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Free Flu Vaccines Offered to Staff and Students at Our Perth Campus!

09 June 2023

We are excited to share some great news with our IHNA Perth Campus community! In our ongoing commitment to prioritize the health and well-being of our staff and students, we are thrilled to announce that we have provided FREE flu vaccinations to all members of our campus.

The flu vaccine is an essential measure to protect ourselves and others from the flu virus, especially during flu season. By offering this valuable opportunity to our IHNA Perth Campus community, we aim to create a safe and healthy environment for everyone.

We would like to express our gratitude to all the dedicated healthcare professionals involved in administering the flu vaccines and making this initiative possible.

Let’s continue to prioritize our health and well-being together! Stay protected, stay healthy, and together we will thrive.

IHNA is proud to announce its all-new

21 January 2022

With IHNA’s HLT54121-Diploma of Nursing, you can start a rewarding career as an enrolled nurse with the opportunity to work anywhere in Australia, knowing the high demand for enrolled nurses.

This course will teach you the fundamental skills and the knowledge you’ll need to work as a nurse in the fast-paced healthcare industry.

Under the supervision of a certified nurse, you’ll learn to provide acute, preventative, curative, and rehabilitative care. In our ward simulation labs, you will receive hands-on learning experience and clinical experience over 400 hours of practical placements.

Enrol at a cutting-edge facility that caters to your educational needs. With trained Nurse Educators, support staff, highly advanced nursing labs, libraries, classrooms, and an online interactive learning platform with 24/7 student support online, we provide a great setting in which you can accomplish your studies.

Upon successful registration with NMBA graduates may gain employment in various healthcare facilities, which may include:

  • Hospitals
  • Day respite centres
  • Rehabilitation centres
  • Residential group homes
  • Medical centres
  • Training resource centres
  • Open employment services
  • Other community settings and clients’ homes

Let’s take a step ahead towards a rewarding career in nursing and get in touch with our super friendly consultants, who are more than happy to answer all your questions.

Australia Welcomes International Students

23 November 2021

Australia all set to welcome skilled workers and Visa holders after twenty months of border closure. From December 1, fully vaccinated eligible visa holders can enter Australia without needing to apply for a travel exemption.

Tourists, travellers, skilled migrants, and overseas students will be able to fly in for the summer as a result of the decision.

The Home Affairs website has a complete list of the 28 visa holders that are eligible.

Anyone planning a trip to Australia must be fully vaccinated and have a negative PCR test within three days before leaving. Only New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will allow visitors to fly in without being quarantined due to differing legislation in each state and territory.

If you’re planning to Study in Australia or already are a student and were studying online this is the time to come back to Australia and experience the best of it.

This comes as great news for those students currently studying IHNA courses online as they will now be able to join their course on-campus in Australia as on-site education will recommence and classrooms will be open. We encourage all students to get vaccinated as full vaccination will be required for international arrivals to enter Australia without quarantine. Students should contact their IHM counsellor or recruitment agent to review their plans and finalise their enrolment.

IHNA is looking forward to welcome students from all over the world to come and study with us and at the same time experience the best of Australia.

IHNA plans to welcome international students back to classrooms in Melbourne from mid-November

27 September 2021

Dear Students,

The Institute of Health and Nursing Australia (IHNA) has announced it will re-open classrooms in Melbourne from the 19th of November once 80% of Victorians become fully vaccinated which will ease restrictions to open Australia’s national borders.

This comes as great news for those students currently studying IHNA courses online as they will now be able to join their course on-campus in Australia as on-site education will recommence and classrooms will be open.

We encourage all students to get vaccinated as full vaccination will be required for international arrivals to enter Australia without quarantine. Students should contact their IHNA counsellor or recruitment agent to review their plans and finalise their enrolment for November in Melbourne.

The Victorian Premier announced on September 19th that once 80% of Victorians become fully vaccinated restrictions in the Victorian Roadmap, Delivering the National Plan will align with Phase D of Australia’s National COVID-19 Response.

Australia to welcome international students without quarantine!

Extended Melbourne Lockdown to Keep Victorians Safe

16 August 2021

Dear Students,

Due to the ongoing level of community transmission of coronavirus in Victoria, the current lockdown across Melbourne will be extended and a curfew will be put in place across metropolitan Melbourne.

Unfortunately, based on the current trajectory of the outbreak, we will not be in a position to lift restrictions on Thursday as planned. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer has declared that from tonight the lockdown restrictions will be strengthened and extended in metropolitan Melbourne, until 11.59 pm on Thursday, 2 September. This is an additional 14 days on the previous directions.

Students are included

The strengthened settings will see a curfew imposed from 9 pm to 5 am every night. This will operate as it did last year, with very limited reasons to leave the home during this time. There will be increased police presence across metropolitan Melbourne to ensure public health measures are enforced. While the restrictions commence from 11.59 pm tonight, we are asking people to respect the curfew from 9 pm.

Permits will be required to leave the house for authorised work, consistent with the arrangements that were in place last year. Additional restrictions will also apply to the construction industry, again operating as it did last year with staffing reductions in place except for critical infrastructure and emergency repairs. At large scale construction sites, staffing must reduce to 25 per cent or five workers on site, whichever is higher. Authorised workers will be required to carry permits when working, and when travelling for work, from 11:59 pm on Tuesday, August 17. The permits need to be certified by an employer. Permits will be available on the coronavirus website before these directions come into effect. Permits will also need to be carried by higher education students who are on the Authorised Provider list.

