Course Level
Diploma
Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Management - HLT50221
This qualification reflects the role of individuals working in organisations that provide primary health care services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities. It is specific to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people working in a diversity of senior health care or operational management roles and in diverse locations including urban, rural and remote settings.This qualification is intended for people who are following a career and training pathway from working as a health worker or health practitioner to work at management level, using considerable underpinning skills and work experience to support management activities.Depending on their role, work may involve health care and/or health promotion program management, health planning and case management for clients with complex needs, health coaching, family and community capacity building, or operational human resource and business management activities. This qualification allows for diverse outcomes.Individuals work with autonomy using discretion and judgement to make operational management decisions within an organisation.The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Hervey Bay | Full-time - 24 months | $8,000 | N/A |
Subjects
- Lead and manage effective workplace relationships
- Develop and support community leadership
- Secure and manage funding
- Mentor in the workplace
- Manage patient recordkeeping system
- Develop and manage a budget
- Implement and monitor infection prevention and control standards, policies and procedures
- Develop and lead community engagement strategies to enhance participation
- Assess competence
- Plan assessment activities and processes
- Support the rights and needs of clients
- Work with carers and families in complex situations
- Implement community development strategies
- Manage recovery functions and services
- Manage the prevention and control of infection
- Use and promote reflective practice in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander primary health care
- Advocate on behalf of groups or the community
- Develop medical emergency plan
- Design and develop assessment tools
- Facilitate and review case management
- Develop and deliver community projects
- Coordinate recruitment and onboarding
- Analyse data
- Support community action
- Plan and chair Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation board meetings
- Contribute to the review and development of policies
- Manage business operational plans
- Use communication to build relationships
- Develop, implement and review quality framework
- Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
- Develop health promotion programs
- Develop a disaster plan
- Maintain work health and safety
- Provide support to clients with chronic disease
- Communicate with influence
- Provide supervision for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers
- Coordinate business resources
- Research community health
- Manage Telehealth technology
- Assess readiness for and effect behaviour change
- Develop critical thinking in others
- Participate in assessment validation
- Manage people performance
- Develop primary health care programs
- Promote community awareness of domestic and family violence
- Promote lifestyle change
- Contribute to the care of clients living with mental illness
- Lead the work team
- Contribute to assessment
- Manage legal and ethical compliance
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Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice - HLT40221
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