Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) PG Dip
Postgraduate
In Cambridge and Chelmsford
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Specialise in improving the health and wellbeing of children, family and populations. Combining theory and practice, our course will prepare you for part three Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) registration on completion.
Take your nursing or midwifery qualifications a step further with our challenging public health course. It leads to a Postgraduate Diploma that you can then ‘top up’ to a Masters Degree.
You’ll learn through a structured series of taught modules, which are interspersed with high-quality placements guided by experienced practice teachers.
The curriculum covers the theory and practicalities of working with children and families, as well as wider public health challenges such as critical policy review and strategic leadership & commissioning.
You can also expand your nursing responsibilities with the Nurse Prescribing module. On completing the course you can register to prescribe from the community practitioners’ formulary.
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About this course
You’ll be qualified to work as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, with skills that are also applicable to other roles in public health, safeguarding or primary care and community agencies.
Applicants should be registered on part 1 or 2 of the NMC Register. Applicants normally will have an honours degree in Nursing or Midwifery or a related subject. All applicants must currently be working in a nursing role or one relevant to public health nursing.
Work placements: Placements range from one to three days a week, with a final ten-week, five-day-a-week period of consolidated practice at the end.
Links with industry and professional recognition: Our course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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Subjects
- Community Nursing
- Midwifery
- Public Health
- Leadership
- School
- Public
- Health nursing
- Nurse
- Nurse training
- Nursing Health
- Research methods
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
- Health Visiting
- School Nursing
Course programme
- Research in Public Health Theory
- Leadership, Commissioning and Public Health Practice
- Fundamentals of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing)
- Enhanced Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing)
- Critical Policy Review
- Consolidated Practice
- Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing - see notes below
- Understanding Contraception and Sexual Health (School Nursing only)
- Work-Based Learning
You’ll be assessed through a variety of methods, including, essays, case studies, a critical incident analysis, competency based portfolio and a critical policy review.
Additional information
Theory: one to two days per week, 9am–4pm; practice: one to three days per week, 9am–5pm.
Part-time teaching times: Tuesdays 9am-4pm (Chelmsford) Thursdays 9am-4pm (Cambridge)
Course fees:
UK & EU students, 2016/17 (per year) £7,100
UK & EU students, 2016/17 (per year part time) £3,550
International students, 2016/17 (per year) £11,900
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) PG Dip