IHNA will continue its operation remotely the same as before and if anyone you required to attend on-campus Simulation-Based Assessment(SBA) or attending clinical placement is required to contact your student support officers to obtain your permit.

  • Authorised workers list included health practitioners, including medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health students on placement, when undertaking critical training and examinations; or
  • study for health care workers (including clinical placements)

Please find the attached media release from our premier to know more: Click Here

Feel free to contact us if you have further question

Regards

IHNA Student Support.

Mandatory Vaccination of Aged Care Workers

09 August 2021

Dear Students,

We received the advice below from the Department of Health that the Australian Government is working closely with the states and territories to implement the National Cabinet decision to mandate that at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine be administered by mid-September 2021 for all residential aged care workers, irrespective of their age.

Students are included

The Department of Health issued a bulletin ‘Mandatory Vaccination of Aged Care Workers’ on 3 August 2021 which states that students are proposed to be included in the scope of the workforce now requiring the COVID-19 vaccination. Ultimately states and territories will determine the scope and exemptions to be included in the instruments to implement the National Cabinet decision. Please liaise with your state training authority to confirm students will be in the scope of the instrument.

How to access the vaccination

All primary care clinics are expected to make a vaccination appointment for residential aged care workers within seven days of a request. All residential aged care workers are eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine.

Residential aged care workers can continue to access state and territory vaccination channels. Students may use the eligibility checker to check the availability of local appointments.

Further information on the Australian Government’s vaccination program is available on the Department of Health website. Information about implementation establishing mandatory vaccination requirements for residential aged care workers will be available from the Department of Health’s website. You may also contact the dedicated COVID-19 Vaccine Helpline on 1800 020 080 and select option 4 for more information.

Kind regards,

IHNA Student Support

COVID-19 vaccinations are free for everyone in Australia, including international students

12 July 2021

Dear Students,

COVID-19 vaccinations are free for everyone in Australia, including international students

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring everyone in Australia will have access to the vaccination when it’s their turn – this includes international students who are studying in Australia.

COVID-19 vaccines are free for everyone in Australia regardless of Medicare or visa status.

Vaccination providers cannot charge students for the COVID-19 vaccine or your appointments to receive the vaccine. If students don’t have a Medicare card, or are not eligible for Medicare, they can get a free vaccination at:

  • a Commonwealth Vaccination Clinic
  • state or territory vaccination clinic

The vaccine is voluntary, and everyone is encouraged to get a vaccine to help protect the community from COVID-19.

Find out when your students can have their COVID-19 vaccination

Use the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility checker to find out when and where they can receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

If students need more information, they should call the COVID-19 vaccine helpline on 1800 020 080 or for translating and interpreting services call 13 14 50.

Getting proof of COVID-19 vaccination without a Medicare card.

Students that don’t have a Medicare card, or are not eligible for Medicare can get proof that have had their COVID-19 vaccination by:

Information to assist international students:

To assist you in communicating this information to students, a number of translated resources are available on the Department of Health website.

Victorian international education provider award 2016!

21 November 2016

We’re honoured to announce that Health Careers International has won the prestigious Victorian International Education Provider Award 2016! This prestigious Award was announced on 21 November 2016 at the Government House Victoria. This initiative of the Victorian Government supports the international education sector, promotes best practice in the sector and raises awareness of its benefits to the broader community.

Health Careers accepts this award with utmost humility, and promises that we will continue to strive for global excellence in the healthcare education sector!

New job oriented courses

07 December 2017

The Institute of Health and Nursing Australia (IHNA) is very pleased to announce the launch of four new certification courses for healthcare professionals.

  • CHC43115 – Certificate IV in Disability
  • HLT33115 – Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
  • HLT47315 – Certificate IV in Health Administration
  • HLT57715 – Diploma of Practice Management

These new study programs are in keeping with IHNA’s efforts to provide quality education to professionals pursuing a career in Australia’s healthcare sector. The Certificate IV in Disability and the Certificate III in Health Service Assistance offer value to those who wish to start their career in healthcare. The Health Administration and Practice Management courses are designed for professionals who wish to be engaged in the business and administrative side of healthcare practice.

IHNA’s accredited healthcare courses offer a methodical and structured approach to theory and clinical skills, and are in line with the latest trends and best practices in healthcare. Our courses are delivered by experienced nurses practicing in Australia who are recognized as experts in their respective fields, and are thoroughly conversant with the medical landscape in this country.

Call our admissions consultant today to know more! 1800 22 52 83

Health Careers, awarded the Skills First funding contract for 2018-19

01 January 2018

IHNA has been awarded the Skills First funding contract for 2018-19 effective from 1st January 2018. Skills first help people who wish to gain a vocations education and training. Eligible students will be covered for a part of their tuition fees by the government.

IHNA offers Skills First Funding for eligible students in the following courses.

  • CHC33015 – Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability)
  • CHC30113 – Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
  • HLT33115 – Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in Nursing Work in Acute Care)
  • CHC43115 – Certificate IV in Disability
  • CHC43015 – Certificate IV in Ageing Support
  • CHC50113 – Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
  • HLT47315 – Certificate IV in Health Administration
  • HLT57715 – Diploma of Practice Management
  • HLT37315 – Certificate III in Health Administration

Call our admissions consultant today to know more! 1800 22 52 83