Please note: Nurses, Aboriginal Health Practitioners and Midwives who have completed a cervical screening provider course are referred to on this page as Victorian Cervical Screening Providers (VCSPs).
VCSPs who have completed a cervical screening course are eligible and encouraged to apply for Certification.
Originally known as Credentialling, the program was introduced to provide a mechanism to ensure the quality of cervical screening services provided by VCSPs and allow them to demonstrate accountability and responsibility for their practice.
Courses
There are two cervical screening training providers that are endorsed by Cancer Council Victoria. Each of the courses vary in cost and delivery mode. Please contact the course providers directly for more information.
Victorian cervical screening training providers:
How to apply
Certification criteria
To meet the requirements and standards for Victorian Cervical Screening Provider Certification in Victoria, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Hold a current Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration as a Registered Nurse, Aboriginal Health Practitioner or Midwife
- Hold qualifications from a Cancer Council Victoria endorsed training course or equivalent training interstate or overseas
- Be employed to provide cervical screening in Victoria
To certify as a VCSP, please complete the application form.
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Certification requirements
After successful Certification, VCSPs will be provided with an ongoing certificate. Your information will be automatically passed on to VCS Pathology who will issue you with a ‘practice number’ so you can practise under your own name.
VCSPs who do not use VCS Pathology are no longer required to use the data collection worksheet to record every Cervical Screening Test. This worksheet is still available to all VCSPs to use for record keeping purposes. Download the worksheet.
VCSPs are no longer required to 're-credential'. You will be required to update your details online on an annual basis.
All Cervical Screening Providers need to ask a patient's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, country of birth and language spoken at home every time they perform a Cervical Screening Test.
Change of employer, additional practice location or removal of practice location
The Certification Program has transitioned to a new online portal for managing and updating your information.
All current VCSPs have been registered in the new system and will have access to the portal.
To update your details, please click the button below to access the portal. Your username is your email address that is registered with the Certification Program.
If you haven’t set up a password or are having any trouble logging in, please contact us at certification@cancervic.org.au or on 1800 111 255.
Update my details
Deactivating
You are required to deactivate your certification status if you:
- are no longer practicing as a Victorian Cervical Screening Provider
- move interstate/overseas
- are going on indefinite leave.
Deactivate now
Reactivating
If you have previously been Credentialed or Certified and wish to reactivate, please reactivate below.
Reactivate now
For more information
For more information please contact us at certification@cancervic.org.au or 1800 111 255.