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Title
Collect and transport items related to client care when working as an
orderly in a health or disability context
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to collect and
transport items related to client care when working as an
orderly in a health or disability context.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability
Principles in Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and codes relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996;
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Privacy Act 1993.
2
New Zealand Standard relevant to this unit standard:
NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (core) Standards.
3
This unit standard cannot be assessed against in a simulated environment. For
assessment, candidates must demonstrate competence in the workplace through
paid or unpaid employment, or in placements in a service provider workplace
negotiated by an education provider.
4
Candidates’ practice must reflect appropriate values, processes, and protocols in
relation to working with Māori and Pacific peoples and/or people from other cultures,
in a range of settings and environments.
5
Definitions
Client in the context of this unit standard refers to a person accessing services in a
health or disability setting. Clients, who may also be known as consumers, patients,
or tūroro in particular contexts and settings, may include outpatients in a medical
facility.
An item of a client’s personal belongings may include but is not limited to – mobility
aid, hearing aid, visual aid.
Medical equipment related to client care refers to equipment provided by a medical
facility, which may include but is not limited to – drips, monitors, beds, incubators,
resuscitators, ventilators.
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An orderly is a person employed in a medical facility who undertakes a variety of
assistive and support tasks that do not involve the medical treatment of clients.
Organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the
employing organisation of the candidate and include ethical codes, standards, and
other organisational requirements.
Transport in the context of this unit standard refers to conveying an item to a
destination that is not a medical facility.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Collect and transport items related to client care when working as an orderly in a health or
disability context.
Range
evidence is required for –
clinical and/or medical records;
six items of medical equipment related to client care;
one blood or tissue specimen;
one item required under urgency;
one item of a client’s personal belongings.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Items related to client care are collected and transported in accordance with the
organisation’s policies and procedures and/or the manufacturer’s specifications.
1.2
Items related to client care are collected and transported in a manner that does
not endanger the health and safety of self and others.
1.3
Items related to client care are collected and transported in a manner that
maintains the security of the items.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 May 2011
31 December 2018
Review
2
16 April 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016