Special conditions of entry - special entry requirements, health requirements and security checks

Special Entry Requirements

Some courses have special entry requirements that need to be met, in addition to the University's standard entry requirements for the course. Be sure to check if the course(s) you are interested in have any special entry requirements.

Health Requirements - Clinical training in the NSW hospital system

If you are studying in the faculties of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Nursing or Medicine, you may be required to complete clinical training in the New South Wales hospital system.

While undertaking that training, you will be subject to guidelines and procedures laid down for other workers in the system by the NSW Health Department, including those relating to infectious diseases, such as HIV and Hepatitis B (HBV). If you are not able to satisfy those guidelines and procedures because of your health status or for other reasons, you may be unable to complete your clinical training.

While the University is sympathetic to students in these or other similar circumstances, it is stressed that the development and implementation of guidelines and procedures relating to infectious diseases within the health care system, is not a matter over which the University has control.

Confidential information is available from:

DENTISTRY
Professor D Murray Walker
Phone: +61 2 9845 7892
Fax: +61 2 9893 8671
E-mail: murrayw@dental.wsahs.nsw.gov.au

HEALTH SCIENCES
Ms Neryla Jolly
Phone: +61 2 9351 9250
Fax: +61 2 9351 9359
E-mail: n.jolly@fhs.usyd.edu.au


MEDICINE
Professor Yvonne Cossart
Phone: +61 2 9351 2900
Fax: +61 2 9351 9359
E-mail: ycossart@infdis.usyd.edu.au

NURSING
Ms Penny Bishop
Phone: +61 2 9351 0525
E-mail: mcarlisle@nursing.usyd.edu.au

Criminal records check - Health workers

All health care workers, including students who undertake training or fieldwork in facilities operated by NSW Health, are required to be subject to a criminal records check as a condition of gaining access to NSW Health facilities. Depending on the nature of the offence for which a conviction has been recorded, the NSW Health Department has the right not to accept a health care student or worker for placement in the NSW health care system in certain circumstances.

All students affected by this policy will receive, as part of their enrolment package, a form from the NSW Health Department consenting to a criminal records check. You are required to complete, sign and return the enclosed form directly to the Department of Health as soon as possible. Failure to do so could mean a delay or non-acceptance by the NSW Health Department of your application for a placement. Non-acceptance of a student under this policy could affect that student’s academic progress. You are urged to contact your dean if you have any concerns or if you wish to obtain a full copy of the NSW Health Department’s policy. Enquiries concerning this policy can also be directed to the .

The University is not involved in this checking process and it will not be given any information about students on whom an adverse criminal record report is made. This information will be retained by the NSW Health Department, which is legally entitled to hold such records, and the NSW Health Department will correspond directly with adversely affected students.

The University, in consultation with the SRC and Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association (SUPRA), has established protocols to enable students affected by the policy to receive appropriate advice and support and, if necessary, to enable them to transfer their enrolment to another course. These protocols were implemented in 1998.

Security check - Education practicums

Education students should be aware that they may be subject to a police security check before being permitted to complete practicums in schools. For further information contact the Faculty of Education (tel: +61 2 9351 2604).