PG Dip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - School Nursing

With a strong theoretical grounding coupled with the practical experience developed on your placements, you will have the necessary expertise to meet the Nursing & Midwifery Council's high standards of care as a specialist nurse. There will be the opportunity to explore concepts of health behaviors and promotion in the public health arena, and you will also consider how to effectively meet the wellbeing needs of individuals, groups, and wider communities. By exploring leadership and management in clinical practice, you will examine the challenges of delivering health and social care services in the current climate especially in relation to professional school nursing. At the end of your course as a qualified school nurse, you will have the skills to deliver effective healthcare to children, young people, and their families.

Applicants should have NMC first level registration (previously known as UKCC parts 1, 2, 7 or 12), at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subject of Health and be able to evidence recent professional development.