Program Overview

Graduate Certificate of Infection Control

Advance your career in health care with a Graduate Certificate of Infection Control. You’ll develop the skills to implement effective infection prevention and treatments as well as control procedures that protect those in hospital and clinical settings and those in the general public. Upon completion, you will be equipped to make a significant contribution to the health of not only patients, but the wider community.

Enhance your career

• Increase your expertise
• Specialise your skills
• Connect with leading lecturers and industry experts

Fast Facts

• Location: Online
• Commencing: February, July
• Fees:
  • Estimated annual Commonwealth Supported fee: $AUD4,070.00
  • Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD14,779.00
  • Plus Student Services and Amenities fee
  • Fee deferral and scholarships available if eligible
• Duration: 6 months full-time
• Entry Requirements:
  • AQF level 7 bachelor degree in medical, nursing or other relevant health professional qualification
  • At least five years' experience in a health profession
• Course Code: 76711

Course detail

• What to expect: Make a significant contribution to the health of patients, staff, and the general public with the Graduate Certificate of Infection Control at JCU. Advance your career in healthcare with the flexibility to continue working while you study.
• You will learn infection prevention and control in a variety of health contexts including rural, remote and Indigenous settings in developed and developing countries. Exercise your professional judgement as you design, implement, and evaluate infection management strategies.
• Develop the expertise to analyse data and find solutions to complex problems. JCU Infection Control graduates have the specialised knowledge and technical skills needed to successfully manage a variety of health care risks.

Inherent requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University’s learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please review the inherent requirements for the Graduate Certificate of Infection Control.

Career Opportunities

JCU Infection Control graduates have a broad range of health care skills that enable them to contribute valuably to the field of infection control.

• Graduates go on to work in public and private hospitals, aged care settings, education programs, and policy development in metropolitan, regional, and rural settings.
• You could find employment as a health care administrator, infection control advisor in governmental settings, Clinical Nurse in Infection Control, project officer, or policy officer. Upon graduation you will be eligible for entry into the Graduate Diploma of Nursing or Master of Nursing.

Fees and scholarships

• Estimated annual Commonwealth Supported fee: $AUD4,070.00
• Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD14,779.00
• A variety of Scholarships are available to suit different student types.

Pathways to JCU

JCU offers multiple Pathways to University. If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course, consider exploring our available Pathways options.

Real stories

• Alumni: Alyson Martin, Graduate Certificate of Infection Control Graduate
  • Infection prevention and control is an underpinning core value that all nurses should have and it can set you apart in the workforce. It provides a huge range of knowledge and skills regardless of your nursing area. The most valuable thing within the course is the relationship you develop with your lecturers and tutors
• Lecturer: Vanessa Sparke, Course Coordinator, Graduate Certificate of Infection Control
  • The Graduate Certificate of Infection Control has a rural, remote, and tropical focus on top of the baseline requirements that infection control professionals have to plan for. With work-integrated assessment students can develop a plan for infection control and apply it to their current health facility straight away.