Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2019

Course Code: OHTH5943C

Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

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

Campus: Bundoora Campus

Program: C5365 - Diploma of Nursing

Course Contact: Jaye Keating

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254845

Course Contact Email: jaye.keating@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 pre-requisites for this unit of competency

Course Description

 

This course 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 course 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.

 

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.


This course includes clinical placement


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 role-play. Skills development is supported by lectures on theory.

 

On completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care

    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

  2. Follow safe work practices for manual handling

    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

  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

    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

  4. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

    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

  5. Reflect on own safe work practices

    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

     

     


Details of Learning Activities

All learning activities you will undertake within the course are designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to perform to the standard expected in the health industry.

Learning activities include:

Face to face delivery – introduce you to the key concepts within the course
Practical laboratories – provide an opportunity to practise your skills in a simulated work environment
Online Quizzes – provide you with formative feedback. placement – provides you with practical experience in a nursing workplace.

Clinical placement- provides you with the opportunity to practise your skills in the workplace.


Teaching Schedule

Date

Lesson Topic

 

Week 2 commencing 15/7/19

Lesson 1

 AT1 - safety symbols test online is available for students after session 1.

 Assessment Task 1 due 9th August 2019

Week 3 commencing 22/7/19

Lesson 2

 

Week 4 commencing 29/07/2019

Lesson 3 - (second half of the session is AT2 Part A)

 Assessment Task 2 due 7th August 2019

Week 5 commencing 5/08/2019

LAB Session - Manual handling

 Assessment Task 3 due 15th August

Week 6 commencing 12/08/2019

LAB Assessment - Manual Handling

 Assessment task 4 due 20th September 2019


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Nursing Text books, Black board learning resourses, library.


Overview of Assessment

This assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.

 

You will be asked to personally demonstrate to your teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals

 

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessment tasks

 

Assessment

Assessment 1

Safety Symbols online quiz

Assessment 2

Workplace Emergency Policy and Management

Assessment 3

Workplace Hazard Identification

Assessment 4

Practical Skills assessment

Assessment 5

Clinical placement

 

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

 

 

 

 

                       

 


Assessment Tasks

Task Number

1   of   5

Task Name

 Safety Symbols online quiz

National unit(s) code

HLTWHS002

National unit(s) title

Follow safe work practices for direct client care

National qualification code

HLT54115

National qualification title

Diploma of nursing

RMIT Program code

C5365

RMIT Course code

NURS5375C

Student Instruction:

You are required to complete the following online multiple choice questions related to the symbols provided. For each question you will be provided with a symbol which you will be required to identify. There are 10 (ten ) symbols to identify.

You will have 180 minutes to complete the quiz and must achieve 100% in order to be deemed Satisfactory in this assessment.

You will have a total of Three (3) attempts.

 

Task Number

2   of   5

Task Name

 Work Place Emergency Policy & Management

National unit(s) code

HLTWHS002

National unit(s) title

Follow safe work practices for direct client care

National qualification code

HLT54115

National qualification title

Diploma of nursing

RMIT Program code 

C5365

RMIT Course code

NURS5375C

 

 

 

HLTWHS002: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Assessment Task 2- Simulation of emergency WHS meetings and Incident reporting.

Students in groups of 4-5 are given a scenario on a work place emergency.

Students should be able to identify the emergency ( e.g: code red/code orange etc.) and to be able to answer the questions provided within the scenario.

Allocate 5-10 minutes for each group ( which includes their preparation time for the act), and all the members of the group should participate in the scenario. (Students can use butchers paper, pen or paper for their preparation and presentation)

Upon completion of the Simulated scenario, each students are supposed to fill in an Incident report form for that particular scenario and submit it Via canvas individually.

Scenarios will be handed out to students on the Day of Assessment.

(Please be aware that when you fill out the Incident report form the place of incident will be: RMIT simulation in Lab)

Upon completion of the Simulated scenario each student will complete an Incident report form for that particular scenario and submit it Via Canvas individually.

 (Please be aware that when you fill out the Incident report form the place of incident will be: RMIT simulation in Lab)

You will be assessed against the criteria as listed in the observation checklist of this task and how well you answer the questions asked by your assessor. To achieve a satisfactory result you will need to address all criteria satisfactorily.

Feedback on your assignment and your grade will be released via the Grades item in the left menu. Assessment tasks will receive the following outcomes:

Satisfactory

Not Satisfactory

RMIT Electronic Submission of work for assessment

I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the Assessment declarationLinks to an external site.

due date: 07/08/19

Task Number

  3  of   5

Task Name

 Work Place Hazard Identification

National unit(s) code

HLTWHS002

National unit(s) title

Follow safe work practices for direct client care

National qualification code

HLT54115

National qualification title 

Diploma of nursing

RMIT Program code 

C5365

RMIT Course code

NURS5375C

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 Assessment Instruction

You are required to carry out a risk assessment of a  home and fill out the Hazard checklist below. It can be your home, your neighbour's home or a relative's home.

Once you have completed the hazard checklist you need to make a list of at least 3 Hazards that may create a risk for you or the patient in a Home Based environment.

e.g: Fire risk, loose pavements, improper lighting, lack of equipment’s, unsafe surroundings, mental health issues etc.

Once completed please upload onto Canvas.

Due Date :15/08/19 

Task Number

4  of   5

Task Name

 Practical Skills Assessment

National unit(s) code

HLTWHS002

National unit(s) title

Follow safe work practices for direct client care

National qualification code

HLT54115

National qualification title

Diploma of nursing

RMIT Program code

C5365

RMIT Course code

NURS5375C

 

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This is the student guide for the City and Bundoora 19 A & B manual Handling Lab Assessment

Task Number

5  of   5

Task Name

 Clinical Placement

National unit(s) code 

HLTWHS002

National unit(s) title

Follow safe work practices for direct client care

National qualification code

HLT54115

National qualification title

Diploma of nursing

RMIT Program code 

C5365

RMIT Course code 

NURS5375C

 

The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector.

Clinical placement will provide you with the skills to follow safe work practices in the workplace. 

This will be supported by your theoretical knowledge obtained in lectures and practice in the RMIT laboratories.

Instructions

In your all of clinical placements you will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge of working with diverse people within a healthcare environment/clinical setting.

For reflection on your own practice and self-care refer to the clinical placement logbook for more information section related to Reflective Journal for Clinical Placements.

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Assessment Matrix

Elements

Performance Criteria

Assessment task number 

 

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Other Information

Please refer to the RMIT Student Page for extensive information about study support, assessments, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters:http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students

You must be competent in all elements to successfully complete the course

You are permitted to have a maximum of 2 resbumissions for this course, however each individual assessments may only be submitted once. Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the descretion of the programme coordinator after consultation with the teacher.

All resubmissions must be completed and submitted no more than 7 days after your work has been assessed.

  

Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the Clinical Coordinator/Program Manager.

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