Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)

MAC Aged Care Reforms training

MAC has contracted PHI Preventing Harm Initiative, training and education services to deliver an extensive range of training session for our network members.

MAC Is providing these sessions to support our Service Provider Networks to participate and gain skills and knowledge in important, best practice information, training and systems development In the aged care sector.

MAC is very pleased to be offering these services to our network members at no cost to our network members.

Don’t miss these valuable opportunities for training your workforce in line with ongoing aged care reforms and invaluable support in ensuring that your agencies Care and Service delivery meet the Aged care compliance standards.

Are you confident in recognising a SIRS reportable incident? Do you know the reporting requirements?
This course will help you to meet to correctly identify a reportable incident, and enter the required information into the My Aged Care portal

PHI (Preventing Harm Initiative) will be delivering the training.

PHI is an innovative, interactive and competency-based and e-learning training provider using highly visual, interactive and relevant to your target learners. PHI has a wealth of experience ranging from front-line to upper-level management across the Aged Care, Health, Quality, Disability and International Aid sectors.

Course outcomes:

Part 1: eLearning – self-paced online module
Duration: 30 minutes
• Know how to identify the 8 reportable SIRS incident types, and what is not a SIRS reportable incident
• Understand the reporting requirements for an individual and an organisation

Part 2: Instructor Led Training (ILT) via Zoom
Duration: 1 hour
Prerequisite: Completed Part 1 eLearning module
• Know how to report and what information you will need on hand to report a SIRS into the My Aged Care tile (portal)
• Practise case studies in identifying reportable SIRS incidents

Who should attend:
Managers, Team Leaders, Nurses and Coordinators and others who report SIRS incidents into
My Aged Care Portal