HLTPHA010 — Maintain pharmaceutical imprest stock
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What an assessment for HLTPHA010 must cover
30 assessable components: 3 elements (18 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 1 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Monitor imprest stock against requirements.
- 1.1Establish needs to replenish stock and determine quantity from specified minimum and maximum levels.
- 1.2Use appropriate technology to complete stock checks and generate picking lists of requisition items as required.
- 1.3Check that requisition lists comply with operating procedures and department requirements.
- 1.4Identify and report deviations to an authorised person according to scope of own job role.
2 Select and dispatch stock.
- 2.1Apply the principles of safe medication storage to reduce the risk of selection errors.
- 2.2Obtain clearance for orders from an authorised person where required.
- 2.3Select requisitioned products and place into appropriate delivery containers.
- 2.4Interpret information in pharmacy management systems, complete accurate transactions and generate packing slip.
- 2.5Store and pack completed requisitions within the pharmacy prior to delivery ensuring all labelling requirements are met.
- 2.6Deliver stock to designated areas.
- 2.7Ensure stock is rotated and within the expiration date.
- 2.8Store and pack stock according to manufacturers’ recommended storage conditions including temperature and light sensitive medication.
- 2.9Download and read temperature monitor information and take appropriate action if outside of recommended range.
- 2.10Ensure an authorised person verifies, checks and signs for medication on receipt where required.
3 Complete documentation process.
- 3.1Complete and file documentation according to required procedures.
- 3.2Collate medication usage information and record statistics for authorised person.
- 3.3Update imprest lists based on stock usage and medication inventory changes following consultation with relevant staff.
- 3.4Report changes to stock usage that may impact on stock control to an authorised person.
Performance evidence
- monitor imprest stock according to workplace procedures on at least 10 occasions complete associated selection, dispatch and documentation requirements
- identify issues outside scope of own practice and refer to an authorised person
- perform the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 240 hours of work related to hospital or health services pharmacy support in a clinical workplace environment. These 240 hours may be applied collectively across all units of competency that include the requirement for workplace hours for the purposes of assessment.
Knowledge evidence
- National and State or Territory legal and ethical requirements for imprest stock monitoring, and how these are applied in organisations, including: - codes of conduct - duty of care and implications of negligence - privacy, confidentiality and disclosure - records management - rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and patients - specific legislation: - medications and their use - the practice of pharmacy - different schedules of medications and pharmaceutical products - work role boundaries including responsibilities and limitations - work health and safety
- key information in standard pharmaceutical references and their use by pharmacy assistants, including: - Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook (APF) - Monthly Index of Medical Specialities (MIMS) or AusDI Advanced - Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) - Micromedex
- understand the principles of safe medication storage to reduce the risk of selection errors
- maintenance of the cold chain
- proprietary and generic names of pharmaceutical products and the differences between them
- principles and procedures for imprest stock control
- features of pharmaceutical data management systems
- purpose of batch numbering and expiry dates on pharmaceutical products.
Foundation skills
- Foundation skills: Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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Questions about assessing HLTPHA010
What does an assessment tool for HLTPHA010 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTPHA010 needs to address all 30 unit components: 3 elements with 18 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 8 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for HLTPHA010?
Auditori pulls the current release of HLTPHA010 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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Related units
- HLTPHA011 — Pack pharmaceutical products
- HLTPHA012 — Dispense prescriptions and medication orders
- HLTPHA013 — Order, maintain and distribute pharmaceutical stock
- HLTPHA014 — Conduct small-scale compounding and labelling of pharmaceutical products
- HLTPHA015 — Provide assistance in dispensary administration
- HLTPHA016 — Conduct small-scale compounding and labelling of aseptic pharmaceutical products
- HLTPHA017 — Support pharmacist's communication with patients and other health professionals
- HLTPHA018 — Support pharmacists in the collection and presentation of workplace data and information
- HLTPHA019 — Coordinate communication processes in a hospital or health services pharmacy setting
- HLTPHA020 — Apply knowledge of biological principles within the pharmacy environment
- HLTPHA021 — Apply knowledge of medications used to assist patients in using medications effectively
- HLTPHA022 — Apply knowledge of gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders to dispense medication
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