessments:

  • Core Knowledge for COVID-19 Vaccinators
  • COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer BioNTech)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna (we are not currently using the Moderna vaccine at our sites but this may change)
  • Resources to support COVID-19 vaccinators and volunteers with patient conversations

If you have any queries or questions please get in touch at: teams@lanacshirevaccinationcentre.co.uk

> Click to return to the Clinical Vaccinator Application Form

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