Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2020

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: Jade Cusworth

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8382

Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@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

None

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 at RMIT clinics.
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

A20A&B

  Week beginning

 

 

 

 

1

 

Topic 1-Follow safe work practices for infection control
 

 

 Introduction to SWP Principles,

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

 

04/05/20

 

2

Topic 2- Follow Safe work practices (SWP) for direct client care policies and procedures

.

Begin risk assessment

11/05/20

 

3

Topic 3- Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Start  workplace inspection checklist 

18/05/20

 

4

Topic 4- Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace, Meetings and reporting

 

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

25/05/20

 

5

Topic 5- Reflect on own safe work practices

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

01/06/20

 

6

Review Course Work

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

 

08/06/20

 

SESSION

TOPIC

ACTIVITIES & ASSESSMENTS

A20C&D

  Week beginning

 

 

 

 

1

 

Topic 1-Follow safe work practices for infection control
 

 

 Introduction to SWP Principles,

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

 

20/04/20

 

2

Topic 2- Follow Safe work practices (SWP) for direct client care policies and procedures

.

Begin risk assessment

27/04/20

 

3

Topic 3- Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Start  workplace inspection checklist 

04/05/20

 

4

Topic 4- Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace, Meetings and reporting

 

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

11/05/20

 

5

Topic 5- Reflect on own safe work practices

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

18/05/20

 

6

Review Course Work

Continue completing your assessments

Hand washing, Fire drill , Incident reports 

 

25/05/20


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

All Resources are available in CANVAS


Overview of Assessment

Assessment task 1 - Online: Hand hygiene certificate submission

Assessment Task 2 - Simulated workplace risk assessment assignment

Assessment task 3 - Online knowledge quiz


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


Assessment Tasks

Assessment task 1 - Online: Hand hygiene certificate submission (24th May 2020)

Assessment Task 2 - Simulated workplace risk assessment assignment (Group A 1st June, Group B 8th June 2020)

Assessment task 3 - Online knowledge quiz (8th June 2020)


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Important information regarding Assessment Tasks:

 You may be eligible to resubmit your assessments.

Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher.

All students will be contacted by their course coordinator in regards to  resubmission completion dates.

 

EXTENSION OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to attend on the due date of an assessment (e.g. test, examination, oral, etc.) OR you do attend, but your performance has been affected, you may submit an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION within 5 working days of the due date. If Special Consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to complete/repeat the assessment task at a later date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator.


If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to submit by the due date (e.g. assignment, report, project etc.), you may submit an APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSESSABLE WORK for an extension of time of up to seven (7) calendar days or less. This must be lodged with the Program Coordinator 1 working day before the original due date. If granted, you will have the opportunity to submit up to 7 days later than the original due date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension or speak to your Program Coordinator.

Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. 

If you require further information please contact your teacher or Program Coordinator.

 

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to 

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/rights-and-responsibilities/academic-integrity

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