Essential skills: It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role This includes the ability to: Access and critically evaluate reference material on the effects of current conventional drug therapies and their withdrawal Access and interpret up-to-date information Advise and resource the client Analyse a complex clinical problem utilising nutritional medicine model of clinical reasoning, and utilising literature review techniques to understand the nature of the problem and its management Apply specialised nutritional medicine therapeutic techniques to groups in the community with specific needs (e.g. infants, children, women, men, aged) Appropriately record details of client enquiries according to clinic guidelines Communicate information through written or verbal media Correctly identify client information needs Critically evaluate research Demonstrate age appropriate communication skills in a one-to-one and group setting Demonstrate communication skills including the ability to communicate with people from a diverse range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds Demonstrate interpersonal and questioning skills Discuss and determine 'level of concern' in relation to risk of complications, severity of disease process, lifestyle factors and their impact on treatment strategies, timeframe of treatment, and other factors Discuss, identify and effectively monitor 'high level of concern' clients Explain relevant services and case management program Extrapolate case study information to new cases Implement appropriate specialised nutritional medicine treatments for the prevention of health conditions associated with clients with special needs Implement appropriate specialised nutritional medicine treatments for the management of health conditions associated with clients with special needs Integrate knowledge of the historical, theoretical and philosophical aspects of nutritional medicine into clinical practice Manage a specialised nutritional medicine treatment Negotiate changes to the plan with the client Provide client with required information continued ... |