Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2017

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




 

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

All class learning materials, notes and other key learning resources can be accessed via myRMIT at www.rmit.edu.au/learninghub.
A combination of activities will support student’s learning in this course, such as:
• 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

 

Date

Sessions

Topic

Activities & Assessments

12/07/2017

1.30-4.30

 

Topic 1, Follow Safe work practices for direct client care
 

 

 Introduction to WHS Principles

Begin WHS Work Book 

        19/07/2017

1.30-4.30

Topic 2- Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Continue workbook with self directed Learning.

Begin risk assessment

        26/07/2017

1.30-4.30

Topic 2- Follow safe work practices for infection control

Continue with work book, start  workplace inspection checklist 

        02/08/2017

1.30-4.30

Topic 4- Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

Topic 5- Reflect on own safe practices

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Overview of Learning Resources

Students will be expected to utilise a range of recent and appropriate library, electronic, text and other resources.
Students will be provided with resources and tools for leaning in this course through myRMIT.
Readings given in class times and relevant literature as it comes to hand are important in order to maintain an up to date knowledge of the industry.
 


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:
Assessment 1 - Follow Safe work practices Workbook- Due on 21/08/2017
Assessment 2 - Risk assessment due on 7/08/2017
Assessment 3 – Workplace inspection checklist Due on 14/08/2017

Assessment task 4- Performance evidence- Incident report writing, fire drill and hand hygiene will for the main tasks for evidence performance

All classes must be attended to keep up with the ongoing performance evidence work

 

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


Assessment Matrix

         

UNIT CODE                    HLTWHS002

UNIT NAME   Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Cluster: No

Foundation Skills:      Yes   No

Elements

Performance Criteria

Related Assessment Tasks

Assessment Method See legend above

1.       Follow safe work practices for direct client care

1.1   Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

 

C, F, I

1.2   Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

1.3   Identify any client-related risk factors or behaviours of concern, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

1.4   Follow workplace policies and procedures to minimise risk

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

1.5    Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

2.       Follow safe work practices for manual handling

2.1. Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risk

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

C, F, I

2.2. Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

C, F, I

2.3. Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risk

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

C, F, I

3.       Follow safe work practices for infection control

3.1   Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection

Workbook

C, F, I

3.2   Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required

Workbook

C, F, I

3.3   Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection

Workbook

C, F, I

3.4   Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures

Workbook

C, F, I

4.       Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

4.1   Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

4.2   Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities

Workbook

C, F, I

4.3   Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area

Workbook

C, F, I

 

5. Reflect on own safety practices

5.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work role

Workbook

C, F, I

5.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Workbook

C, F, I

5.3 Participate in workplace debriefing to address individual needs

Workbook

C, F, I

 

The candidate has completed the following tasks at least once in line with state/territory WHS regulations, relevant codes of practice and workplace procedures:

 · contributed to a workplace WHS meeting or inspection · conducted a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results

· consistently applied workplace safety procedures in the day-to-day work activities required by the job role, including:

· infection control

· hazardous manual tasks

 · use of personal protective equipment

· reporting incidents

· followed workplace procedures for at least one simulated emergency situation.

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

State/territory legislation and how it impacts on workplace regulations, codes of practice and industry standards, including:

· state/territory WHS authorities

 · rights and responsibilities of employers and workers, including duty of care

 · hazardous manual tasks

· infection control

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Safety symbols and their meanings, including signs for:

· poisons

· emergency equipment

· personal protective equipment (PPE)

· specific hazards such as sharps, radiation

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Hazard identification, including: · definition of a hazard · common workplace hazards relevant to the industry setting including hazardous manual tasks, infection control risks and personal safety risks · workplace procedures for hazard identification · strategies minimising risk

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Safety considerations when working in a home-based environment, including:

· rights and responsibilities of workers and clients · basic home fire safety including high-risk groups, behaviour that contributes to fire injury and fatalities, and smoke alarm placement, installation and maintenance. · risks to personal safety · common sources of infection and means to minimise transfer of infectious diseases · fundamentals of the muscoskeletal system and practices to minimise injury to self and clients

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

·         Workplace emergency procedures

·         Workplace policies and procedures for WHS

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

 

 

 

 

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