All Masters courses offered at the Graduate School of Health have a Clinical Placement component. Attending Clinical Placements and gaining placement hours are an essential part of your learning, and attendance is mandatory.
Clinical placements
Clinical placement compliance
The Graduate School of Health adopts NSW Health policies and procedures for all clinical placement sites. Every student must 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.
2025 Clinical placement requirements
CPT CB20.08
- Check your vaccinations now!
- Hepatitis B: An age appropriate course of vaccinations and copy of immune serology results. If a second course is required, take it at 0, 1, and 4 months or 0, 2, and 4 months, and a serology test 4 weeks after.
- DTPA: Every 10 years.
- Varicella: One dose given under 14 years, or 2 doses at 1 month apart, or copy of positive serology results, or AIR recorded natural immunity.
- MMR: Two doses at 1 month apart, or copy of positive serology results, or birthdate before 1966.
- Influenza: From March each year.
- Apply for a National Police Check. Results in 24 hours.
- Gather completed NSW Health forms.
- Complete First Aid Course & CPR Training. Required by student enrolled in:
- Orthoptics
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Speech Pathology
eg HLTAID011 First Aid Course Providers: Surf Life Saving, St John, Australian Red Cross, First Aid Pro, Australia Wide First Aid, CPR First Aid.
- Apply for a NSW Working With Children’s Check. All enrolled students on placement require WWCC.
- Complete forms in MyPlacement (Sonia).
- Update your address in My Student Admin.
- Order your uniform, name badge, and Student ID card.
- Pick up your uniform, name badge, and Student ID card.
Clinical Placements Team (CPT)
02 9514 1448
Building 20, Level 8.
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 for students to begin the clinical placement compliance process as soon as they receive their offer. 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
- Visit NSW Health Student Compliance and HETI Student Compliance
- Complete all requirements on the Graduate School of Health Clinical Compliance Checklist
- Complete the Vaccination Record Card (PDF)
- Upload evidence to MyPlacement
MyPlacement
MyPlacement is the system we use to track your placements throughout your Master Program. Once you have enrolled into your subjects you will be able to log into MyPlacement.
Students must upload all required documents to MyPlacement and then contact the Clinical Placement team for review. Once the Clinical Placement team has completed its review, documents are sent to NSW Health for assessment.
The outcome report will indicate the status as:
- "Compliant"
- "Temp Compliant" or
- "Not Compliant."
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.
Flu vaccination
Annual influenza vaccination is mandatory for all clinical students attending placement. Flu season runs from 1 June and 30 September each year.
Students must receive the current year’s southern hemisphere influenza vaccine registered for use by the TGA, which is made available in April/May each year.
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 course-specific compliance requirements
Please check your discipline page:
