Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2018

Course Code: OHTH5910C

Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4367 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance

Course Contact: Veemita Kaul

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4662

Course Contact Email: veemita.kaul@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Jeremy Sager

jeremy.sager@rmit.edu.au




 

Nominal Hours: 25

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

There are no pre­requisites or co requisites for this unit of competency

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Element:

1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices 1.2 Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures 1.3 Identify any client-related risk factors or behaviours of concern, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures 1.4 Follow workplace policies and procedures to minimise risk 1.5 Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Element:

2. Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risk 2.2 Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures 2.3 Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risk

Element:

3. Follow safe work practices for infection control

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection 3.2 Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required 3.3 Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection 3.4 Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures

Element:

4. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures 4.2 Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities 4.3 Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area

Element:

5. Reflect on own safe work practices

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work role 5.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures 5.3 Participate in workplace debriefing to address individual needs


Learning Outcomes


The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT laboratories.
You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and roleplay.
Skills development is supported by lectures on theory

At the completion of the curse, the students should be able to-

  • Follow safe work practices for direct client care
  • Follow safe work practices for manual handling
  • Follow safe work practices for infection control
  • Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace
  • Reflect on own safe work practices


Details of Learning Activities


 A combination of activities will support students learning in this course.
• Face-to-face &/or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL) in the student & clinical practice environment, during simulations and classroom based learning
• Work experience &/or placements observation of performance in the workplace will be a valuable part of your learning experience
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
• Utilise and develop critical research and cognitive skills to find credible sources of health information
• Self-directed study time (eg. readings or activities around theory) to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
• To further facilitate learning students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform

 

 



 


Teaching Schedule

 Session

Topic

Activities & Assessments

 

 

 

1

 

Topic 1, Follow Safe work practices (SWP) for direct client care
 

 

 Introduction to SWP Principles

Begin WHS Work Book 

2

Topic 2- Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Continue workbook with self directed Learning.

Begin risk assessment

3

Topic 3- Follow safe work practices for infection control

Continue with work book, start  workplace inspection checklist 

4

Topic 4- Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

 

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

5

Topic 5- Reflect on own safe practices

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

6

Review Course Work

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

RMIT Library

All resources are available through the Canvas LMS

 


Overview of Assessment

Classroom Assessment Task !:

Simulation emergency scenario and WHS meeting
This assessment task supports Learning Outcome 4


Assessment Task 2:
Workbook completion to a satisfactory level
This assessment task supports knowledge assessment

Assessment Task 3:
Workplace risk assessment assignment
This assessment task supports Course Learning Outcomes (CLO's) 1, 4 &5


Assessment task 4
Clinical Placement and Skills Evidence Record
This assessment task supports Course Learning Outcomes (CLO's) 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5


You will be provided with an assessment overview for the course and a descriptor for each assessment task.
Feedback is provided on each assessment.


 


Assessment Tasks

  

 

Assessment Tasks:(AT)

Name 

Due Date

 
 

 AT1

 Workbook- Follow Safe work practices 

 13/04/2018

 

 AT2

 Risk assessment/Case study

 23/03/18

 

 AT3

 Workplace inspection and Incident report

 06/04/2018

 

AT4

Handwash Certificate

 13/04/2018

 

 

In order to gain competency in this course, students must complete ALL pieces of assessment AND receive S (Satisfactory) grades for all assessments.

Assessment details can be found in Canvas
 


Assessment Matrix

AT1 -Workbook will be provided in Canvas and is a self paced workbook to be completed in and out of the classroom.

AT2- 3 x case studies will be provided for students to review, critique and comment on with respect to safe work practice issues.

AT3 - A simulated workplace inspection and incident report

AT4 - An short online handwashing course will be provided  for students to complete with an online certificate provided on successful completion

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