Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

HLTNUT609B Mapping and Delivery Guide
Prepare and dispense nutritional and dietary supplements

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Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency HLTNUT609B - Prepare and dispense nutritional and dietary supplements
Description This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare and dispense dietary supplements according to a script prepared by a nutritional practitioner
Employability Skills This unit contains Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit requires an extensive level knowledge of nutritional supplements and a wide range of health conditions and must be undertaken within relevant legal and regulatory requirements including the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Act
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites Not Applicable
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Prepare the medicine
  • Identify and prepare pharmaceutical ingredients and equipment
  • Prepare medicine according to nutritional and dietary supplement guidelines and methodology
  • Prepare nutritional and dietary supplements according to clinic guidelines
  • Take care to prevent contamination of the nutritional and dietary supplements
  • Label nutritional and dietary supplements and store correctly
       
Element: Dispense the medicine
  • Identify and prepare ingredients and equipment for dispensing
  • Dispense the required nutritional and dietary supplements in the form and quantity stipulated by the prescription/order
  • Take care to prevent contamination of or by the nutritional and dietary supplements
  • Label the nutritional and dietary supplements correctly
  • Provide instructions for taking the nutritional and dietary supplements to the client.
  • Identify and explain factors that may have an effect on storage
  • Dispense the nutritional and dietary supplements according to clinic guidelines
       
Element: Control Stock
  • Obtain required materials from acceptable sources
  • Keep the pharmacy well stocked according to clinic guidelines
  • Identify factors that may have an effect on storage
  • Store materials according to clinic guidelines
  • Maintain an alcohol register according to government regulations
       
Element: Complete documentation
  • Record information according to clinic guidelines
  • Label materials correctly.
       


Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:

The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills

Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic) is essential for assessment of this unit

Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over a range of workplace situations

Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations

Evidence is required of both knowledge and skills application

Where, for reasons of safety, space, or access to equipment and resources, assessment takes place away from the workplace, the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible

Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender

Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:

interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace

scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units

holistic/integrated assessment including:

working within the practice framework

performing a health assessment

assessing the client

planning treatment

providing treatment

Access and equity considerations:

All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work

All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment

In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities

Context of and specific resources for assessment:

An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment

Dispensing resources meet infection control standards.

Relevant texts or medical manuals

Appropriate assessment environment for a primary contact healthcare practitioner

providing client privacy

adequate lighting and ventilation

easy access

practical access to amenities

Appropriately skilled assessors

Method of assessment may include:

Observation in the work place

Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge

Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice

Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting (laboratory/dispensary). If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision

Related units:

This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related units:

HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients

HLTIN504C Manage the control of infection

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit.

Essential knowledge:

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role

This includes knowledge of:

Equipment and instrumentation components, purpose and operation

Hygiene standards

Legal requirements relating to the prescription of medicine

Australian Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (ADRAC)

labelling requirements

legal restrictions/restricted substances

OHS hazards and controls

principles of manufacturing

quality control procedures

Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) for use in Australia

regulations controlling medicines and poisons. individual acts and regulations can vary from one state or territory to another

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) guidelines

Nutritional and dietary supplement and drug interactions

Nutritional and dietary supplement preparation from source materials

Nutritional and dietary supplement product identification

Nutritional and dietary supplements dispensing principles and methods

Nutritional and dietary supplements in pregnancy

Recording requirements and procedures

Recording requirements and procedures

The Drugs Prohibited for use on sport in Australia

The factors that effect nutritional and dietary supplements in preparation and storage

The nutritional and dietary supplement pharmacy

Waste handling requirements and procedures

Essential skills:

It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role

This includes the ability to:

Correctly identify equipment and ingredients for nutritional and dietary supplement preparation and dispensing

Identify nutritional and dietary supplements in accordance with clinic guidelines and relevant legislation

Maintain work area to meet clinic standards

Monitor the dispensing process and equipment operation out-of specification results or non-compliance and may include:

carrying out routine maintenance

cleaning and sanitising equipment

equipment faults

labelling

material faults

measuring devices

service faults

stock flow/quantity

Record information

Sort, collect, treat, recycle or dispose of waste, taking into account opportunities to address waste minimisation, environmental responsibility and sustainable practice issues

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Pharmaceutical ingredients and equipment may include but is not limited to:

Medicinal substance, which may be of animal, mineral, vegetable, or imponderable source.

Lactose powder or globules

Medicating alcohol

Distilled water

Mortar and pestle

Measuring equipment

Sterile containers

Labels

Protective clothing

Nutritional and dietary supplement guidelines and methodology may include but is not limited to:

Nutritional and dietary supplement theory

Legal restrictions

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)

restricted/scheduled substances

OHS

Principles of manufacturing nutritional and dietary supplements

Labelling requirements

Testing of nutritional and dietary supplements

Care is taken to prevent contamination means:

One medicine is used at a time

Medicines are made and prepared over an impervious surface

Medicines which come into contact with contaminates are discarded.

The work place is well ventilated with adequate lighting

Labelled correctly means:

According to legislative guidelines

According to clinic requirements

Acceptable sources includes:

Nutritional and Dietary Supplement suppliers listed in the Therapeutic Goods Administration

Overseas suppliers or

Collected and prepared from natural sources after ascertaining that the material is uncontaminated by pesticides or other contaminant

Factors which may have an effect on the storage include:

Heat above 50 c

Prolonged exposure to sunlight

Workplace information may include:

Details of preparation and dispensing undertaken

Date the prescription was written

Stock documentation

Details of person(s) conducting preparation and dispensing

Practitioner who wrote the prescription

Dispensing information for prescriptions (administration instructions)

Warnings concerning the prescription.

Instructions for taking Nutritional and dietary supplements refer to:

Mode of administration, eg external or internal

Frequency of administration

Factors which may interfere with the Nutritional and dietary supplements, eg Concurrent use of allopathic medications

The need to report incidences to the prescribing Nutritional and dietary practitioner

Clinic guidelines may includes:

OHS guidelines

Quality system guidelines

Dispensing procedure

Hygiene and waste guidelines

Stock and storage procedures

Dispensed ingredients and equipment may include:

Measuring equipment

Sterile containers

Labels

Protective clothing

The form of the medicine may include:

Powder

Tablet

Liquid

Cream

Ointment

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify and prepare pharmaceutical ingredients and equipment 
Prepare medicine according to nutritional and dietary supplement guidelines and methodology 
Prepare nutritional and dietary supplements according to clinic guidelines 
Take care to prevent contamination of the nutritional and dietary supplements 
Label nutritional and dietary supplements and store correctly 
Identify and prepare ingredients and equipment for dispensing 
Dispense the required nutritional and dietary supplements in the form and quantity stipulated by the prescription/order 
Take care to prevent contamination of or by the nutritional and dietary supplements 
Label the nutritional and dietary supplements correctly 
Provide instructions for taking the nutritional and dietary supplements to the client. 
Identify and explain factors that may have an effect on storage 
Dispense the nutritional and dietary supplements according to clinic guidelines 
Obtain required materials from acceptable sources 
Keep the pharmacy well stocked according to clinic guidelines 
Identify factors that may have an effect on storage 
Store materials according to clinic guidelines 
Maintain an alcohol register according to government regulations 
Record information according to clinic guidelines 
Label materials correctly. 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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