WORKPLACE SITE AUDIT CHECKLIST

Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy

Support Courses

Hospital/Organisation

Address
Contact Phone Number
Workplace Supervisor
and/or Mentor

HLT31412 - Certificate III in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support

This qualification covers workers who provide a range of varied assistance to pharmacists in hospital and
community health settings. This may include pharmacies that are located outside of health services but supply
medicines and products to hospitals and other health services. This qualification is suited to Australian
Apprenticeships pathways.

HLT40512 - Certificate IV in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support

This qualification covers workers who provide a range of technical functions under the supervision of a pharmacist
in a hospital or community setting. This may include pharmacies that are located outside of health services but
supply medicines and products to hospitals and other health services. These workers may also have the role of
coordinating the work of pharmacy assistants or aides. This qualification is suited to Australian Apprenticeship
pathways.
Training is provided via Distance Education (DE) to students who are working on the job in a Hospital. To undertake
training successfully students must have access to a range of situations and equipment in the workplace.
Instructions for Workplace Supervisor and/or Mentor:
Please indicate on the checklist below if the workplace (as listed above) can provide access to meet the training
package requirements as specified in the list below.
Where access to resources, equipment or facilities is not available please indicate by circling that item/s, the
Trainer/Assessor will discuss strategies to provide access with you in your Initial Interview.
This form must be completed and returned to CSU Training with the student enrolment form to
csutraining@csu.edu.au

HLT31412 Certificate III in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support & HLT40512 Certificate IV in
Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy Support
Resource, Facilities and/or equipment requirements

General facilities

Checklist/Notes (please
indicate if access is available)

Dispensary, including dispensing spaces for the

manufacture of non-sterile products
Equipment that demonstrates an
understanding of aseptic/cytotoxic production
processes such as laminar flow hood / clean
room/cytotoxic drug safety cabinet / cytotoxic
suite or room /isolator or other simulation used
to represent workplace conditions
Patient counseling rooms,
Cytotoxic spill kit

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General
Technology

General Clinical

Workplace
information

Medical
Information

Appropriate Laboratory and safety equipment

Secure storage areas for materials,
medicaments, equipment
Controlled storage environments
Clean zones: Sterile storage areas,
Administration areas
Contaminated zones: Area used for items that
have become contaminated during use
Receiving area for contaminated instruments in
the instrument reprocessing centre
Range of cleaning, disinfection and waste
disposal equipment and materials
Waste disposal facilities
Required PPE, hand washing facilities and
materials, hand care materials
Computers
Computer program software such as dispensing
programs and prescribing software
Range of labels, label printer, Barcode scanners,
electronic recording device (Smart phone, IPad,
LP with Webcam etc), email, facsimile
machines, internet/extranet/intranet, general
office equipment
Medicines including complementary, OTC and
prescription medications, formulary medicines
and non-formulary medicines
Medicinal Devices e.g. placebo injections,
patches and inhalers
pharmaceutical raw material and readyprepared products
damaged, contaminated or deteriorated stock
manual or automatic packaging machinery and
operating instructions
packaging equipment and materials
Anatomical models, charts and/or diagrams
Access to current databases, textbooks, online
resources and patient counselling
Written, verbal, and electronic forms of
communication and records
Relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines and
policies
SOPs
Access to HR, WHS, Award, EEO and Enterprise
agreement information and Industry codes of
Practice
Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

drug and prescription information

sources/databases
client medical records
medication orders
medical dictionary
office practice manual and relevant handbooks
Work Health and Safety (WHS) policies,
guidelines and symbols and their relevance to

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dispensing medicines

SHPA website and access to guidelines

Pharmacy Board of Australia Pharmacy

Guidelines for dispensing medicines
Pharmacy or health facility in-house computer
system, pharmacy imprest system
Ethical and professional codes of conduct
Standard pharmaceutical references including
Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary (APF),
MIMs, AMH and Micromedex

Compounding

Raw materials for compounding

Mastersheets, Batch/worksheets and formulaes
Range of Equipment or machinery required for
manufacturing or compounding
Machinery and equipment operating
instructions
Range of Containers and vessels
Weighing and measuring equipment and
instructions
Calculator
Instructions on the use of aseptic equipment
Disposable or non disposable manufacturing
equipment
Machinery and equipment logs and/or records

I declare that this workplace operates under the Practice Guidelines and Professional Practice Standards of
the SHPA.

Print name: ________________________ Signature:_______________________ Date: __________________

Office Use Only:

Submit

Program Coordinator checks list and confirms with Trainer/Assessor that strategies for access have been discussed
with the Workplace Supervisor and/or Mentor.
Program Coordinator Signature: _______________________________ Date: __________________________________

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