Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice - HLT40221
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc
Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS:
This qualification reflects the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners. It is specific to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who work as part of a multidisciplinary health care team providing primary health care services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.They provide culturally safe health and wellbeing promotion, preventative health care and clinical treatment services in a diversity of locations including urban, rural and remote settings.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners use initiative and judgement within the parameters of practice standards, treatment protocols and clinical supervision arrangements established by the employing organisation.This qualification provides a pathway to work in a range of health care settings including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community organisations, and the public or private health sector.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners are registered with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (ATSIHPBA) and, only when registered, can use the protected title of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health practitioner. However, registration is not automatically linked to an individual\u2019s certification in this qualification. Current requirements for practitioners to complete an accredited program of study, and how training organisations accredit their program, should be checked with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Accreditation Committee (ATSIHPAC).
Subjects
- Apply fluoride varnish
- Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control
- Work in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander primary health care
- Provide person-centred services to people with disability with complex needs
- Inform and support patients and groups about oral health
- Manage personal stressors in the work environment
- Promote awareness and early detection of cancer to men
- Communicate and work in health or community services
- Promote men's sexual health
- Complete routine physical health assessments
- Participate in workplace health and safety
- Implement complex health care plans
- Respond effectively to behaviours of concern
- Complete comprehensive physical health assessments
- Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
- Collect pathology specimens other than blood
- Provide information and support on environmental health issues
- Provide support to children affected by domestic and family violence
- Recognise and respond to crisis situations
- Conduct play audiometry
- Support the rights and needs of clients
- Assess and support the social and emotional wellbeing of clients
- Provide intervention support to families
- Provide support to clients experiencing alcohol and other drugs problems
- Provide information on smoking and smoking cessation
- Use and promote reflective practice in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander primary health care
- Use basic oral health screening tools
- Provide support to women with cancer
- Identify and report children and young people at risk
- Provide support to clients with diabetes
- Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
- Perform venous blood collections
- Promote women's sexual health
- Identify and respond to clinical risks in pathology collection
- Administer and coordinate Telehealth services
- Recognise and respond to oral health issues
- Provide support to men with cancer
- Provide eye health care
- Provide interventions to clients who are nicotine dependent
- Use communication to build relationships
- Provide support to older clients
- Work according to the principles of social and emotional wellbeing care
- Provide health care for children
- Provide support to address social and cultural determinants of client and community health
- Determine and implement disease prevention and control measures
- Support the rights and needs of clients in the justice system
- Facilitate access to tertiary health services
- Provide ear health care
- Promote awareness and prevention of chronic disease
- Provide support to clients with chronic disease
- Provide antenatal health care
- Provide First Aid
- Apply and use basic oral health products
- Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide
- Assess and respond to medical emergencies
- Work legally and ethically
- Assess children's health
- Provide support to clients affected by loss, grief or trauma
- Promote awareness and early detection of diabetes
- Support the safe use of medications
- Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
- Promote awareness and early detection of cancer to women
- Provide brief interventions
- Promote community awareness of domestic and family violence
- Promote lifestyle change
- Administer medications
- Contribute to planning and implementation of care services using a palliative approach
- Provide support to people living with dementia
- Provide alcohol and other drugs withdrawal services
- Assess hearing
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | Domestic: $25,200 | No |
