Click on the appropriate buttons below to be directed to information relating to each specific check.

ALL STUDENTS

Apply for a new card or link your existing card to UniSC.

PrePlace is a series of three online modules located on Canvas that you must complete once, prior to your placement. Enrolment to PrePlace is an automated process, so is directly related to your course enrolment. If you are not yet officially enrolled in a placement course, the auto process cannot be triggered. Once you have been enrolled in your placement course the process will happen overnight and PrePlace will then be available to you.

To be eligible to attend placement, you must complete the UniSC Code of Conduct by reading the document and agreeing by submitting the electronic form. This is a per placement requirement.

The Student Placement Agreement (SPA) consists of two mandatory electronic forms completed in your Sonia Online account before you attend your placement.

• Placement Disclosure Statement (Disclosing Health Conditions):
  Available within 8 weeks of the first group commencing (as per the placement calendar). Only one placement disclosure statement is required per enrolment.
• Placement Details Agreement:
  Available 1–2 weeks before placement commencing (per placement requirement).

You will receive an email when a Student Placement Agreement has been added to your Sonia Online > Forms.

All required vaccinations must be complete prior to placement. Vaccinations can take up to 12 months to complete the full vaccination courses.

ALL STUDENTS ATTENDING A HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE FACILITY

You must complete all 6 x iLearn modules. Please follow the instructions in the iLearn module FAQ to create an iLearn account. Once your account is confirmed, complete the required modules and upload each certificate into Sonia Online under the Checks tab.

Police Check applications can take up to 6 weeks to be processed. NB. Only Australian Federal Police certificates with Purpose Type 37 are accepted.

A Queensland Health Student Orientation Checklist AND a Queensland Health Deed Poll must be completed for each placement. You will receive an email from the Fit for Placement team 2 weeks prior to your Qld Health Placement with instructions on how to complete these requirements and upload them into Sonia Online.

Allied Health students are required to complete the training form as part of the Q Health pre-placement mandatory checks. If you are undertaking your placement at Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Services, you are not required to complete these modules.

It is a Queensland Government requirement that all students attending any placement in a health setting, clinical setting and residential aged care setting, are required to undertake respirator (mask) fit testing prior to commencing.

To be eligible for placement you must complete a QHealth TB Risk Assessment. If required, you also need to provide evidence of a Latent TB test.

All required vaccinations must be complete prior to placement. Vaccinations can take up to 12 months to complete the full vaccination courses.

SUNSHINE COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE SITE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

All students attending SCHHS must complete all of the above requirements as well as the following additional requirements:

To be eligible to attend your placement, you are required to hold a current CPR certificate (Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HLTAID009 with a Registered Training Organisation). You do not need First Aid.

You will receive an email from the Fit for Placement Office approximately 4 weeks prior to your start date of your Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service placement. This will include instructions on how to complete your SC-LOL Training Modules, iLearn Training Modules and your Student Minimum Requirements Form.

OTHER SITE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Some placement host organisations may still require COVID-19 vaccination now or in the future. If you are not fully vaccinated, it is important to know that placement opportunities in this program may be limited.

Log into Sonia Online > Checks tab and follow the instructions to upload your COVID-19 vaccination evidence.

All students attending a respiratory placement within a Queensland Health facility are required to undertake 6 additional iLearn courses in the Spirometry Education 2023 module. You only need to undertake the eLearning modules, you do not have to attend the workshop or portfolio assessment.