Non-Award
Do you work in a caring or support role in the community services industry? This skill set will develop your skills so you can support people to self-administer medication.
You will gain the skills and knowledge required to prepare for and provide medication assistance, and complete medication documentation. You must be working in the health or community services industry with authority in your state or territory to assist with the administration of medication.
This skill set has been endorsed by industry as suitable for people who hold a qualification at Certificate III level or higher in an area involving provision of direct client care or support.
Covering topics including basic anatomy and physiology, physical assistance skills and techniques and incident reporting and standard documentation, you will need to complete two units of competency, detailed below.