Clinical compliance

The Clinical Practice Unit (CPU) assists students to ensure they supply the correct compliance documentation as per the NSW Health Policy Directives and UTS Requirements. Ultimately, it is the student’s responsibility to meet all compliance requirements for their Nursing or Midwifery Degree. Failure in adhering to the timelines indicated will mean you cannot attend placement and be at risk of failing your subject. 

Upon receiving letter of acceptance, make sure to:

• Read the UTS: Bachelor of Nursing Inherent Requirements Statement or the UTS:Bachelor of Midwifery Inherent Requirements Statement 
• Check your vaccinations (can take up to 5 months to complete)
• Apply for a National Police Check (we recommend Veritas)
• Apply for an Australian Accredited HLTAID011 First Aid Course (some course providers provide same day training certification; St John NSW, Australian Red Cross, First Aid Pro, Australia Wide First Aid & CPR First Aid (Nursing students only)
• Apply for a Working with Children’s Check (Nursing students only)

By due dates indicated in MyPlacement complete:

• UTS Inherent Student Declaration Form (All students required at the beginning of every session)
• UTS Working With Children’s Check Details Form (Nursing students only)
• UTS First Aid Certificate Details Form (Nursing students only)

Gather your NSW Health Requirements:

Newly enrolled UTS students are required to bring hard copies of compliance documentation to:

1. Compliance workshop with CPU, and then
2. Compliance Day Session with NSW Health.

Further detail will be provided upon enrolment into the course.

This includes: 

1. Current Vaccination Evidence  
   In the form of a NSW Health Vaccination Record Card or Immunisation History Statement. International students can also provide vaccination evidence from their home country in English and ask a local GP to transcribe this onto a NSW Health Vaccination Record Card. 
2. National Police Check  
   We recommend Veritas. 
   International students who have resided overseas for 6 months or more since turning 18 years of age must also provide an international police check OR an Overseas Statutory Declaration Form.
3. Completed NSW Health Forms

• Undertaking/Declaration Form
• Turberculosis (TB) Assessment Tool  
  If student has ticked yes to any questions in this form, they are required to discuss TB screening with their GP
• Code of Conduct Agreement for Students
• Blood Borne Virus Student Declaration Form (Midwifery Students Only)

After your compliance day session with NSW Health, you will be either:

Status	What to do next
Compliant	Well done! - Nothing to action at this stage, keep an eye out for further email updates
Temporary Compliant	You can gain temporary compliance only in relation to Hepatitis B if you have evidence of vaccination or completed serology test within the last 12 months. This will give you time to complete the full course and redo a serology test. You must follow the NSW Health schedule for Hepatitis B vaccination (opens an external link) which is specifically for students and may differ from what your GP advises. I.e., If a student doesn’t have immunity after the 1st full vaccination course, they will be required to have a booster dose and complete the serology test 4 weeks after.
Not Compliant	Refer to your ‘ClinConnect Student Verification Assessment Outcomes Receipt’ OR ‘checks’ tab in MyPlacement to see what is outstanding and follow instructions provided

Students who wish to update their compliance checks throughout their degree will need to:

Complete the relevant UTS forms in MyPlacement:

• UTS Inherent Student Declaration Form (All students)
• UTS Working with Children Check Details Form (Nursing students only)
• UTS First Aid Certificate Details Form (Nursing students only)

AND

Refer to the ‘checks’ tab in MyPlacement for any outstanding NSW Check and instructions on how to update these.