NSW Pre-Clinical Information
Specific NSW State Clinical Documents
Links
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Working with Children Check (Blue Card).
- All students apply as volunteers. Once received student is to email to studenthub@westernsydney.edu.au for it to be added to their records
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First Aid Certificate: The certificate must display one of the following unit codes; HLTAID004,HLTAID006, HLTFA301B, HLTAID003 or HLTFA311A for it to qualify as equivalent to Senior First Aid and be valid.
- Please submit to studenthub@westernsydney.edu.au to have it added to your records.
Clinical Placement Team (CPT) contact details: nursingclinical@westernsydney.edu.au.
Do not delay completing your preclinical documents. Processing of some criminal checks can take up to 12 weeks and completion of some immunisation requirements can take up to 7 months.
- Placement will not be allocated unless you have meet all preclinical requirements per state.
- The cost of criminal record checks and immunisations/health screening is the responsibility of the student.
- It is the student's responsibility to be aware of expiry dates of all clinical and course special requirement documents and update and forward certified copies to the CPT prior to expiry. Note: Preclinical documents must not expire prior to, or during a clinical placement. You can check this in InPlace.
- Students may be required to present preclinical documents to their supervisor at the placement facility on the first day of placement.
- Clinical placements will be cancelled two weeks prior to the placement start date if students fail to meet all pre-clinical requirements.
- If the placement is cancelled due to expired special requirements a Levy will apply. Please review LEVY fact sheet.
BN Clinical Assessment Tool: This tool is to be used for all clinical placements in all the BN courses.
Contact the Clinical Placement Team
If you require further clarification, information that is not on this website or on the vUWS site, contact the Clinical Placement Team.