Course Overview

The course emphasizes a vocational approach to teaching and prepares you for a career in a range of rewarding children's nursing opportunities across primary care, specialist, and intensive care children's units. It will develop your abilities as a student nurse to consider the wider aspects of influencing children's health needs, preparing you for future leadership in an ever-changing health care system. With experience, there are multiple opportunities for specialization as you progress, including neonatal care, intensive care, cancer care, child protection, ambulatory care, children's community nursing, and emergency department. Long shifts, unsocial hours and possibly being called to work at the last minute are all common.

General Eligibility

• A Level BBC/A*A* and 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent; or;

• BTEC Extended Diploma DMM and 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent; or;

• Access to HE Diploma in Nursing or similar with 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits at Level 3 and 15 Credits at Level 2; and GCSEs Maths and English grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent; or;

• Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points; and 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent.

• Please make sure you have the required GCSE qualifications (or equivalent Level 2 qualifications) before applying for this course

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week.

Language Requirement

• • If your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying:​

  • 7.0 overall or equivalent​

  • 7.0 in the listening and reading sections​

  • 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections.