347 National Immunisation Program for Healthcare Practitioners

The Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) National Immunisation Program for Healthcare Practitioners course is based on the National Immunisation Education Framework for Health Professionals (2017) and has been accredited by the ANMAC subsidiary Health Education Services Australia (HESA) to deliver this course. HESA is the National body for health education accreditation and ACN is the first institution to have its Immunisation course accredited.

ACN aims to continually offer self-directed courses that are contemporary and relevant to meet the needs of our students and industry which includes an interactive and engaging learning delivery system with opportunities to interact with other students while also having a dedicated course coordinators for support.

Why study this course

Health care providers are at the forefront in protecting the community’s health and wellbeing. Immunisation as a national public health strategy continues to be a cost-effective means in reducing the mortality and morbidity rates related to vaccine-preventable diseases in Australia. In line with the emphasis of the National Immunisation Strategy 2019 – 2024, it is also recognised that having appropriately trained health professionals is crucial in ensuring successful delivery of immunisation services to improve immunisation coverage rates nationally.

The design of the National Immunisation Program for Healthcare Practioners (HESA accredited) course hinges on the national educational requirements as determined by the National Framework (2017). This course aims to equip health practitioners with the essential attributes to be immunisation advocates and promote immunisation uptake nationally. Health practitioners who have successfully passed this course should refer to the Department of Health and Aged Care in the jurisdiction they practice in, or wish to practice in, for information and conditions leading to authorisation to immunise independent of a medical officer

Course overview

This course is available to the following with National board registration:

• Registered Nurses
• Enrolled Nurses
• Registered Midwives
• Paramedics
• Pharmacists
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Care Practitioners.

NOTE: All health professionals applying to enrol in the course must confirm their eligibility to immunise independent of medical officers by checking the Department of Health and Aged Care policy in their relevant state or territory.

Award

Students who have successfully passed this course will be awarded an electronic certificate of completion when all course requirements have been met, and 80 CPD hours. Certificates or letters stating completed CPD hours will not be awarded for partial completion of the course. CPD hours can be self-recorded using the Ahpra template.