Certificate III in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support - HLT37115

Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS:

This qualification reflects the role of pharmacy technicians and assistants who provide a range of assistance to pharmacists in hospital and community health settings. This may include pharmacies that are located outside of health services but supply medicines and products to hospitals and other health services. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Structure

• 14 units: 10 core
• 4 elective

Subjects

• Promote innovation in a team environment
• Communicate and work in health or community services
• Participate in workplace health and safety
• Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
• Assist with dispensing of prescriptions and medication orders
• Recognise healthy body systems
• Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
• Work with diverse people
• Contribute to team effectiveness
• Maintain pharmaceutical imprest stock
• Pack pharmaceutical products
• Order, maintain and distribute pharmaceutical stock
• Apply the principles of confidentiality, privacy and security within the medical environment
• Organise personal work priorities and development
• Organise workplace information
• Create and use spreadsheets

Study information

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University of Canberra

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Edith Cowan University ECU