This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to administer medications to people and monitor them, as per the delegation from a relevant health professional, in accordance with legislation and the employing organisation’s medication and delegation policies and practice.

This unit applies to community services and health workers with the relevant authority in their state or territory to administer medication and monitor them as per the delegation from a relevant health professional.

Ongoing requirements to demonstrate competency in drug calculations may apply, and users should refer to relevant state/territory regulatory requirements.

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

The latest release of the unit of competency can be found at the following link:

https://training.gov.au/training/details/HLTHPS007/unitdetails

This unit will be delivered over 32 hours.

This program is delivered in the classroom and workplace.

Level 3, Suite 9, 48-50 George Street, Parramatta NSW 2150

Target groups for the HLTHPS007 Administer and monitor medications are:

- Support workers

- AINs and Team leaders in aged care

- Disability and community settings.

Caring Alliance has the following entry requirements:

Students must:

• be at least 18 years of age and have completed Year 12 or equivalent

• participate in a course entry interview to determine suitability for the course and student needs. Note that the course entry interview process will require students to provide details of workplace they will access for assisting clients with medications.

• have sufficient language, literacy and numeracy skills as tested through a language, literacy and numeracy assessment. Students will need to achieve ACSF level 3 for reading, writing, numeracy and oral communication to enter the course.

• Have sufficient digital literacy skills to use computer, LMS, and digital application including search engine.

The units HLTHPS007 Administer and monitor medications is included in many qualifications within Training Packages. Therefore, a statement of attainment for these units can be used as credit for a range of qualifications.