This assessment is for all support workers who give medications.

You need to repeat the assessment annually.


This learning package contains basic information around the safe use of lasers in the operating department.

This course (Laser education Part A) is to be competed alongside a practical assessment which will be completed by your laser safety officer.

This course is a required competency for all theatre staff who need to familiarise themselves with basic knowledge and safety in environments where a laser is being used.

A completion record will be maintained by your nurse educator.

Time: 30 mins


This course will provide you with the foundation knowledge of Microsoft Teams so you can communicate and collaborate more easily at work. At the completion of this module, you should feel confident to give Microsoft Teams a go!

Audience: anyone using MS Teams

Time: 90 mins

Contact: Marama Handcock-Scott, Digital Solutions Specialist





This 20 minute course is for all new employees at Nelson Marlborough Health. 

Other staff can also use it as a refresher.

By the end of this course you will have an understanding of:

· workplace injury management processes

· your health and safety responsibilities at work

· how to identify a hazard

· who and where to report a workplace injury or hazard.


This course is designed to help new admin staff understand the patient journey into and through our DHB, introduce some of the Ministry of Health Targets and identify some key jargon we use in our day to day work.

The course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.


Intended audience: Those prescribing and administering medicines.

Duration: 20 minutes

This course contains essential information you will need before you start using the National Adult Medication Chart.


This eLearning package is one part of a NMDHB wide project to reduce our rates of healthcare acquired infections. All NMDHB staff are invited to complete this module, it is most applicable to clinical staff.

Infection Prevention and Control is an ever evolving field and cuts across all health care related disciplines and health care settings. Reducing health care associated infection and best practice are the responsibility of everyone and vital to prevent the transmission of infection.

This course is for all employees who have direct clinical contact with the patient.



This 45 minute course is for all clinical staff who provide care and support for those who are thought to be in the last days of life regardless of care setting.

Access to the course is via an external link managed by Nelson Tasman Hospice Education team.