Occupational Health requirements for students and applicants to the Faculty of Medicine and Health

What vaccines do I need?

Midwifery student and educator

Occupational Health (OH) clearance is required by all healthcare students entering programmes across the UK. All applicants once they have selected Leeds as firm choice must engage with our occupational health process before they can register for their clinical programme of choice.   

This webpage will outline the process, what is required and provide recommendations and guidance for keeping both yourself and patients safe whilst you study with us and will be in line with placement providers professional expectations of their own staff involved with patient care as well as the Governments Green Book. 

Any vaccine-preventable disease that is transmissible from person to person poses a risk to both healthcare professionals and their patients.  Healthcare workers have a duty of care towards their patients and a duty of care to fellow staff members under HWSA duties, which includes taking reasonable precautions to protect them from communicable diseases.

Summary of Vaccination and EPP requirements by Programme

School

Programme

Hep B

MMR

Varicella

BCG

Pertussis

EPP

Dentistry

MSc & PGCert Oral Surgery

ü

ü

ü

ü

 

ü

Dentistry

Prof Doc Paediatric Dentistry

ü

ü

ü ü

 

ü

Dentistry 

MSc Paediatric Dentistry 

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Dentistry 

Dental Surgery 

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Dentistry 

Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy 

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Medicine 

Physician Associates 

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Medicine

MBChB Year 1 New

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Medicine

MBChB Year 2 New

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Medicine

MBChB Year 3 New

ü ü ü ü

 

ü

Medicine

Gateway

ü ü ü ü

 

 

Medicine

Audiology

ü ü ü ü

 

 

Medicine

Cardiac Physiology

ü ü ü ü

 

 

Medicine

Radiography

ü ü ü ü

 

 

Healthcare

MA Social Work

ü

ü ü ü

 

 

Healthcare 

Social Work 

ü

ü ü ü

 

 

Healthcare 

Midwifery 

ü ü ü ü ü ü

Healthcare 

Adult Nursing 

ü

ü ü ü

 

 

Healthcare 

Child Nursing 

ü ü ü ü ü

 

Healthcare 

Mental Health 

ü ü ü ü