Public Health

Prior to placement, you must ensure you have:

1. Formally enrolled in the subject TM5571 Public Health Placement
2. Developed a learning contract to be endorsed by the subject coordinator and placement supervisor
3. Completed and submitted the form Approval to undertake public health placement
4. Completed a health and safety plan via RiskWare

Forms and supporting documents including the TM5571 Subject Outline will be provided to you by the subject coordinator.

The work you will be undertaking during your placement must be voluntary. It is not with your employer.

The placement must be public health related; it cannot be clinical practice.

You should not be undertaking any medical procedures as part of your placement.

Your placement must consist of 152 hours of voluntary work, which equates to four weeks of work at 38 hours per week.

These hours can be undertaken as a block or spread out over the semester, e.g. 15 hours a week for 10 weeks.

As a Public Health placement student, you are responsible for covering all costs associated with your placement, e.g. accommodation, travel expenses.

As a JCU professional health student, it is your responsibility to ensure all pre-placement requirements (PPRs) are met. Please seek the advice of your placement coordinator or the Professional Experience Placement Unit to confirm the pre-placement information and resources related to other States, services and facilities.

The below documents contains vital information for all healthcare students about the responsibilities of both students and the University concerning professional experience placement.

Professional Experience Placement Procedures (PDF, 449 KB)

Procedure for Infectious Disease (PDF, 1518 KB)

JCU Social Media Policy

JCU Student Conduct Policy

JCU Professional Experience Placement Requirements Procedure

JCU Review of a Student's Suitability to continue a Course involving Placement

JCU WHS - PRO-023 Infection Control Procedure

You are required to complete and submit the following Pre-Placement Requirements (PPRs):

• JCU PEP Student  Declaration
  • Please complete and sign the JCU Student PEP Declaration to confirm that you have read and understood the above listed Placement Procedures.
• JCU PEP Confidentiality Acknowledgement
  • It is recommended that students download Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to fill/sign forms. This is a free program. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • In signing the Acknowledgement, you – the student – acknowledge that you have been instructed in the concept of patient, client and business confidentiality, and will respect clients’ confidentiality at all times, including during tutorials, lectures and discussions, both professional and private.

Please submit the completed JCU Student PEP Declaration and JCU Confidentiality Acknowledgement form to the Professional Experience Placement Unit

Queensland Health has specific legal instruments and subsidiary documents governing pre-entry placements in Queensland Health facilities. All students must complete orientation before commencing a placement within a Queensland Health facility. You cannot commence your placement until your orientation is completed.

1. Student Deed Poll  

Read and complete QH Student Deed Poll

Page 1 - Tips for completion

• Section “Student” – Enter your name.
• Section “HHS” – Enter the Hospital and Health Service (HHS) of your confirmed placement location. View the map of Queensland Health Hospital and Health Services to identify your placement location and its corresponding HHS.
• Section “Education provider” – Enter “James Cook University” and the University's ABN 46 253 211 955.

Page 8 - Tips for completion

• Your signature must be witnessed. The Witness could be anyone over the age of eighteen (18)
• All signatures and dates must be entered as required. All sections must be completed.

Please download, complete, sign, and email QH Student Deed Form (all 8 Pages) to the Professional Experience Placement Unit and retain a copy for your placement professional portfolio.

2. Student Orientation Checklist

Example of a correctly completed  Student Orientation Checklist

Please tick every box on pages 1 and 2 (even if the document does not apply to you) to acknowledge that you have read and understood all of the potential Queensland Health placement requirements.

Tips for completion

Page 1

Legal Check section

• Enter the Date of Check or Date of Completion and Expiry (where applicable) for the pre-placement requirement, mandatory to your placement (Blue card, General Criminal History Check)

Vaccinations

• Enter the date of vaccination, if applicable.
• Enter in the comments section if you have serology results for your evidence of immunity, enter 'Immunity confirmed by serology' and include the date of your serology.
• COVID-19 - enter the date and the name of the vaccine in the “Comments" section.

Page 2

Students are required to complete relevant mandatory training listed in the Mandatory Training HR G6 Policy for Department of Health employees as part of the Department of Health - Mandatory training requirements standard through iLearn before commencement as detailed in the following table:

Additional mandatory training to be completed on commencement at the facility includes:

• General Evacuation Instructions
• Infection Prevention and Control.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Practice Program is offered face-to-face and is not currently available in iLearn.

Please note, there may be additional local additional requisites or essential training mandatory training to undertake as directed by the placement supervisor/line manager.

On completion tick the All mandatory orientation as per Queensland Health Human Resources Policy Mandatory Training G6 (QH-POL-183) box on the QH Orientation Check List and send it to healthplacements@jcu.edu.au for recording.

Print the applicable certificate and retain a copy for your placement professional portfolio.

It is your responsibility to keep these checks up-to-date and to adhere to Queensland Health placement requirements for your safety and the safety of others during your professional experience placement.

Page 3

Certification / Declaration

• Enter all required information and the date
• Please download, complete, sign, and email the QH Orientation checklist (Pages 1-3) to the Professional Experience Placement Unit and retain a copy for your placement professional portfolio