“Accountable and well governed care- getting the foundations in place”

At the conclusion of this topic, participants will be able to: 

• Understand fundamentals of clinical governance frameworks 
• Understand and articulate high impact risks, in particular risks identified through the Aged Care Quality Standards – Standard 3b. 
• Understand their role in ensuring that harm to the consumer is minimised and a culture of quality and safety drives consumer experience. 
• Understand  the Standards for Nursing Practice, The ICN Code of Ethical Conduct, The role, responsibilities and scope of practice of key clinical staff including Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses
• Oversee clinical performance and support clinical improvement opportunities

“Consumer engaged care planning- bringing evidence based best practice and the Standard together for exceptional lived experience”

At the conclusion of this topic, participants will be able to: 

• • Develop and implement care plans in line with the Aged Care Quality Standards – using dignity of risk to underpin care planning
  • Facilitate consumer case conferences
  • Ensure that consumer goals, needs and preferences drive care and consumer experience
  • Identify potential gaps in policy and procedures relating to high impact risks
  • Understand key elements of the following policies: 

• • • Dignity of Risk
    • Deteriorating resident
    • Restrictive practice & Deprescribing for chemical restraint and antipsychotics
    • Assessment visit processes & response
    • Clinical Governance & Care Planning & Clinical Care (High Impact)
    • COVID prevention and preparedness
    • Antimicrobial stewardship & Infection Control
    • Medication Management 
    • Planning for Improvement 
    • Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) 
    • Behaviour Support Planning
    • Open Disclosure

“Understanding adverse events- investigations, improvement planning and presenting re-occurrence”

At the conclusion of this topic, participants will be able to: 

• • Complete incident investigations and risk assessments
  • Build on high impact risk / high prevalence risk to consider adverse events, importance of investigation and open disclosure
  • Understand key elements of incident investigation including RCA’s and strategies to minimise recurrence of incidence
  • Understand compulsory reporting pathways 
  • Identify trends and refine evidence based clinical practice to improve consumer outcomes

“Leading quality improvement- what good looks like”

At the conclusion of this topic, participants will be able to: 

• • Understand what  a good plan for continuous improvement (PCI)  looks like
  • Identify the key items that need to be included in a PCI
  • Understand how to use data and audit results to drive continuous improvement and improve consumer experience
  • Review and evaluate quality activity outcomes
  • How to connect with the PCI to self assessments for accreditation

“Leading with accountability for quality outcomes for consumers”

At the conclusion of this topic, participants will be able to: 

• • Develop an agenda and terms of reference for meetings
  • Conduct clinical meetings effectively
  • Effectively document minutes and actions arising from the meeting
  • Demonstrate improvement and actions as meeting outcomes
  • Build the PCI – structure connected to governance framework
  • Hold  teams and individuals to account
  • Understand their impact as a leader – what does their leadership style and behaviour say?

“Adapting and Shifting to sustain quality and safe aged care provision”

At the conclusion of this topic, participants will be able to: 

• • Apply rostering principles for safe and quality care
  • Understand the AN-ACC Framework and implications to practice 
  • Identify the external factors impacting on current practice
  • Facilitate legislative and regulative change in a contemporaneous manner