ADF Personnel

The ADF and NSW Health have agreed to the following procedure for ADF members to obtain a work placement. Individuals are kindly asked not to reach out to individual clinicians or facilities attempting to seek their own placement as an agreement has been reached which manages how placements are to occur.

NSW Health have confirmed (and this has been agreed to by the ADF) personnel attending a work placement must provide all of the following mandatory documentation as part of their application. Email all completed documentation in pdf format to slhd-cpu@health.nsw.gov.au

Review the mandatory requirements below and ONLY return the documents noted, in the order requested. Files containing multiple irrelevant documents will be returned and not processed.

Documentation must come from Central Command and the Coordinator of ADF placements and not the individual.

1. A clear National Criminal Record Check. A criminal record check can be obtained from any one of the accredited bodies that are licenced to issue criminal record checks by The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission or the NSW or Federal Police.
   
   
2. A signed acknowledgement that the applicant has read and will abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct
   
   
3. A current WWCC letter issued by the RMS providing the WWCC application number. Applications are available from here
   
   
4. Evidence of Current Professional Registration issued by AHPRA
   
   
5. Evidence of current immunisation status with a completed vaccination card by the applicants GP as well as a completed Undertaking/Declaration Form and Tuberculosis (TB) Assessment Form. Ensure that the GP records the numerical value of Hepatitis B and Rubella and include all serology reports with the application documentation. To assist applicants to know how the vaccination card is to be completed, please refer to this resource which has been authored in conjunction with NSW Health to assist in this process. If you are unable to provide a history of age appropriate Hepatitis B vaccinations, complete an Hepatitis B Vaccination Declaration and ensure the GP has recorded this on the vaccination card and submit this document with all other verification documentation. The Hepatitis B Vaccination Declaration must be recorded on the vaccination card as having been completed at some point in your life however for various reasons the documentary evidence to prove this fact, is unable to be presented.
   
   An example of how the 'Vaccination Record card for Healthcare Workers and Students' must be completed is located here.
   
   
6. The applicant is to complete only the red section of the ADF Summary sheet
   
   
7. The applicant is to complete and sign Schedule 2 acknowledging the requirement of patient confidentiality
   
   
8. Provide a cover letter indicating the dates that the placement is requested to take place. As SLHD facilities host nearly 5000 health students annually, we will endeavour to assist with the dates requested. However, the LHD reserves the right to offer alternative dates dependent on the workload of the unit at that time.
   
   
9. Also provide a set of clinical objectives to be achieved on the placement so that an appropriate education plan can be developed to assist you.
   
   
10. Local facilities may request further documentation. The applicant will be advised if this is to occur.

If documentation is incomplete the applicant will be notified.

Once all documentation has met mandatory requirements and placement availability is confirmed, the applicant will be advised of a contact person within the respective health facility to liaise with regarding the requirements on day 1 of the commencement date (meeting place etc.). 

Schedule 1 is not countersigned by the SLHD Clinical Placement Unit (CPU) but by the local staff member who will be overseeing the ADF members placement at the local level; that is, the Nurse Manager or Nursing Unit Manager of the unit the ADF member will be attending. A copy of this document is to be supplied to the CPU, so there is a record of the document having been signed by both parties.