Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or Occupational Health Nursing or School Nursing) MSc

This course is for NMC registered nurses who want to gain a professional qualification in health visiting or occupational health nursing or school nursing. If you have either a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in nursing studies this course can be studied at degree level to top up your qualification.<br/><br/><br/>- Gain a professional qualification in health visiting or occupational health nursing or school nursing<br/><br/><br/>- Build your understanding of clinical practice, wider public health and leadership and management<br/><br/><br/>- Develop specialist assessment, leadership and management skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop and build on your existing knowledge to ensure that you meet the competencies set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and you’re eligible to gain a registrable qualification<br/><br/><br/>- Become part of the public health workforce working toward improving peoples lives and their health outcomes.<br/><br/><br/>This course is for NMC registered nurses who want to gain a professional qualification in health visiting or occupational health nursing or school nursing. If you have either a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in nursing studies this course can be studied at degree level to top up your qualification.<br/><br/>**During this course you will:**<br/><br/><br/>- Develop the skills you need to become a practitioner in your own area of expertise, and work as a specialist public health nurse<br/><br/><br/>- Learn how to share the core values of a practitioner with your colleagues to help them with their professional development<br/><br/><br/>- Build up your skills in clinical practice, care and programme management, leadership, and public health, which will be essential when you become a practitioner<br/><br/><br/>- Enhance your research skills that will help you to look at the quality of care in your current practice and suggest improvements<br/><br/><br/>- Improve your understanding of professional roles and functions by networking, team building and communicating with other professionals.<br/><br/><br/>Practice Assessment will encompass all the four domains of care, facilitation of learning, leadership and management, research and development.<br/><br/>We’re proud to say that our courses are closely mapped against the health and social care sector. This ensures that our curriculum is up-to-date, providing you with the assurance that your learning is current and relevant. This does mean that we do have to respond to national changes such as government policy. As a result, some of the information about our courses may change.<br/><br/>The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Programme leading to Health Visitor or Occupational Health Nurse or School Nurse qualification accessed at Masters level gives you 120 credits at level 7 (Post Graduate Diploma). You can undertake this full time (1year) or part time (up to 3 years). To complete the full MSC (Masters) you will need to gain funding or self-fund to undertake the additional 60 credits needed at level 7, which will take an additional year post HV/OHN or SN qualification.