Community Specialist Practice (District Nursing)

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Community Specialist Practice (District Nursing)

University of Cumbria
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Why study with us?

The Community Specialist Practice programme will provide you with greater knowledge and skills to become a confident and competent Specialist Practitioner within District Nursing. You will have the opportunity and be encouraged to think, read and write critically around contemporary issues around District Nursing and how research can influence innovative practice. By combining the theory you have learned within university and the skills you have developed within practice you will be successful in qualifying as a Specialist Practitioner within District Nursing.

This specialised programme is taught by experts in their field, both at the university and in clinical settings, w…

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Why study with us?

The Community Specialist Practice programme will provide you with greater knowledge and skills to become a confident and competent Specialist Practitioner within District Nursing. You will have the opportunity and be encouraged to think, read and write critically around contemporary issues around District Nursing and how research can influence innovative practice. By combining the theory you have learned within university and the skills you have developed within practice you will be successful in qualifying as a Specialist Practitioner within District Nursing.

This specialised programme is taught by experts in their field, both at the university and in clinical settings, with many years of experience in developing specialist practitioners in district nursing. We have excellent working relationships with our Partner Trusts, who provide a supportive learning environment in which you can work in practice to advance your knowledge and skills around District Nursing.

What can this course lead to?

On successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma: Community Specialist Practice, you will be eligible to apply to be recorded on the NMC Nursing register in your named pathway of District Nursing. On successful completion of NMLB 9001, you can apply to record this qualification as a V100 Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber on the NMC nurse register.

This qualification will enable you to work as a District Nurse and progress to work as a Team Leader of a District Nursing team.

As well as team leaders, graduates from this course have gone on to become district nursing team sisters and research nurses; some have joined rapid response or palliative care teams; some have even risen to managerial positions.

Having completed the Postgraduate Diploma: Community Specialist Practice, you could consider moving on to study a Masters degree. Programmes you might want to consider include:

  • MSc Advanced Practice Clinical
  • MSc Practice Development
  • PGC Practice Development: Long Term Conditions
  • PGC Practice Development: Diabetes Management
  • PGC Practice Development: Palliative Care
Resources and facilities

We are amongst the UK’s leading health and social care faculties and are proud of the high level of support we are able to offer to our students. We provide a wide range of high-quality courses supported by expert academic and clinical practice staff. If you join us you will enjoy great facilities and learn alongside caring, committed and experienced professionals. Our employment record is excellent. Recently, our NHS related provision underwent a major review by the Quality Assurance Agency and we achieved the highest possible rating.

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Entry requirements

1st or 2nd class honours degree

Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course via APL procedures

More about levels and credits

Credit and UCAS requirements Credit: 120 credits Selection criteria

If you apply for this course you must be current on the NMC Nursing register and you will need to provide evidence of study at level 6 within the last five years or complete an approved study skills course.

You will be interviewed for selection for this programme. The interview panel may include Trust staff, employers, mentors/practice teachers and university staff. During the interview you will be offered advice on the suitability of the award dependent on factors such as recency of prior learning, and your personal and professional development needs.

You will need support from a Primary Care Trust or your employer and be able to secure a placement in your chosen area of practice, with access to a Practice Teacher. You will need to have completed a Criminal Records Bureau clearance, and this will be checked prior to your commencement on the course.

If you work in Cumbria, Lancashire or Blackpool areas, you may be eligible to apply for a place on the programme funded and supported by one of the local NHS Trusts. The NHS Trusts advertise places on the programme each year through NHS Jobs usually in spring/early summer. We advise you to contact your local NHS Trust and ask to speak with the manager for the specialist pathway that you are interested in, in order to express your interest and discuss opportunities.

Occasionally students self fund a place on this programme. However, you will still need to talk to the relevant manager in your local PCT in order to ask if they can provide you with a placement and a mentor/practice teacher in the relevant field of practice.

If you live further afield, you are able to undertake the programme with us if you can organise a practice placement with a mentor or practice teacher in the relevant field of practice. Your local PCT will be able to advise you as to whether this is possible.

Additional contact information

Sue Harness
Programme Lead Community Specialist Practice
Email: susan.harness@cumbria.ac.uk
Telephone: 01524 384530


Modules

All students will undertake a 40-credit module in relation to their specialist pathway.

  • HPHG 6110 Leading Evidence Based District Nursing

Students will study the following 20-credit modules that are core.

  • HLLG 7004 Evidence Based Practice
  • HPHG 7050 Public Health Practice
  • HPHG 7018 Facilitating Health Behaviour Change
  • HPHG 7040 Consultation and Physical Examination: Health Assessment Skills
  • HPHN 9001 Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing
  • (V100) Qualificatory Unit of Study
  • HPHN 9002 Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing

(V100) Qualificatory Practice Unit are professional qualificatory requirements for District Nurse students.

Course summary

The programme aims to provide a challenging and flexible learning environment for registered nurses to develop as competent, reflective nurses in community specialist practice. The course will facilitate development of broad knowledge and skills in relation to public health, evidence-based practice, leadership, change management and collaborative working. It will also develop specialist knowledge and skills in aspects such as health assessment, clinical care and case management.

The programme is 40 weeks full-time or 80 weeks part-time and comprises 120 credits of learning at level 7, and a qualificatory practice component in relation to your specialist pathway. There is a balance of 50% theory and 50% practice. Practice experience is facilitated in an area specific to your District Nursing. There will also be opportunities to gain alternative practice experience in another relevant setting during the course - you will be encouraged to undertake five days alternative placement to provide a wide perspective of district nursing.

Students are also actively encouraged to work with other health professionals to enhance their knowledge and understanding.

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