Certificate IV in Allied Health and Assistance

Admissions

Applicants require a minimum of completion of Year 12 or equivalent.

Other requirements

Please note that the duties of an Allied Health Assistant are quite physically demanding and if there are any concerns, should be considered and/or discussed before applying.

Students must be able to perform the physical activities required to be deemed competent in placement, some examples are:

• Pushing and pulling of equipment and/or patients
• Lifting and carrying of equipment and/or patients
• Day to day activities including prolonged standing, walking, kneeling, squatting, and bending over
• Manual handing of equipment and/or patients
• Hydrotherapy
• Exercise demonstration and facilitation with patients

The following additional criteria for entry apply for this course:

• All applicants must be a minimum of 18 years old at the commencement of the placement
• All students must hold a National Police Check, with no disclosable offences, for the duration of the program, including placement*   

* If a candidate believes there would be a disclosable issue on their National Police Check, a confidential conversation will be required prior to enrolment to determine suitability for work within the healthcare environment.

• All students must hold a current Victorian Working with Children Check (Volunteer or Employee) for the duration of the program
• Students may be required to obtain an NDIS worker screening check prior to placement
• It is the student’s responsibility to check the current COVID-19 mask mandate and whether it will affect their ability to undertake placement.
• All applicants will need to demonstrate literacy and numeracy competencies

Immunisations are a requirement to work within health, and up-to-date evidence of immunisations are required to complete assessment requirements within the workplace. If you are not willing to provide up-to-date evidence, you will not be eligible to complete this program.  

Immunisation requirements include the following:

• Measles/Mumps/Rubella
• Diphtheria/Tetanus/ Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Tuberculosis
• Varicella (Chickenpox)
• Hepatitis B
• Influenza
• COVID-19

For more information about the minimum immunisation requirements please download the:

• Vaccination for healthcare workers information
  
• Vaccination of healthcare workers for COVID-19

Additional immunisations may be required in response to any changes in Government policy or the specific requirements of the organisation you attend for your clinical placement. Further information will be provided at the commencement of the course.

Credit transfer

Recognition of prior learning

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