Course overview
Get qualified to work as an Assistant to a healthcare professional and help change lives through the power of nutrition with a HLT43015 Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition and Dietetics) course.
Job outcomes
Potential career outcomes could include:
- Allied Health Assistant
- Dietetic Assistant
- Nutrition Assistant
- Therapy Assistant
What you'll learn
- Communicate and build relationships with healthcare professionals and patients
- Work within the healthcare sector
- Use nutrition to assist patients living with specific conditions
- Monitor patients and their progress
Recognition
Study method
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration study load
- Maximum 24 months
- 120 hours of work placement
Delivery
- Perfect for people with busy lives, the online learning content is broken up into 15-20 minute chunks so you can learn on-the-go
- The online allied health assistance course features a simulation of a working clinic, Careshore Health Centre. The clinic will get you used to working in a health centre by hosting tours, lessons and quizzes
- Your online learning materials let you leave comments and questions, which both students and Trainers can respond and add to
- Forums let you chat and interact with your fellow students, while Trainers and Assessors can be contacted anytime through messaging in OpenSpace, our online campus
Entry requirements
Education
- Australian Year 12 or equivalent OR
- A nationally recognised qualification at the Certificate II level or higher OR
- At least two years of relevant vocational experience
Minimum Age
You will need to be at least 18 years old.
English
This course requires you to read learner workbooks, undertake a range of written assessments and engage in online discussions. Furthermore, the delivery mode relies on the extensive use of written communication. As such, entry to the course requires the successful completion of English to Year 12 level.
If you have not successfully completed English at Year 12 level, you can demonstrate equivalency with one of the following:
- Successful completion of a Nationally Recognised Training qualification at Certificate III level or higher; OR
- 2 years’ relevant industry experience in a role that requires the use of written documentation and communication.
Work placement
The course contains a minimum of 120 hours of work placement.
The workplace will need to be involved in the delivery of professional allied health services, including nutrition and dietetics services, to clients.
During your work placement, you will need access to a range of different clients who are receiving nutritional and dietary support, including: nutritional screening/assessment, nutritional supplements, and the development of meal/menu plans to meet identified nutritional/dietary needs.
You will also need exposure to a food service system for the provision of meals to clients, including access to relevant meal ordering systems, food safety program and processes to monitor client meal/menu satisfaction.
Assessment
- Case Studies
- Demonstrations
- Knowledge tests
- Practical Assessments
- Presentations
Additional information
Open Colleges offers this qualification in association with Integrated Care & Management Training Pty Ltd (Provider number: 90197). The testamur will be issued by Integrated Care & Management Training Pty Ltd.
Subjects
- Communicate with clients and co-workers
- Address communication needs
- Facilitate meetings
- Respond appropriately to instructions which contain medical terminology
- Carry out routine tasks
- Use appropriate medical terminology in oral and written communication
- Work with information about the human body
- Recognise and promote ways to support healthy functioning of the body
- Distribute and collect general menus and/or meal orders for clients
- Implement nutrition support services
- Prepare and deliver nutrition supplements
- Comply with personal hygiene standards and food safety program
- Communicate changes in meal order, including meals for clients receiving diet therapy or nutrition support
- Monitor client satisfaction with food services
- Assist with basic nutrition risk screening
- Use screening results to determine nutritional risk according to organisation protocol
- Provide nutrition support services for at risk clients under the supervision of a dietitian and organisation protocol
- Comply with supervisory requirements
- Clean and store materials and equipment
- Document client information
About Open Colleges
Open Colleges puts you at the centre of everything we do. As an institution, we measure our success in the success of our students.
We have more than 125 years of experience in distance education, and this has given us the time to perfect the ways we deliver education and training to people across Australia. In the last decade alone, we’ve helped more than 450,000 students reach their potential.
We understand the needs of adult learners. That’s why we created OpenSpace, our world-class online learning platform that gives you complete flexibility and control to study whenever and wherever you are. OpenSpace provides you with access to learning resources, expert trainers and assessors, a superior support network and the opportunity to connect with other learners just like you.
Our nationally recognised courses could help you launch, change or accelerate your career. Now is the time to make your next move. With Open Colleges, everything could happen.
Open Colleges Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organization (RTO 90796)
