NSW Health pre-placement requirements
Before a student can commence a placement in a NSW Health facility, students must meet the NSW Health mandatory requirements.
Mandatory requirements
- Australian National Police Check
- NSW Health Code of Conduct
- Immunisations: Undertaking/Declaration Form, Tuberculosis Assessment Tool, NSW Health Vaccination Record Card (Hep B Serology required). Australian Immunisation Records (AIR) will be accepted in place of the vaccination record card and should be attached to any submissions.
- Influenza Vaccination is mandatory for placements occuring between 1 June and 30 September
Mandatory My Health Learning modules
Access to My Health Learning is granted 13 days before the placement starts. All students must complete:
- Between the Flags - Tier 1 (Awareness Charts and Escalation)
- Cyber Security Fundamentals (2-year validity)
- Cyber Security Fundamentals Quiz (New - October 2024)
- Donning and fit checking of P2 or N95 respirators in NSW Healthcare settings
- Hand hygiene for clinical healthcare workers (updated version - November 2024)
- Infection Prevention and Control Practices
- Personal Protective Equipment for Combined Transmission-Based Precautions
- Privacy - It's Yours to Keep
- Security Awareness - All Staff
- Work Health and Safety and Hazardous Manual Tasks
Electronic Medical Records (eMR) training module in My Health Learning is also required for:
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Medicine
- Allied Health
Students should download and save copies of their certificates once they have completed the modules in My Health Learning.
Submitting your documents
Once you have completed the required documents you must email immunisation/health compliance documents to the OSV assessor and all other documents to Student Compliance.
You can contact the ClinConnect Coordinator for your region and ask for the current contact email addresses for the OSV assessor and Student Compliance. In any email subject lines, please include your Education Provider (UQ), student name, student number, discipline and start date of placement.
For students in Northern NSW Local Health District only the contacts are:
Need help?
Contact the HMBS Placement Ready team for help understanding and completing your requirements before you go on placement.