HLTAHCS005 Implement basic health care plans

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HLTAHCS005 Implement basic health care plans

Modification History

Not applicable.

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide treatments and health care to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients. It requires the ability to review health assessments and contribute to the development of basic health care plans as part of a multidisciplinary primary health care team.

It covers skills to implement, monitor and review care plans for the care of clients with health conditions that are typically uncomplicated and require short term management. Implementation involves making referrals, administering clinical treatments and coordinating ongoing care.

This unit is specific to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people working as health workers or health practitioners. They work as part of a multidisciplinary primary health care team to provide primary health care services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.

No regulatory requirement for certification, occupational or business licensing is linked to this unit at the time of publication. For information about practitioner registration and accredited courses of study, contact the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (ATSIHPBA).

Pre-requisite Unit

Nil

Competency Field

Health Care and Support

Unit Sector

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health

Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Contribute to the planning of treatment and care for clients.	1.1. Review client history and health assessments to ascertain specific requirements of care plan. 1.2. Identify proposed treatment, care and support options within limits of own ability and responsibility. 1.3. Participate in health care team discussions, and contribute to a care plan that recognises and responds to the client’s needs.
2. Explain care plan to client.	2.1. Use culturally appropriate and safe communication to discuss care plan with client and/or significant others and explain how it relates to health assessment results. 2.2. Provide information about each aspect of proposed care plan and reasons for inclusion. 2.3. Encourage questions about care plan to support understanding, cooperation, and agreement. 2.4. Consult with health care team about client-suggested care plan changes and adjust as agreed. 2.5. Update client records to include the care plan, according to organisational policies and procedures.
3. Implement basic treatments and provide referrals.	3.1. Select and use medical equipment suited to purpose of treatment and according to manufacturer’s specifications. 3.2. Implement required infection control precautions according to treatment requirements. 3.3. Administer clinical treatments according to scope of practice and organisational standard treatment protocols. 3.4. Explain and guide client through self-care aspects of treatment. 3.5. Facilitate referrals to health professionals and support services according to client needs and preferences. 3.6. Update client records to include details of referrals, treatments and self-care information provided.
4. Monitor client health and review effectiveness of health care.	4.1. Monitor client health through ongoing scheduled assessments incorporated in care plan. 4.2. Gain feedback from client and/or significant others about their level of comfort and adherence to health care practices. 4.3. Determine degree of improvement of client’s condition, and compare with expectations of treatments and care plan. 4.4. Review treatments and care plan and provide continuity of care, as required, in consultation with client and health care team.

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance in this unit, but not explicit in the performance criteria are listed here, along with a brief context statement.
SKILLS	DESCRIPTION
Reading skills to:	interpret sometimes complex and unfamiliar standard treatment protocols and client records involving medical terminology and abbreviations.
Writing skills to:	use fundamental sentence structure, health terminology and abbreviations to complete forms and reports that require factual information.
Oral communication skills to:	provide unambiguous information to clients using plain language and terms easily understood ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to elicit information from clients and determine understanding of information provided.
Numeracy skills to:	interpret sometimes complex medical numerical data and abbreviations in standard treatment protocols and client records complete a range of calculations for treatments and care plan evaluations involving volume, percentages and ratios.

Unit Mapping Information

This unit supersedes and is not equivalent to both HLTAHW008 Assist in planning and implementation of basic health care and HLTAHW018 Plan, implement and monitor health care in a primary health care context. Content merged.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705