Located in the suburb of Birtinya just a 15 minute drive south of Mooloolaba, the Sunshine Coast Health Institute (SCHI) is a dedicated education, training and research facility. The Institute is a collaborative partnership between the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, the University of the Sunshine Coast, and TAFE Queensland, and is located on the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) campus.
Advance your career in nursing with this high-level course that will qualify you to seek registration as an Enrolled Nurse.
Kick start your career in the community services industry with this entry-level qualification. Gain the practical skills and knowledge needed to provide individual support in aged care as well as home and community settings.
Start your career in the health industry with this entry-level course that will qualify you to work as an AIN, operating theatre technician, or acute care assistant.
Kick-start your career in health administration with this entry-level course and become a medical administrator, medical receptionist, or admissions clerk.
Advance your career in nursing with this high-level course that will qualify you to seek registration as an Enrolled Nurse.
Kick start your career in the community services industry with this entry-level qualification. Gain the practical skills and knowledge needed to provide individual support in aged care as well as home and community settings.
Start your career in the health industry with this entry-level course that will qualify you to work as an AIN, operating theatre technician, or acute care assistant.
Kick-start your career in health administration with this entry-level course and become a medical administrator, medical receptionist, or admissions clerk.
The Sunshine Coast Health Institute features dedicated and integrated research and learning spaces allowing students to participate in learning, research and clinical practice in one convenient location. The institute has dedicated workspaces for TAFE Queensland students as well as specialised learning spaces equipped with the latest in audio-visual technology. TAFE Queensland delivers training at the SCHI in aged care, nursing, and allied health.
The simulation suites provide interactive, scenario-based clinical education in an environment that replicates a real life hospital setting. The suites include state-of-the-art simulation equipment and audio-visual technology including high-fidelity manikins and part-task trainers. The facility also includes an eight bed ward with pharmacy store, ICU bedroom, resuscitation bay, birthing suite, and interventional suite with scrub room. The simulation suites promote multidisciplinary team training and inter-professional learning. Learn more
These multi-function teaching spaces incorporate normal and pathological anatomy teaching modalities, as well as a medical imaging library. These laboratories let students view the human body from a cellular level through to advanced radiology and imaging capability. The rooms also feature a state-of-the-art Anatomage Table, the most technologically advanced anatomy visualisation and virtual dissection system. The facility also includes normal anatomy specimens (prosected, plastinated and plastic models), pathology specimens, histology specimens, and medical imaging cases. Learn more
The Sunshine Coast Health Institute features a range of advanced learning and teaching facilities developed to cater to the specific needs of the health industry. Specialised facilities include e-learning laboratories, clinical demonstration rooms, flexible multi-purpose teaching spaces, and a clinical research laboratory with Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2). Learn more
Street Address:
6 Doherty Street,
Birtinya Qld 4575
Postal Address:
PO Box 5252,
SCMC Nambour Qld 4560
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The Sunshine Coast Health Institute is easily accessible via public transport. A dedicated bus stop is located on Eccles Boulevard near the main entry to the institute.
Cycling is a convenient and cost effective option to get to class with bike racks and end of trip facilities available at the SCHI.
There is plenty of parking available for students at the Sunshine Coast Health Institute. Parking is paid and is operated by Point Parking.
Local mother-of-two Carly Byrne is among 119 students about to make their dreams become reality through TAFE Queensland.
Capable. Confident. Caring. Enrolled Nurse Grace Sinclair joins one of the most challenging but diverse and rewarding professions in the world.
Proud Indigenous woman Georgie Baker is a role model in her community. As the first in her immediate family to complete tertiary studies she is helping to promote Indigenous health as a fully-qualified Enrolled Nurse.