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Please read the below-listed placement procedures, and complete and sign the JCU Professional Experience Placement Student Declaration to confirm that you have read and understood them.

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 

Procedure for Infectious Disease 

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

Once you have completed and signed the above-linked Student Declaration, please email it to the Professional Experience Placement Unit.

You must complete and sign the JCU Confidentiality Acknowledgement every year.

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.

Download, complete, sign and email the Confidentiality Acknowledgement to the Professional Experience Placement Unit and retain a copy for your professional portfolio.

Clinical ID cards are not the same as JCU Student ID cards. To get a Clinical ID, you must have first obtained a JCU Student ID.

During professional experience placement, you must wear your Clinical ID at all times, including placements at the JCU Dental, JCU Health General Practice and JCU Allied Health and Interprofessional Clinics within the JCU Clinical Practices Building.

First-Year Students - After the census date, you will receive an email from the Professional Experience Placement Unit with instructions on how to order and collect your card. (Townsville Building 134 and Cairns A1).  Cost $15.

Clinical ID cards are valid for the duration of your enrolment. It should be returned to JCU on completion of your degree.

Lost or Expired Cards - If you lose your card or it expires before you complete your course, please send an email to healthplacements@jcu.edu.au to receive instructions on how to get a new card. Cost $5.

The Working with Children Check (QLD Blue Card) is a screening process that assesses your suitability to work with children based on available disciplinary and police information.  It is your responsibility to maintain a current Blue Card throughout your course.  You must renew your Blue Card within 16-4 weeks before it expires to maintain its currency.

To apply for a blue card, follow these 3 steps.

1. Have your CRN nearby to reference.
2. Register for an online account. This is how we verify your identity and get the photo for your card.
3. Apply for your blue card using the online applicant portal. We accept ONLY online applications.

Identification

All applications (including renewals and linking)  will require you to have a Customer Reference Number (CRN) from the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR).  You can find your CRN on your QLD Drivers Licence or QLD Proof of Age Card.  QLD Blue Card Services is now verifying your identity this way.

If you do not have a CRN number, you can obtain one by visiting, in person, a Transport and Main Roads (TMR) office.  If there is no TMR office in your location, you can visit a QLD Police Station or a Queensland Government Agent Program (QGAP) office.

You will need to take along 100pts of Identification for ID verification.  Once verified, your photo is taken, and you are issued with a CRN.  There is no cost if you are not applying for a QLD Drivers Licence or Proof of Age card.

Please note your photo must have been taken within the last six years and nine months.  If your image is older than six years and nine months, you will need to visit a Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads office or alternate agency to have a new photo taken.  There is no cost for updating your photo.

IMPORTANT: You will not be able to register on the QLD Blue Card Services online portal without your CRN.

Once you have your Queensland Department of Main Roads and Transport Customer Reference Number (CRN) you can proceed with the online registration and application process.

Please read the below information carefully.

NEW QLD Working with Children Check Application

1. Visit  QLD Blue Card Services, scroll down, click on the Register for an online account button and enter the required information.
2. Once you complete the registration section, you will get a registration account number (6 digits).
3. Email your registration account number to healthplacements@jcu.edu.au - please make your subject heading "Blue Card Registration Code - (insert your full name)"
4. The Placement team will activate your registration account number, linking you to JCU.  (Please allow up to 48 business hours for this to be actioned)
5. Once activated, you will receive a text message from QLD Blue Card Services to advise that you can now proceed with your online application. Return to the Blue Card Services website and click on the 'Log in to the online applicant portal' (this cannot be completed until JCU activates your code).
6. Once QLD Blue Card Services have approved your application, you will receive a confirmation email, and your new Blue Card will be mailed to your nominated address.  JCU is also notified that your card has been approved and will update InPlace accordingly.

RENEWAL Applications (current Blue Card already linked to JCU)

Application submitted before current Blue Card expires

Please note, as advised above you will require a CRN and photo recorded with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads to complete your application.

1. Visit  QLD Blue Card Services, scroll down, click on the Register Now button and enter the required information.
2. As you are already linked to JCU, you will be able to continue with your renewal application via the 'Log in to the online applicant portal'.
3. Once QLD Blue Card Services approve your renewal application, you will receive a confirmation email, and your new Blue Card will be mailed to your nominated address.  JCU is also notified that your card has been renewed and will update InPlace accordingly.

Application submitted after your  Blue Card has expired

1. Please see the process to complete a New QLD Working with Children Check Application as above.

Link your current paid/volunteer card to James Cook University

1. Email a copy of your current QLD Blue Card to healthplacements@jcu.edu.au . Please make your subject heading 'Link current Blue Card'.
2. The Placement team will link your current QLD Blue Card to James Cook University.  (Please allow up to 48 business hours for this to be actioned)
3. You will receive an email from QLD Blue Card Services that your QLD Blue Card is linked to James Cook University.

It is also your responsibility to ensure your contact details are up to date with Blue Card Services. 

if you change your address or phone number, you must contact QLD Blue Card Services

If you have a lost/damaged card, you must also notify QLD Blue Card Services

Prior to placement, you must obtain an NDIS/Qld Disability Worker Screening Clearance. Once approved, it is valid for five years.

Existing Worker Clearance - If you already hold a valid clearance (or current QLD Yellow card), please ensure you email a scanned copy of your Worker Screening Card to healthplacements@jcu.edu.au , and we will add your details to InPlace.  You must provide your Worker Screening Card details to your placement provider if requested so that they can link you to their organisation for the period of your placement.

New clearance required - If you do not already hold a valid clearance, you will need to apply for the screening via the QLD Department of Communities. Please read through this application guide before commencing the process.

1. Register for an online account. Like the Blue Card process, you will require your CRN from the Department of Main Roads to complete this process (Drivers Licence, Proof of Age Card, Photo Identity Card - your photo must have been taken within the last five years and three months).
2. Application type -  if you do not already hold a current Blue Card, you should complete a combined disability worker screening/Blue Card application. Select I am applying for a Disability Worker Screening Check AND a Working with Children Check (Blue Card) for the Application Type.
3. Complete application - when going through the online application, please enter the following information for Purpose & Role.
   1. Select Volunteer
   2. Select - NDIS Improved Health and Wellbeing
   3. Enter Employer Details - In the first instance please search and select  James Cook University - Registration/Employer ID 4-433C-1951
4. As your clearance will be linked to JCU, we will get notification of your card information and will update InPlace accordingly.
5. Please note that some of the placement facilities may require you to link your clearance to their organisation for the duration of your placement.  Make sure you have your card/confirmation email available if requested by the organisation.

Introductory Module: Student Workplace Health and Safety, and Conduct Induction

In preparation for your placement, you must have an understanding of Work, Health and Safety (WHS), to develop your knowledge and skills, James Cook University requires all Students to complete the mandatory WHS introductory model "Student Workplace Health and Safety, and Conduct Induction".

To access this module via LearnJCU, select Organisations, and under the heading Essential, select Student Workplace Health and Safety, and Conduct Induction. The module has 8 parts for you to complete and a Declaration of Completion to be acknowledged. These modules will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

The Professional Experience Placement Team will be notified when you have completed the training. Your InPlace profile will be updated to reflect your compliance.

This is a mandatory preplacement requirement and you cannot commence placement until this module has been completed.