Unit code: CHCLEG001

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and work within the legal and ethical frameworks that apply to an individual job role.

Unit code: HLTAHW005

Unit description:

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to deliver primary health care services within the context of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health. It provides an understanding of historical, political and other significant factors impacting on the current health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Unit code: HLTAHW006

Unit description:

This unit describes the required knowledge and skills for primary health care workers to assist Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities to understand their rights and communicate their needs within a self-determination framework. This includes the use of interpreter and translation services to liaise with service providers to enable clients to access a range of health services. This unit does not assume the individual worker has interpretation and/or translation qualifications to provide these services themselves.

Unit code: HLTAHW016

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to initiate, undertake and interpret findings from a range of clinical assessments, tests and procedures to determine the physical wellbeing of a client.

Unit code: HLTAHW017

Unit description:

This unit deals with the required skills and knowledge to assess clients in relation to their social and emotional wellbeing, and provide appropriate support and referral as a member of a multidisciplinary team working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Unit code: HLTAHW018

Unit description:

This unit deals with the required skills and knowledge to plan, implement and monitor a range of health care services as a member of a multidisciplinary team working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Unit code: HLTAHW019

Unit description:

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to deliver health care programs to address identified needs in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Unit code: HLTAHW020

Unit description:

This unit covers the required skills and knowledge to administer medication to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients. It involves determining the medication requirements of an individual client, calculating dosage and performing the clinical skills necessary to administer the required medication. It also involves supporting a client to self administer medication.

Unit code: HLTAHW021

Unit description:

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to promote healthy nutrition to address the requirements of a range of client groups and to improve community nutrition.

Unit code: HLTAHW022

Unit description:

This unit deals with the required skills and knowledge to promote and apply strategies to address social determinants that underpin and contribute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues, in the context of delivering primary health care services.

Unit code: HLTAHW037

Unit description:

This describes the skills and knowledge required to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities to safely use medication through the provision of accurate information about medicines. This unit includes investigating individual client needs for information, and researching and delivering knowledge to clients to support the Quality Use of Medicines. It also involves delivering information as part of health promotion activities with communities or identified groups.

Unit code: HLTAID003

Unit description:

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty. The unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, include community and workplace settings.

Unit code: HLTINF001

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to follow organisational infection prevention and control procedures, including implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks.

Unit code: HLTWHS001

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for workers to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others. The unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, either under direct supervision or with some individual responsibility.

Unit code: BSBCUE404

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to gather, collate and record information from a variety of sources, including database systems.

Unit code: CHCCCS017

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise and respond to the needs of people who are experiencing loss, grief and bereavement.

Unit code: HLTAHW013

Unit description:

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to contribute to a response to emergencies that affect the community, in accordance with a prepared plan of action. It may involve dealing with emergencies of a medical or non-medical nature.

Unit code: HLTAHW014

Unit description:

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge required by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers to support the health of Elders in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities. Support may be provided to Elders living at home, in residential aged-care facilities, or in community organisations providing health care specifically for the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Unit code: HLTAHW028

Unit description:

This unit describes the skills and competencies required to conduct health promotion related to chronic conditions as part of primary health care services for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Unit code: HLTAHW035

Unit description:

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to provide information about cancer and support for people and their families, to enable informed choices about prevention and screening, diagnosis and treatment, through to survivorship or palliation.

Unit code: HLTAHW038

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify, assess and implement care related to the growth and development, and to promote wellbeing for, children from birth to 5 years of age. The unit applies to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers who are working with families and children within a primary health care context. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.