Education and Training Programs

HLA is committed to the improvement of health outcomes for individuals and communities, whether in metropolitan, outer-metropolitan, or rural settings, by facilitating access to quality education and training for health sector educators and supervisors.  We aim to:

  • Develop and deliver non-accredited and accredited health promotion education and training programs for the community, and for healthcare professionals continuing professional development (CPD) courses.
  • Supporting flexible delivery education and training for the community and for health sector workers and associated support staff in communities where they are most needed.
  • Assisting the development of training facilities in identified areas of need to improve health outcomes and nurture and utilize local expertise.
  • Support the highest quality education and training for, and exposure to, hospital, general practice and other community primary health care services, from school students to undergraduates and practicing doctors.

Our education team will guide and support our education and training resources, programs, and services. This team’s objectives include facilitating the development and promoting educational activities and programs for health care sector personnel and the community, collaborating to share ideas including curriculum delivery frameworks and resources, promoting best practice including facilitation of contributions for relevant conferences and conventions, and nurturing collegiate networks involved in undergraduate, prevocational and vocational education and training, and integration with other education and training of other health care service providers.

Contact us for more information about our education and training.

 

Education and Training Programs for Registered Nurses and Midwives

Education and Training Programs for Registered Nurses

The following education and training seminars and webinars for nurses, can be provided individually for nurses enrolled in scheduled intakes, or as a packaged suite for aged care nursing homes and other organisations that can be scheduled in consultation with these organisations.

Seminars are designed as 1.5-hour sessions for a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 16 registered participants. In addition to each session, there is provision for participants to be able to communicate with the educator/trainer or another of our educators/trainers with respect to the session at focus by email, SMS, or phone contact.

Our training programs for nurses differ from others on the market, in that each session has been designed to guide the participants in their clinical decision-making, by considering each of the following factors:

  • the interrelationship and differing perspectives on quality, cost, and time, from the needs of the consumer, the health professional, and the facility/agency;
  • communication as if affects contextual and clinical competence;
  • removal, mitigation, or management of risk; and
  • the relationship between quality indicators and clinical practice.

 

Programs for Registered Nurses and Health Care Facilities and Agencies

These Health Leaders Australia, education and training programs and related support services are:

(A) Nurses for Aged Care Program (NACP)

The Nurses for Aged Care Program is an education and training program undertaken through a series of interactive webinar and/or face-to-face collaborative learning sessions, and supported by targeted web-based resources for nurses.

There are three different participant cohort models available for this Program as follows:

  • nurses who enrol as individual participantsin a Program designed to support nurses who undertake the Program under their own initiative;
  • nurses who are employees of systemic aged care service providing organisations, in which the Program is customised in collaboration with each systemic aged care organisation, to support the priority needs of these nurses informed by the specific priorities and other requirements of their employing systemic organisations; and
  • nurses who are employees of an individual aged care service, for which the Program is customised to support the identified needs of these nurses, informed by the priorities and other requirements of their particular employer organisation.

 

Program Objectives

This Nurses for Aged Care Program has been designed to:

  • proactively assist graduate and experienced nurses from other healthcare sectors, to efficiently and effectively develop and apply knowledge, skills, attitudes, and resources to enhance their aged care nursing career opportunities and service outcomes;
  • enable Registered Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and home-based nursing service providers, to attract, develop, and retain highly competent and committed new graduates and experienced nurses to the aged care sector enhancing their workforce;
  • empower the Program’s participants to serve as clinical and organisational leaders, to proactively and successfully contribute toward the achievement of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and the aged care reform agenda announced in the 2021/2022 Federal Budget; and
  • expand the availability of nurses who are committed to, and trained with the competencies required, to provide high quality nursing and associated clinical and organisational leadership, for the Australian community.

 

Learning Outcomes

By completion of the Program graduates should be able to:

  • articulate and consistently apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of quality nurses providing patient-centred care for aged people;
  • apply competent nursing clinical decisions, problem-solving, risk-assessment and mitigation actions, and apply safe personal and workplace practices;
  • work as a member of a collaborative team and maintain productive relationships with their aged care residents, workplace and broader professional collegiate network, and other stakeholders of their services; and
  • proactively contribute toward a professional workplace culture and quality outcomes for those they serve.

 

Career Outcomes

The NACP enables its participants to pursue a rewarding nursing career in providing quality clinical and related services for residents of the aged care community. Career development outcomes and aspirations supported include service such as:

  • a nurse providing care directly to aged care consumers in collaboration with the support of care workers and other health care colleagues;
  • a mentor or facilitator providing education and training for other nurses and carers; and
  • a clinical team leader such as a coordinator or clinical manager of a nursing service.

