Student pre-engagement screening

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Congratulations on progressing to the next phase of the engagement process.

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has a duty of care to protect and not place staff, students, patients and visitors at the Melbourne Children's Campus at unreasonable risk.

In considering the suitability of prospective students, our pre-engagement process requires a national police clearance. If you are an international student, both national and international police clearances will be required. Additionally, a Working with Children Check (WWCC) must be completed.

Once you have satisfied our pre-engagement screening checks you will be emailed a Student Letter of Offer and further mandatory documents to read and complete.

These documents will need to be signed and returned via email prior to your commencement.

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has a duty of care to protect and not place staff, students, patients and visitors at the Melbourne Children's Campus at unreasonable risk.

In considering the suitability of prospective students, our...

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has a duty of care to protect and not place staff, students, patients and visitors at the Melbourne Children's Campus at unreasonable risk.

In considering the suitability of prospective students, our pre-engagement process requires a national police clearance. If you are an international student, both national and international police clearances will be required. Additionally, a Working with Children Check (WWCC) must be completed.

Once you have satisfied our pre-engagement screening checks you will be emailed a Student Letter of Offer and further mandatory documents to read and complete.

These documents will need to be signed and returned via email prior to your commencement.

Police clearance

National Police Clearance

Fit2Work check conducted by MCRI

Create a Fit2Work account and complete the required information. Here you will need your Ref: ID Number, which is provided in the subject line of our email correspondence.

Within your Fit2Work application, you will be asked to provide:

  • One (1) Commencement of ID Document
  • One (1) Primary Use in the Community Document
  • Two (2) Secondary Use in the Community Documents

If Fit2Work cannot verify your ID, you may be asked to provide one certified piece of ID.

After submitting the application, Fit2Work will process your application. A result usually returns within three (3) business days, however, on occasions it could take up to four (4) weeks to return with a result. It is important that you complete the Fit2Work online form as soon as possible.

International Police Checks

International Police Checks must cover all countries of citizenship and each country in which you have lived for 12 months or longer over the past five years (or more). Fit2Work will guide you to list any countries you've lived in. Once you've made your selections, the relevant forms will be automatically included in your Police Check application. International checks will typically take several weeks to complete.

If you're experiencing issues applying for international checks, please contact us and let us know which countries you'll need checks for.

If you have a current position with The Royal Children's Hospital, please advise us via email as you may be exempt from undertaking a new police check.

Note: MCRI will incur the cost of both national and international checks.