Prior to signing up for clinical placement
Before choosing a placement agency for your clinical course you must submit to the Faculty Administration Office (Level 5, W Block, Toowoomba campus or A103, Fraser Coast campus):
1. 'Working with Children Suitability Card' (Blue Card)
All students must apply for this, and provide evidence to the Faculty Office that this is in the possession of the student. The Card must be carried at all times and be available for inspection during clinical experience.
Please see the Faculty Office to collect a Nursing pre-printed application form. The Faculty Office will certify your application on provision of identification requirements (e.g. driver’s licence and student card) and submit your application to the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian on your behalf.
2. Hepatitis B Immunisation
It is a requirement of USQ and Queensland Health that all students must have evidence of Hepatitis B immunization. As of 29 July 2007 there is no longer any requirement to demonstrate sero-conversion. Evidence of completed immunization only is required.
You are advised that Hepatitis B Vaccinations (a series of three injections) takes six months and need to be commenced no later than the beginning of the first semester of study, in preparation for the first clinical course in semester 2.
Hepatitis B vaccinations are available from the USQ Health Centre or from your own medical practitioner. Four to six weeks after the last injection a blood test is taken to ascertain your titre level (to confirm sero-conversion). This blood test is free at the USQ Health Centre if you show your student ID card.
3. CPR Certificate
Commencing students must hold a current Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate from an accredited provider or complete a certificate by the end of the first semester of study, in order to undertake a clinical course in semester 2.
Your original CPR certificate will be need to be shown and a copy handed in to to the Faculty Administration Office in order for you to be eligible for placement selection. CPR must be renewed each year, and you will need to repeat this process, annually, in order for further placement selection.
For students at the Toowoomba campus, Victoria Parker will conduct accredited CPR courses. For students at the Fraser Coast campus, Mark Wilkins is the on-campus trainer. Other accredited providers in the Toowoomba and Fraser Coast include:
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Queensland Ambulance Service
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The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia.
4. Queensland Health Orientation Package and Checklist
Queensland Health provides a detailed summary of Clinical Placement Guidelines. You are required to have read this material and you must complete the 'Student Checklist'. The signed checklist must be handed in to the Faculty Office annually (as for CPR). The Guidelines and Student Checklist can be downloaded from the Queensland Health website.
5. Deed Polls (as of 29 July 2007)
These are found at the Queensland Health website under Student Placement Deeds. They consist of:
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- Privacy and Consent
Both of these must be signed, witnessed and returned to the Faculty Office prior to Clinical Placement. They are required to be signed once only during your student term.
Failure to supply any of these pre-requirements will block your ability to choose a placement using the SONIA website. If you attempt to select a placement on the SONIA system without having fulfilled these requirements, you will be given a message on the system indicating that 'placement cannot be selected at this time because you have not provided' one of the pre-requirements.
