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People and Resource Management in Healthcare
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HEALT6006 - People and Resource Management in Healthcare
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Institute of Health and Wellbeing
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<p>This unit equips clinicians and healthcare workers with advanced skills to critically analyse, synthesise, and strategically apply principles of human and resource management to optimise patient outcomes, interprofessional practice, and organisational effectiveness in complex healthcare settings. </p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p>
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<li>HR principles aligned with employment law and enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) such as bullying, harassment, incivility, occupational violence, on-boarding, retention, health, safety & well being, skill mix, scope of practice, rostering, supervision, monitoring of team performance, performance reviews/ improvement plans and hot debriefing. </li>
<li>Ethics, legal and risk management frameworks.</li>
<li>Organisational strategies, values and operational guidelines and how they align to the broader context of frameworks, policies and accreditation standards from governing bodies.</li>
<li>Financial literacy, funding, operational budgets, staffing budgets, stock/clinical resources management, balancing cost effectiveness and quality care, effective delegation and prioritisation techniques.</li>
<li>Decision-making during crises and allocating resources responsively in unpredictable healthcare scenarios. Examined at a clinical level using illustrative case studies to help students understand the daily realities of managing a unit’s resources. </li>
<li>Exploration and analysis of contemporary digital technology used in the healthcare settings such as electronic documentation, patient management systems, staffing/rostering software as well as issues around cyber hygiene and GenAI use in health care. </li>
<li>Performance and people management and staff development. Performance review and coaching strategies and how they support staff growth, performance and well being.</li>
<li>Dealing with difficult conversations, giving feedback, hot debriefing and managing conflict. </li>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This unit equips clinicians and healthcare workers with advanced skills to critically analyse, synthesise, and strategically apply principles of human and resource management to optimise patient outcomes, interprofessional practice, and organisational effectiveness in complex healthcare settings. </p>
Unit content
<p>Topics may include:</p> <ul> <li>HR principles aligned with employment law and enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) such as bullying, harassment, incivility, occupational violence, on-boarding, retention, health, safety & well being, skill mix, scope of practice, rostering, supervision, monitoring of team performance, performance reviews/ improvement plans and hot debriefing. </li> <li>Ethics, legal and risk management frameworks.</li> <li>Organisational strategies, values and operational guidelines and how they align to the broader context of frameworks, policies and accreditation standards from governing bodies.</li> <li>Financial literacy, funding, operational budgets, staffing budgets, stock/clinical resources management, balancing cost effectiveness and quality care, effective delegation and prioritisation techniques.</li> <li>Decision-making during crises and allocating resources responsively in unpredictable healthcare scenarios. Examined at a clinical level using illustrative case studies to help students understand the daily realities of managing a unit’s resources. </li> <li>Exploration and analysis of contemporary digital technology used in the healthcare settings such as electronic documentation, patient management systems, staffing/rostering software as well as issues around cyber hygiene and GenAI use in health care. </li> <li>Performance and people management and staff development. Performance review and coaching strategies and how they support staff growth, performance and well being.</li> <li>Dealing with difficult conversations, giving feedback, hot debriefing and managing conflict. </li> </ul>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Nursing
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
30
EFTSL:
0.25
Field of education:
060300 - Nursing
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/healt6006">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BUHEA6903" target="_blank">BUHEA6903</a> OR must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BUHEA6904" target="_blank">BUHEA6904</a></p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Apply principles, policies, evidence, accreditation and governing frameworks that underpin people management at the operational level in an interprofessional healthcare environment.</p>
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<p>Evaluate the allocation and utilisation of finite human and other resources to achieve optimal consumer care outcomes.</p>
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<p>Analyse healthcare data, utilising contemporary digital tools, to inform and justify operational decisions. </p>
A1
<p>Design effective strategies and plans to manage operational challenges in a healthcare setting.</p>
A2
<p>Integrate conflict resolution and feedback frameworks to manage difficult conversations and promote psychological safety and accountability in healthcare teams. </p>
A3
<p>Critically apply performance review and coaching strategies to optimise staff performance and support professional growth within healthcare teams. </p>
Assessment
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Learning outcomes assessed
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<p>Digital Scenario Case study, </p><p>Individual report </p><p> </p>
<p>Case Study and Report</p>
<p>20-30%</p>
K1, S2, A1
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<p>Interpreting healthcare data – group project & presentation</p><p> </p>
<p>Group presentation and Report</p>
<p>30-40%</p>
K1, S1, S2, A1
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<p>Coaching Simulation and Critical Reflection</p>
<p>Simulation and Reflective Report </p><p> </p>
<p>30-40%</p>
K1, A2, A3
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Nursing
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
30
EFTSL:
0.25
Field of education:
060300 - Nursing
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/healt6006">View unit fees</a>
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