Certificate III in Health service Assistance

Covering a broad aspect of patient healthcare, students should look for careers such as:

• Assistant to Nurse
• Individual Patient Caretaker
• Patient Care Support
• Attendant for Patient Service

There are no specific licensing, certification or regulatory policies required for this course. Though, you must have to maintain excellent hand hygiene at all times and also apply for a Police Verification before the course commencement.

Here are the entry requirements for a Certificate III in Health Services Assistance:

• Excellent understanding of English, both written and oral and a high school passing certificate (Grade X).
• The minimum age for application is 18 years.
• Certification in Reading and Writing Skills (L)
• Oral Communication skills (L) Certification
• Certification in Numeracy and Mathematics skills (N)

There are a total of 13 units in this course program consisting of 7 core units and 6 elective units. All the electives from Group B must be chosen for acute care speciality, and there must be 2 units from any accredited course or endorsed training package relevant to healthcare workers.

Here are the course units covered in Certificate III in Health Services Assistance:

Care Topics

• Communicating and working in health or community services.
• Working with a diverse section of people.
• Effective Recognition of healthy body systems.
• Complying with infection prevention, and maintaining control policies and procedures.
• Participating in workplace health and safety measures.
• Interpreting and applying appropriate medical terminology.
• Organizing personal work priorities and development.

Elective Topics

• Assisting with patient movement.
• Responding effectively to concerning behaviours.
• Facilitating empowerment of disabled people.
• Assisting nursing care within an acute care environment.
• Providing non-client support in an acute care environment.
• Providing basic first aid.
• Transporting Individuals needing healthcare.
• Providing Patient-Centric Support.

Students must complete at least 80 hours of hands-on work experience focused on people-centric healthcare in any hospital or premium healthcare facility.

The course program duration depends on other factors like training delivery, skill development and individual experience. However, course enrollees are required to complete training of at least 1200 Hours consisting of guided learning, assessments, individual study duration and work placement. Going practically towards it, the course program takes about a year to complete.

This Certification is the best fit for students residing in Australia, especially Sydney. Our delivery options include:

• Distance education program (throughout Australia)
• Blended delivery program including distance and on-campus education (Sydney only)

Being a seasoned education services provider, we can provide you:

• Easily accessible and diverse resources for skill development.
• Well-equipped and air-conditioned classrooms.
• Practical workshop sessions conducted on-Campus by creating a simulated working environment.
• Experienced and Individual-Focused Trainers.

After successful completion of this course program, students can opt for further studies in:

• Level IV Certification programs provided by Nursing Training Australia.
• Diploma certification programs provided by Nursing Training Australia.

Certification III endorses RPL which allows the candidate to complete the course program by recognizing relevant skills attained in the past through work experience or previous studies.

The course program is based on competency-based modules. Our training package consists of student assessments based on these competencies to cover small details throughout the course program. Course completion assessment is based on completed tasks, class attendance, participation and completion of projects/assignments.