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Course Overview

Study a Programme for registered nurses who wish to gain a professional qualification in district nursing or general practice nursing.

  • Realise your full theoretical and practice potential within clinical placements
  • Work alongside a mentor or practice teacher to enhance your clinical skills
  • Graduate with a greater understanding of a professional role so you can bring about integrated and high quality health and social care
  • Develop specialist assessment, leadership and management skills.

The Specialist Practitioner role requires skills in negotiating, teaching and supporting patients and their carers’ whilst effectively collaborating with other agencies and services involved in enabling patient safety. The programme reflects the contemporary and future requirements for the Specialist Practitioner to ensure flexibility to respond to future strategic developments in community health.

The course is for qualified nurses who want to gain a professional qualification in district nursing or general practice nursing. For those who hold either a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in nursing studies, it will enable you to top up your qualification to degree level. If you already have a nursing degree then you can progress onto our MSc Community Specialist Practice.

Within primary care the role of the district nurse and general practice nurse is changing to reflect the needs of communities. There is a lot more emphasis on bringing care to patients so it is closer to their home environment. This means you will be keeping your professional development in line with latest health care guidelines.

By completing this course you'll be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of clinical practice, care and programme management, clinical practice leadership, and clinical practice development. Programme content around diagnostic reasoning in clinical practice supports the development of autonomy and safe practice for non-medical prescribing. 

Entry Requirement 

To join this course you will need:

  • To be registered on part one of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register
  • Have gained a student District Nurse or General Practice Nursing position from a seconding/sponsoring organisation
  • 120 credits at Diploma level, or equivalent academic credits / Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
  • Have at least one year of post-registration experience due to the requirements for the V100 prescribing and three years if taking the V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification (NMC 2006)
  • It will be the Employers responsibility to ensure that any necessary Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and health checks are carried out, proof of this and indemnity will be required prior to commencement of the Programme.
  • The student will have successfully applied for a clinical secondment/sponsorship with a local Care Provider/employer prior to applying for this Programme

Fees

  Full-time Part-time
UK

£9250 per year

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This information was accurate on : 27/04/2021
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