Clinical placements

Clinical placements are a compulsory component of all courses offered by the Graduate School of Health. The Graduate School of Health adopts NSW Health policies and procedures for all clinical placement sites. It is every student’s responsibility to read, understand and action these policy requirements and provide evidence of compliance. Students are responsible for any costs incurred in the completion of these requirements.

Clinical placement compliance

Students will need to meet clinical placement compliance requirements for both NSW Health and the Graduate School of Health. Students who reside outside of NSW or will be attending placements outside of NSW will also need to meet the requirements of that state or country (in addition to NSW Health requirements).

It is important students begin the clinical placement compliance process as soon as they receive their offer. As it may take several months to complete NSW Health requirements, including the full course of vaccinations to achieve immunity.

Students will not be permitted to attend clinical placements without full compliance.

Clinical placement compliance process

Vaccinations

Refer to NSW Health Policy Directive for Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases (PDF).

Refer to Graduate School of Health Clinical Compliance Checklist (PDF).

As per NSW Health and Graduate School of Health policy, students must complete all vaccination requirements in order to be eligible to undertake clinical placements. If you need assistance, contact the Clinical Placements Team GSHClinPrac@uts.edu.au

Adult Vaccination Record card

Download Vaccination Record card for Category A workers and students (PDF).

The vaccination record card must be completed by a medical practitioner, containing (where possible) the brand and batch number of each vaccine as well as an official stamp and signature from the medical practitioner / provider. Each card entry must have a clinic stamp and/or provider number. For more information, see NSW Health Immunisation video (with closed captioning).

Important: As it may take several months to complete the full course of vaccinations, students are advised to consult the UTS Health Service or their local doctor as soon as they receive their offer.

COVID-19 and flu vaccination

All Graduate School of Health students are required to be vaccinated with two doses of a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine and an annual influenza vaccine to attend their clinical placements. Based on the order which includes university practicum students, and that ‘work’ includes “work done by a student on a student placement”.

For anyone who has received your COVID-19 vaccination overseas, you will need to apply for your IHI number and request a GP add it to your immunisation record so it will be accepted by NSW Health. International vaccination certificates will not be accepted by NSW Health.

Annual Influenza vaccination is mandatory for all students attending clinical placements. All students must provide evidence of one dose of the current Southern Hemisphere season Flu Vaccine by the 1June each year to avoid their compliance status reverting to Not Compliant, and therefore unable to attend placement.

Police check

Refer to NSW Health Policy Directive PD2019_003 Working with Children Checks and Other Police Checks (PDF).

All students enrolling in courses that involve clinical placements are required to undertake a National Criminal Record Check and comply with other policy requirements (as above).

Students must have a National Police Certificate from an organisation accredited by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) with no listed convictions.

If a charge or conviction is listed on the National Police Check, students must apply for a risk assessment (PDF).

Overseas students are required to provide both a National Criminal Record Check and a National Police Check from their home country or any country or countries they have resided in since turning 18 years of age. If not able to provide the international police check, students can sign the Overseas Student Statutory Declaration (PDF). For more information, watch Video 3 - Overseas Students (with closed captioning).

Additional compliance requirements

For course-specific compliance information, please visit the page for each discipline:

MyPlacement

MyPlacement is the University’s professional placement software system, which records and manages placement activity and student compliance.

Once enrolled in clinical placement subject(s), students will have access to MyPlacement.

Students must upload all required documents to MyPlacement by April and contact the Clinical Placement team to review. Once the Clinical Placement team have completed their review, documents are sent to NSW Health for assessment. The outcome report will provide a status of "Compliant", "Temp Compliant" or "Not Compliant". For assistance, contact the Clinical Placements team: GSHClinPrac@uts.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.