Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2020

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: Annelize Grech

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: annelize.grech@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

Learning activities will include, practical activities and simulations in the nursing laboratory, online activities, group work and clinical placement.


Teaching Schedule

Weeks Lesson Topics

Assessments Due

Week 1

Lesson 1

Introduction to the course including:

●      Course requirements and support

●      Course Canvas access

●      Assessment requirements 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 2

Lesson 2

Identify hazards at home based environment and come up with a Management plan

Documentation

Students are given opportunity to encounter  home based work hazards and use own judgement in minimising risk.

 

 

 

Week 3 

Complete online modules

  • Work safely
  • Legal requirements
  • Safety for client care
  • Hazard and risk management for client care
  
Week 5 

Manual Handling Principles and Practice

Nursing lab sessions to gain skills in manual handling:

  • Slide sheets
  • Standing machine
  • Hoist
  • Assistance with mobilisation
 Assessment Task 2 : Case study

Week 6

 

 

 

 

Assessment Task 3: Practical Assessment

 

Assessment Task 1 : Knowledge Assessment

 

 

 

 

 

  

 AT4: Clinical Placement


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


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 assessment tasks to demonstrate competence.

 


  

 

                       

 


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Knowledge assessment

Assessment Task 2: Case study

Assessment Task 3: Practical Assessment- Sling Hoist transfer

Assessment Task 4: Clinical Placement


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Students must be satisfactory for all assessment tasks to be deemed competent in this course

Please refer to the RMIT student Page for extensive information about study support, assessments, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/contact-and-help/support-services

 

Attendance

You are to attend all sessions in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensure the maximum opportunity and gain competency in the course.

Special consideration

Use the special consideration process if your circumstances are such that you cannot fulfil assessment requirements. For example, if you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by a due date, you will need to apply for an extension.

Re submissions

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

You are permitted to have a maximum of 2 re submissions for this course; however each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once.

re submissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the program coordinator after consultation with the teacher.

All re submissions must be completed and submitted no more than 7 days after our 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.

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

Working with Children Check and Police Check

This course requires a Working with Children Check and Police Check

Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer

If you think you have some or all of the knowledge and competencies described, please discuss the Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer options with may be available to you with your Course Coordinator:

For more information go to:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/search?q=prior+learning

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