Overview
This short course is ideal for community services and health workers with authority in their state or territory to assist with the administration of medication. The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
This course forms part of the elective units of the CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support and Charter Australia is now offering it as a standalone course for qualified healthcare professionals and graduates in this sector.
The HLTHPS006 Assist Clients with Medication course provides students with the knowledge required to prepare for and provide medication assistance, and complete medication documentation. It also involves supporting a client to self-administer medication.
No prior experience is needed and is ideal for graduates entering the industry or students completing their course training. Students will, however, need to complete our LLN test.
The HLTHPS006 is available for self-paced online study through Charter Australia, however students must attend 1 face-to- face in class workshop at our campus in North Sydney, NSW and a work placement assessment.
Award Issued
Nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for HLTHPS006 Administer and monitor medications.
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to learn how to:
- Provide medication assistance
- Complete medication documentation
- Supporting a patient to self-administer medication
- Physically assisting and prompting clients with medications (like Webster-paks, eye drops, and creams)
- NOTE: Patients therefore must have the capacity to self-administer medication.
