Working with Victoria Police is fast-paced and can be physically demanding.
You must meet a standard of medical requirements to be successful. This ensures you are able to serve the community safely and effectively.
Who must undertake a medical assessment
You must meet the minimum medical requirements to safely and effectively to be a:
How the medical assessments work
Your nominated General Practitioner (GP)/treating health professional will be required to conduct an examination to assess whether you meet the requirements to be an operational police officer or PSO.
These medical documents review a minimum 5-year history, and assess your:
- current health status, and
- 5-years of medical suitability.
As part of this medical assessment process, you need to:
- have your hearing assessed and certified by an audiologist or audiometrist
- have your vision assessed and certified by an ophthalmologist or optometrist
- undergo a holistic assessment and certification by your nominated medical practitioner (and any other relevant practitioners as recommended by your nominated medical practitioner).
You will need to pay for all costs associated with this stage.
The reasons for medical assessments
Medical assessments ensure you can perform police and PSO roles safely, for both yourself and the community. You must be able to perform both physically and psychologically.
Some conditions make impact job performance and your ability to undertake the role.
Medical standards and medical conditions
Covered in the holistic assessment are a variety of conditions that you may be asked about.
This helps us to assess that those of us living with certain conditions can undertake the demanding aspects of police and PSO roles.
Living with any of the below examples, or other conditions, does not mean you cannot apply or are unfit for duty. Many police officers, PSOs or PCOs who live with a variety of conditions passed their medical assessment.
Examples of conditions the holistic assessment looks at includes:
- any cardiovascular history (such as living with angina, a pacemaker, hypertension, Atrio-ventricular (AV) blocks)
- some ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions (such as vertigo, tinnitus, Meniere's Disease)
- if you live with certain respiratory conditions
- ongoing musculoskeletal conditions (such as damaged spine, hip, wrist, shoulder)
- certain neurological conditions (such as previous brain injuries, seizures, neuromuscular and cerebrovascular disorders)
- some gastrointestinal conditions (such as pancreatitis, chronic liver disease, post-bariatric surgery complications)
Within the medical standards for Victoria Police, there is an expectation that police and PSOs medically meet the commercial drivers standard as per Aust Roads Assessing Fitness to Drive section 4.2.
Learn more about commercial vehicle licensing for emergency services and first responders.
GPs or medical health professionals
Your GP or treating health professional will be provided with the relevant documents and information, including the medical guideline documents.
This will help them to make a medical assessment.
It is also important that GPs review the commercial vehicle licensing for emergency services and first responders.
False, incomplete or misleading information
You must be honest in all information you share in your application and submitted forms.
If you submit incorrect, misleading or false information about your medical history:
- we may cancel your application, or
- we may apply an exclusion period to your application.
Transgender applicants
We welcome transgender applicants to join Victoria Police.
All applicants are assessed on an individual basis.
Learn more about how we value diversity and our Victoria Police LGBTIQA+ employee networks.
Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) claims
We recommend that you finalise any pending DVA claims before you apply.
Other guidelines for applicants
Prior history guidelines for applicants
Check our guidelines to see if a prior offence will affect your application with Victoria Police.
Thinking about applying to be a police officer?
For the best chance of success, follow these steps:
- Check your eligibility and suitability.
- Meet our entry requirements.
- Understand our recruitment process.
- Apply online to be a police officer.
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