SIRCCCS002 — Provide and promote services to pharmacy customers
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What an assessment for SIRCCCS002 must cover
47 assessable components: 5 elements (28 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 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 Communicate with internal and external customers.
- 1.1Communicate with customers in a polite, professional and friendly manner within designated response times.
- 1.2Use appropriate language and tone in both written and spoken communication.
- 1.3Observe, respond to and use appropriate non verbal communication.
- 1.4Use active listening and questioning to facilitate effective two way communication.
- 1.5Select and use communication medium and format appropriate to the situation.
2 Provide service to customers.
- 2.1Respect and respond to diverse customers and their varying needs.
- 2.2Establish rapport with customers to promote goodwill and trust during service delivery.
- 2.3Identify customer needs and expectations using tact and discretion.
- 2.4Recognise and respond to customers with special needs, and adapt communication style accordingly.
- 2.5Anticipate customer questions and provide appropriate scope and depth of information to meet their needs.
- 2.6Provide appropriate service time and special assistance to customers with special needs.
- 2.7Monitor time and proactively communicate with customers to manage competing customer service priorities.
- 2.8Identify high-risk customers and refer to relevant colleagues when services needs go beyond scope of own job role.
3 Enhance and promote services.
- 3.1Identify and take opportunities to enhance service quality beyond immediate requests of customers.
- 3.2Use communication skills to engage with customers and anticipate broader customer needs.
- 3.3Consider full range of products and services offered when providing services.
- 3.4Recognise potential health care support needs and provide current and accurate information on options.
- 3.5Regularly obtain information to update knowledge of current and new pharmacy health care support services.
4 Respond to behaviours of concern.
- 4.1Identify potential for conflict and take swift and tactful action to prevent escalation.
- 4.2Deal with behaviours of concern firmly and diplomatically using resolution techniques to manage challenging circumstances.
- 4.3Take action discreetly to minimise impact on other customers.
- 4.4Prioritise safety of self and others, identify threats and request assistance.
5 Respond to customer complaints.
- 5.1Recognise customer dissatisfaction and take swift action to avoid escalation to a complaint.
- 5.2Respond to customer complaints positively, sensitively and politely.
- 5.3Seek solutions by consulting the customer.
- 5.4Resolve complaints according to individual empowerment and organisational policy.
- 5.5Refer complex service issues to relevant colleagues according to organisational procedures.
- 5.6Maintain a positive and cooperative manner at all times.
Performance evidence
- communicate effectively and provide quality customer service to customers of diverse ages, physical wellbeing and cultural background
- manage six customer interactions using the following communication methods: • face-to-face (at least four) • telephone
- respond appropriately to: • two complaints • two situations where customers exhibit behaviours of concern.
Knowledge evidence
- principles of quality customer service and positive communication
- communication techniques: • open and closed questioning • active listening • verbal and non-verbal cues • voice tonality and volume • body language
- methods for conveying information clearly and concisely
- essential features, conventions and usage of these types of communication media: • email • telephone
- general characteristics of the main social and cultural groups in Australian society and key aspects of their cultural and religious protocols and preferences for service and communication
- professional service standards expected of pharmacy service industry personnel; expected attitudes, attributes and ethics to work with customers: • discretion • patience • respect • sensitivity • tact • tolerance
- community pharmacy industry and organisational: • types of internal and external customers; their service and communication expectations • types of high risk customers • designated response times for acknowledging customers and their enquiry • personal presentation standards • customer service policies and procedures including those for handling complaints and difficult customer behaviour
- basic aspects of stresses faced by customers with special circumstances, their potential needs, and communication techniques to manage these types of customers, including when referral to the pharmacist is indicated: • alcohol and/or drug affected • people with disabilities • people with mental health issues • the elderly • the physically unwell • those with special language or cultural needs
- basic causes and types of behaviours of concern exhibited by community pharmacy customers: • aggression and verbal abuse • confusion and cognitive impairment • intoxication and influence of illicit drugs • intrusive behaviour • manipulation • noisiness • wandering
- conflict theory: • signs • stages and levels of escalation • types of resolution or result
- complaint and conflict resolution and communication techniques: • assertiveness • active listening • empathy • non-verbal communication • language style • negotiation
- key provisions of the Community Pharmacy Service Charter
- sources of information on pharmacy health care support services: • Commonwealth Government Department of Health • Current Community Pharmacy Agreement • in-house information system • industry associations • online and printed brochures
- types of health care support and professional services offered by pharmacies, including the basic features, benefits, administration and service requirements of: • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs; those relevant to customer interaction • Australian Needle and Syringe Program • blood glucose testing • blood pressure testing • obstructive sleep apnoea services • supply and hire of home health care aids and equipment • Medicines Use review (MUR) • Home Medicines Review (HMR) • Diabetes Medication Management Service • provision of Dose Administration Aids (DAAs) • a range of formats for and inclusions of information presented to customers.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret written customer communications of varying complexity.
- Technology skills: use online information systems operate telephone equipment.
Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
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What does an assessment tool for SIRCCCS002 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SIRCCCS002 needs to address all 47 unit components: 5 elements with 28 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 14 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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