Elements and Performance Criteria

RANGE STATEMENT

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.


Pharmaceutical ingredients and equipment may include but is not limited to:
Medicinal substance, which may be of animal, mineral, vegetable, or imponderable source.
Lactose powder or globules
Medicating alcohol
Distilled water
Mortar and pestle
Measuring equipment
Sterile containers
Labels
Protective clothing


Nutritional and dietary supplement guidelines and methodology may include but is not limited to:
Nutritional and dietary supplement theory
Legal restrictions
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
restricted/scheduled substances
WHS
Principles of manufacturing nutritional and dietary supplements
Labelling requirements
Testing of nutritional and dietary supplements


Care is taken to prevent contamination means:
One medicine is used at a time
Medicines are made and prepared over an impervious surface
Medicines which come into contact with contaminates are discarded.
The work place is well ventilated with adequate lighting


Labelled correctly means:
According to legislative guidelines
According to clinic requirements


Acceptable sources includes:
Nutritional and Dietary Supplement suppliers listed in the Therapeutic Goods Administration
Overseas suppliers or
Collected and prepared from natural sources after ascertaining that the material is uncontaminated by pesticides or other contaminant


Factors which may have an effect on the storage include:
Heat above 50 c
Prolonged exposure to sunlight


Workplace information may include:
Details of preparation and dispensing undertaken
Date the prescription was written
Stock documentation
Details of person(s) conducting preparation and dispensing
Practitioner who wrote the prescription
Dispensing information for prescriptions (administration instructions)
Warnings concerning the prescription.


Instructions for taking Nutritional and dietary supplements refer to:
Mode of administration, eg external or internal
Frequency of administration
Factors which may interfere with the Nutritional and dietary supplements, eg Concurrent use of allopathic medications
The need to report incidences to the prescribing Nutritional and dietary practitioner


Clinic guidelines may includes:
WHS guidelines
Quality system guidelines
Dispensing procedure
Hygiene and waste guidelines
Stock and storage procedures


Dispensed ingredients and equipment may include:
Measuring equipment
Sterile containers
Labels
Protective clothing


The form of the medicine may include:
Powder
Tablet
Liquid
Cream
Ointment

EVIDENCE GUIDE

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic) is essential for assessment of this unit
Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over a range of workplace situations
Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations
Evidence is required of both knowledge and skills application
Where, for reasons of safety, space, or access to equipment and resources, assessment takes place away from the workplace, the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible
Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender
Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:
interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace
scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units
holistic/integrated assessment including:
working within the practice framework
performing a health assessment
assessing the client
planning treatment
providing treatment


Access and equity considerations:
All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities


Context of and specific resources for assessment:
An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
Dispensing resources meet infection control standards.
Relevant texts or medical manuals
Appropriate assessment environment for a primary contact healthcare practitioner
providing client privacy
adequate lighting and ventilation
easy access
practical access to amenities
Appropriately skilled assessors


Method of assessment may include:
Observation in the work place
Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice
Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting (laboratory/dispensary). If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision


Related units:
This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related units:
HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients
HLTIN504C Manage the control of infection