Clinical Placement Office
The Clinical Placement Office (CPO) coordinates all clinical placements for students and trainees from local and regional education institutions and health providers.
The office is the first point of contact for education providers and students. No other ACT Health staff member is authorised to agree to a placement within ACT Health.
Responsibilities
The office's responsibilities include:
- ensuring quality clinical supervision across all placements
- managing placement requests
- monitoring student compliance with placement prerequisites
- investigating reported breaches of the clinical placement deeds
- consulting with key stakeholders
Placements are available within several ACT Health facilities and are run in accordance with the Deeds and Schedules of education providers.
Education providers
Education providers should contact the Clinical Placement Office to discuss or arrange their clinical placement. The Student Placement Deed between ACT Health and Education Providers stipulates that students are not to approach ACT Health directly to organise their own placements.
Students and trainees who are ACT residents and who are enrolled in courses at the Canberra Institute of Technology, the University of Canberra, the Australian Catholic University or the Australian National University where there is a mandatory placement component will be given priority for clinical and non-clinical placements within the ACT public health service.
More information
Find out more about:
- applying for a clinical placement as a student or trainee
- information for education providers about clinical placements
- clinical placements in general practice
- InPlace Network - the student placement management system.
Contact us
The Clinical Placement Office address is Level 3, 2 – 6 Bowes Street Phillip ACT 2606. Contact us by phone 02 5124 5887 or email us at CPO@act.gov.au.