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  Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) - PgDip


Oxford Brookes University    Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery

Full time & Part time September PGDip 1 year full time, 2 years part time
Nursing & Health (27)

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Are you a passionate nurse looking to specialize in public health? Our Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) programme is designed to help you develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. This innovative course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to become a collaborative public health practitioner, capable of leading practice forward. With a focus on current issues in practice, you will explore high impact areas of contemporary public health. Upon completion, you will be eligible for registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and have the ability to prescribe from the community practitioners formulary. Entry requirements include a degree-level qualification and registration with the NMC. Secure your place now and embark on a rewarding career in public health nursing.

About the course

Our innovative Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) course enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. You will finish the course as a collaborative public health practitioner, who is able to lead practice forward.

We believe that academic preparation is an integral part of practice development. So the course content reflects current issues in practice issues. And includes the exploration of high impact areas of contemporary public health across the fields of practice. 

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Entry Requirements

You must:

Access to the SCPHN course is open to practitioners who meet the following criteria.
This course is at level 7 (Master’s Degree) therefore evidence is required of recent study at level 6 (degree level)
be registered on either the nursing or midwife (parts one or two of the NMC register)

have secured a student place within an NHS Trust which will ensure the following:

access to a community practice teacher and placement area
a source of NHS funding (employment) to enable payment of the course fees.



Fees

Funding is secured via application to an NHS Trust for a student post for the 52 week course (Student School Nurse or Student Health Visitor); this will involve an application to NHS jobs for the student vacancy followed by a joint interview with a community NHS Trust and the University.

 Course Content

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