Placement requirements
If you need to meet immunisation and testing requirements before you can start your placement, you can book a medical appointment with us on campus at the University Health Services (UHS), or visit your local GP for your compliance forms (which verify you’ve met the requirements). Your faculty will let you know if you’re required to do this.
Placement compliance appointments
During the appointment, your doctor will go through your past immunisations history, order any vaccines that you need to have, and organise blood tests (unless you’ve already had them).
One week after you’ve had your blood tests, you’ll need to return to see your doctor so they can go over your results with you. These results will determine whether you already meet the immunisation requirements (if so, your doctor can complete your compliance form for you), or whether you’ll need additional vaccinations to meet the requirements.
You should organise your immunisations as soon as possible, as it can take several weeks to complete all the requirements (depending on what immunisations you’ve already had).
Make an appointment on campus
To make an appointment choose your campus from the list below, then click Book appointment. When you're prompted for the reason for your appointment, select a Placement Compliance Appointment. This will bring up a list of all available appointments for placement compliance.
If you’re based at Peninsula, you can choose to book at Caulfield or Clayton instead.
What you should bring
You should bring printed copies of any:
- childhood immunisations (if available). These could be found in your baby book, overseas immunisation card/record or downloaded from the Australian Immunisation Register, which you can access through Medicare from your myGov account
- other immunisation records you have, including those you may have had as an adult through your GP or for travel
- blood tests you’ve had in the past to check your immunity for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox) or hepatitis B
- recent blood tests (if you’ve had them) to check for hepatitis B surface antigen (HepB SAg), hepatitis C, HIV or gamma interferon test for tuberculosis (quantiferon gold).
If you don’t have a Medicare card (e.g. because you’re an international student), you’ll need to apply for an Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) so your immunisations can be uploaded to the Australian Immunisation Register. You’ll need your passport (with your valid Australian Visa), so it’s a good idea to do this before you attend your immunisation appointment.
To get an IHI:
- Log into myGov (you’ll need to create a myGov account if you don’t have one yet).
- Select Services or Link your first service.
- Choose Individual Healthcare Identifiers service from the list.
- Verify your identity using your passport (with a valid Australian visa).
Immunisation costs
If you visit a doctor at the University Health Services on campus, the cost of the doctor's visit will be bulk billed (meaning no out of pocket cost) if you hold a Medicare card. If you’re an international student, the cost of your appointment will be directly billed if you’re insured with Allianz Care Australia or Bupa. If you’re insured with Medibank, ahm, nib or any other insurance company, you’ll need to pay for your doctor's visit and then claim a refund from your insurer.
If you require any vaccines, some of these are free for eligible people under the National Immunisation Program, and available at a competitive price for others.
If you require a gamma interferon tuberculosis test (quantiferon gold), there will be a related cost which varies between pathology companies and is generally between $50 and $60.