This comprehensive Vaccination + Immunisation Foundation Training Course equips healthcare professionals with the essential knowledge and practical skills required to deliver safe and effective vaccination services. Following the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for Registered Healthcare Practitioners, the course combines theoretical learning with practical application, covering vaccine administration, immunisation principles, patient communication, anaphylaxis management, and basic life support.
The programme is delivered through a two-part structure, combining online learning with a practical classroom session. Delegates will develop the confidence and competence required to administer vaccinations safely, manage potential complications, and support patients, parents, and carers with accurate information.
Course Structure: Two-Part Training
1. E-learning Pre-requisite
The theory element of the course is completed online through the HSG My Account Login. Delegates must complete the full e-learning module and achieve a minimum score of 80% in the final assessment before attending the practical classroom session.
Completion of the e-learning module is mandatory. Delegates who have not completed the online training will not be eligible to attend the practical session.
2. Practical Classroom Session
The practical session provides hands-on vaccination training, demonstrations, and an end-of-course competency assessment. Delegates must successfully complete both the e-learning and practical classroom components to receive their course certificate.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is suitable for healthcare professionals involved in vaccination and immunisation practice, including:
- Nurses
- Midwives
- Health Visitors
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Understand the legal and professional requirements surrounding immunisation.
- Explain vaccine schedules, policies, and the principles of vaccine delivery.
- Understand how vaccines work and how they provide individual and community protection.
- Recognise vaccine-preventable diseases and associated complications.
- Understand vaccine types, contraindications, precautions, and adverse reactions.
- Apply safe vaccine storage and handling procedures.
- Maintain accurate documentation, reporting, and record-keeping practices.
- Communicate effectively with patients, parents, and carers regarding immunisation.
- Demonstrate safe vaccination administration techniques.
- Recognise and manage anaphylaxis.
- Perform basic life support safely and effectively.
Course Content
E-learning Pre-requisite
- Legal aspects of vaccination and immunisation
- Current issues and considerations surrounding vaccines
- Documentation, reporting, and record keeping
- Accountability, supervision, and delegation
- Consent and effective communication with patients, parents, and carers
- Strategies to improve vaccine uptake
- Vaccine priority groups
- The immune system and how vaccines work
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
- Types of vaccines and vaccine composition
- Contraindications and adverse events
- Managing complex vaccination situations
- Vaccine storage, handling, and medicines management
Practical Classroom Session
- Recap of theoretical learning and discussion
- Vaccination administration demonstrations
- Practical vaccination training
- Intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SC) injection assessments
- Recognition and management of anaphylaxis
- Basic life support demonstration and practical assessment
Please note: This course includes an open-book assessment and observation of practical activities.
Course Benefits
- Gain the knowledge and practical skills required to deliver vaccinations safely and effectively.
- Develop confidence when answering patient, parent, and carer questions about immunisation.
- Receive specialist trainer guidance on correct vaccination techniques.
- Access competency framework documentation to support supervised workplace assessment.
- Achieve a City & Guilds Assured Vaccination + Immunisation Training certificate.
