HLT57715 – Diploma of Practice Management

• Amount of Training is 876 Hours
• Course duration is 52 weeks
• Blended delivery
• Available to domestic students

15 units are required for the award for this qualification including:

• 10 core units
• 5 elective units

Unit Code	Unit Title
CHCDIV001	Work with diverse people
HLTWHS004	Manage work health and safety
HLTADM004	Manage health billing and accounting system
BSBWOR502	Lead and manage team effectiveness
HLTINF007	Implement and monitor infection prevention control policies and procedures
BSBMED301	Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
CHCPRP003	Reflect on and improve own professional practice
CHCLEG003	Manage legal and ethical compliance
BSBRSK501	Manage risk
BSBCUS501	Manage quality customer service
BSBADM502	Manage meetings
BSBMGT516	Facilitate continuous improvement
BSBFIM501	Manage budgets and financial plans
BSBMGT502	Manage people performance
BSBINM501	Manage an information or knowledge management system

After the successful completion of the program the candidates may gain employment as Practice Managers in such settings as Medical Centre’s, Dental Clinics, Chiropractic Clinics, Podiatry Clinics, Kindergartens, Maternal Health Care Centre’s, and other community Health Care settings. Occupational titles may include:

• Practice Manager
• Business Manager
• Program Manager
• Service Manager

IHNA Kochi (India)

Blended Delivery

The amount of training that will be provided as a base line includes:

• 574 hours of theory and lecture delivery
• 112 hours of other supervised instruction (SBA)
• 174 hours of structured unsupervised learning (structured interactive learning)
• 16 hours of work placement

This provides a total of 876 hours in total 52 weeks with 36 weeks of course delivery and 16 weeks of holiday period. Students will do minimum of 10 hours of self-paced training in each week. So, volume of training will be 1236 hours for this course. Overall, students have a duration of 52 weeks to complete the qualification. Extensions are available to students who have been progressing but unable to complete within the set duration. Students should apply formally, in writing, to their facilitator for an extension. 20 hours per week will be delivered through synchronised Online learning which includes on- campus simulation based training and Professional experience placement. Besides the above structured learning, students are advised that they will be required to do approximate 10 hours per week of unstructured learning.

There are no pre-requisites or any other training package entry requirements for this course. IHNA has in place admission criteria for courses in its scope as required by its ‘Application and Enrolment Procedure for VET Courses’ to ensure that candidates meet industry requirements.

IHNA Admission requirements

• Successful completion of Plus Two or above qualification & basic computer skills
• 18 years of age and above at the time of commencement of the course
• Successful completion of the language, literary and numeracy (LLN) test and demonstration of competence level as exit level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF)
• Mature age students (22+) will also be considered without the minimum education requirements. Each case will be reviewed individually to ascertain the capacity of the student to meet course. requirements

^*Students are required to meet the Department of Home Affairs English language requirements for student visa applications, which may differ from the above course entry requirements

Additional Requirements

• Digital literacy
  

  • Basic computer skills

  • Students should be in possession of their own laptops to facilitate the training and assessment.

Professional Experience Placement (PEP) requirements

• Immunisation is required prior to undertaking ‘Professional Experience Placement’(PEP) in healthcare facilities
• Physical requirements that are necessary to pass the course objectives are:
  • Strength: To assist with lifting and transferring a client, and perform CPR
  • Mobility: To bend, stoop, and bend down to the floor; ability to move around rapidly; and to move in small, confined spaces
  • Hearing: To hear through the stethoscope to discriminate sounds; to hear cries for help; to hear alarms on equipment and emergency signals; and various overhead pages
  • Vision: To make physical assessments of client and equipment
  • Communication: To communicate in both verbal and written formats; and interact with clients, staff, and faculty supervisors
• Students must declare a disability or disorder (if any), or if they are on any medication which may require reasonable adjustments.

Our approach is to collect evidence on whether the student can perform to the standards of the workplace. This is based on the relevant unit of competency, and you’ll find these tools being used:

• Theory Assessments (TA)
• Knowledge Based Assessments (KBA)
• Simulation Based Assessments (SBA)
• Professional Experience Placement (PEP)