 

Learning and Teaching Approach

The learning and teaching approach includes:

  • Engaged participation in webinar and/or face-to-face based learning sessions, facilitated by skilled aged-care nurse educators who possess a wide variety of specialised skills and expertise.
  • Engaged participation in discussion forums to promote professional communication, collaboration, and peer to peer networking.
  • Unpacking real-life case scenarios to analyse, distil, and ensure quality practice.
  • Identification of and linkages to useful aged care focused website and other resources and reference information.
  • Developing and presenting a portfolio that distils learning from the program into a practical project that is or can be deployed in an aged care setting.

 

Program Curriculum Frameworks

Curriculum framework for individually enrolled participants

This program is drawn from the following one and half hour learning and teaching seminars, which are presented fortnightly/monthly for each planned cohort of participants.

  • Governance and Aged Care Standards, and Addressing Diversity in Aged Care
  • Professional Issues – Risk Assessment, Code of Conduct, and Clinical Handover
  • Health Needs of Older People – G.P. Referral Considerations
  • Acute Deterioration/Clinical Assessment- Assessing the Needs on Return from the Hospital
  • Incidents in Aged Care – Falls Management and Compulsory Reporting – Serious Incident Reports (SIRS)
  • Wound Management – Records and Photos
  • Pain Management – Abbey Pain Scale Records
  • Medication Management – Psychotropic Records
  • Infection Prevention and Control – Outbreak Management
  • Mental Health – Cornell Scale for Depression (CSD) and Other Assessments
  • Dementia – Behaviours and Communication
  • Nutrition Management, Oral Health and Referral to Speech Pathology
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care, and Care Plans and Health Directives

Curriculum framework custom designed  for employees of systemic and/or for individual aged care service providing organisations

These programs: (1) draw from the above suite of learning and teaching seminarsthat each applicable systemic or individual aged care organisation chooses to include in a customised Program for their nurses, and (2) additional seminars that can be provided to address other customised requirements of their organisation.

For More Information

For more information:Email: info@hla.org.au or Phone: 0477 660 344 or 0409 847 172

 

(B) Shorter Focused Aged Care Context Specific Seminars and Seminar Packages for Nurses

These aged care context specific seminars and seminar packages for nurses, are designed to provide participants with quality CPD learning experiences and outcomes, to enhance their competencies and confidence, in the provision of services as aged care nurses.

There are two ways in which nurses and their prospective current and/or aged care service providers can benefit from these quality CPD learning opportunities as follows:

Packaged Seminar Suite Options

To enrol in one or more of the following packaged suites of CPD seminars:

Packaged Suite A

  • Understanding the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation
  • Covid-19 and Aged Care
  • PPE – Donning and Doffing
  • Communication with People Living with Dementia
  • When to Consult the GP

Packaged Suite B

  • Behaviours of Concern – Dementia Care
  • Personalising Assessments and Care plans
  • Restrictive Practice in Aged Care
  • Wound Management
  • Palliative Care 

Customisable CPD Education and Training Seminar Options for Aged Care Service Providers’ Nurses

Aged care facilities/agencies may customise CPD packages of education and training seminars from the above packaged suites, as well as any of the following other CPD education and training seminars/webinars for their employed nurses:

Other Education and Training Seminar Focus Areas Available

  • Conflict Resolution
  • Medical Calculations
  • Grief and Loss
  • Hand Hygiene
  • Quality Indicators in Aged Care
  • Understanding Diversity in Aged Care
  • Managing Complaints and Serious Incident Reporting
  • Advanced Care Plan discussions
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Nutrition in Aged care – Food Handling
  • Nutrition, Hydration, BMI and Healthy Weight
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Manual Handling – No Lift
  • Chemical Handling
  • Fire and Evacuation

For more information:Email: info@hla.org.au or Phone: 0477 660 344 or 0409 847 172

 

(C) Information Support for transitioning from the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) to the New Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding model

The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) is transitioning to the new Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding model on 1 October 2022.  All Australian Government-funded residential aged care facilities will be required to transfer to the AN-ACC funding model on 1 October 2022.

HLA engaged educators can be engaged to provide residential aged care facilities’ personnel involved inthe provision and administration of ACFI services with:

  • knowledge regarding this change; and
  • Information to assist in planning to address the planning implications of this change.

For more information:Email: info@hla.org.au or Phone: 0477 660 344 or 0409 847 172

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