HLT31412 Certificate III in 
Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support
CSU Training offers HLT31412 Certificate III in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support from the HLT07 Training Package.
This qualification covers pharmacy assistants and technicians who provide a range of varied assistance to pharmacists in hospital and community health settings.
This may include pharmacy assistants and technicians located outside of health services who supply medicines and products to hospitals and other health services.
This qualification is suited to Australian Apprenticeship pathways.
This qualification is not applicable to retail pharmacy workers.
Job Roles
Occupational titles for these workers may include:
- Pharmacy assistant
- Dispensing technician
- Pharmacy technician
- Distribution technician
- Hospital pharmacy technician
- Hospital pharmacy assistant
Entry requirements
To gain entry into this qualification, candidates must be working in a hospital or community health setting. This may include pharmacies that are located outside of health services but supply medicines and products to hospitals and other health services.
Pathways
After achieving HLT31412 Certificate III in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support, candidates may undertake Certificate IV in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support.
Packaging rules
This qualification requires 14 units of competency, including:
- 9 core units and
- 5 elective units
Code Units
Elective Units
Note: Students who work, or intend to work, in hospital pharmacies in Victoria, will also be required to satisfactorily complete a forensic module approved by the Pharmacy Board of Victoria. The student's hospital will assist with access to an appropriate forensic module.
Course Duration
Study is self paced. Students are expected to complete the qualification within 24 months.
Requirements
Trainees are required to:
- Be working in a Hospital or Community Pharmacy (not retail)
- Be in a position to complete the study within 24 months
- Have the support of their workplace supervisor, who is:
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- in a position to ensure the learner has adequate time and appropriate resources to learn on the job
- authorised by the pharmacy to sign a third party report to verify competence on- the -job in line with specific behaviours relevant to each unit of study
- in a position to arrange specialist coaching in specific work skills and/or access to specialist personnel as necessary and required
- Nominate a workplace mentor, approved by the pharmacy, who will guide and support the learner in learning the required competencies. Mentors are required to have completed a CSU Training Workplace Mentor Module; training is provided when the student enrols. Ideally the mentor should not be the supervisor. The mentor could be:
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- A pharmacy technician or senior pharmacy technician who has completed HLT40512 or HLT40507 Certificate IV in Hospital/ Health Services Pharmacy Support or HLT40502 Certificate IV in Health Service Assistance (Hospital/Community Health Pharmacy Technician) or
- A pharmacist who is in a position to meet regularly with the trainee to discuss learning and provide coaching in the required work skills
Delivery
Learners will be supported by a learning facilitator, who will be appointed at the time of enrolment. The learning facilitator will conduct an initial telephone interview with the learner to discuss study goals and personal circumstances, to confirm electives, to establish whether recognition may be appropriate and to set a study schedule.
The learning facilitator will be available via telephone and email throughout the course of study to provide guidance and feedback to the learner. Workplace mentors will support the learner to learn new skills and apply new knowledge in the workplace. Learners will submit completed assessment tasks to the learning facilitator for assessment.
Learners will receive a folder containing Learning and Assessment Guides for each unit of study. The Learning and Assessment Guides have been written especially for the hospital pharmacy environment by our team of hospital pharmacists and educational designers. They contain current and relevant information and learning activities that support the application of theory into work place practice. Workplace mentors will also receive a Mentors Folder containing the Learning and Assessment Guides and information specific to mentoring the leaner in each unit of study.
Learning facilitators
This qualification is delivered by a team of qualified and knowledgeable pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and academics, who have extensive pharmacy experience in a range of settings.
Our learning facilitators have expertise in coordinating and facilitating distance-based learning.
Credit transfer
Credit transfer will be given for units listed on Statements of Attainment issued by Registered Training Organisation that carry the same code and name as that listed for the qualification.
Recognition
RPL is a process to acknowledge learners’ existing skills and knowledge relevant to individual units in the qualification. Learners applying for RPL will be required to provide evidence of current competence, including recent pharmacy experience, relevant to the performance criteria of the unit/s for which recognition is sought. The learning facilitator will provide guidance to assist in the recognition process. RPL is awarded for whole units only.
Pathways
After achieving HLT31412 Certificate III in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support, candidates may undertake Certificate IV in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support.
Cost
The full qualification costs $3,447
The fee includes:
- Learning and Assessment Guides
- Assessment
- Mentor training module
- Mentor Learning and Assessment Guide
- Guide for Workplace Supervisors
- Email and telephone support from a learning facilitator
- Certificate
Payment may be made in installments
Enrolment
Contact
Jo St John
Phone: 02 6933 4257
Email: jstjohn@csu.edu.au