Program Overview

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Do you have a desire become a

School Nurse

?

The Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) course is aimed at registered nurses or midwives who wish to develop their knowledge and skills within the context of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing).

This course is

not open

to International students.

What's covered in this course?

SCPHN practitioners are uniquely placed to reach, children, young people, families and communities. Being supported by academic assessors, practice assessors, and practice supervisors (NMC, 2018) students will develop skills that enable them to work collaboratively, ensuring support for children, young people and families is effective and proportionate to need.

Underpinned by research and evidence the SCPHN course provides a range of learning opportunities which encourage students to; become autonomous practitioners in public health; adopt a life course approach to their developing practice and to develop skills to effect change that reduce health inequalities.

Students will reflect their knowledge and skill development by achievement of the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (NMC, 2004). The NMC SCPHN standards include four domains, which require SCPHN practitioners to search for health needs; stimulate an awareness of health needs; influence policies affecting health and facilitate health enhancing activities in different public health settings.

On successful completion of this course students are eligible for registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on the third part of the register (specialist community public health nurse) and can prescribe from the community practitioners formulary (V100).

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Accredited By

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This course is accredited by:

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Why Choose Us?

We’ll prepare you to enter a practice-based profession. It is designed to produce knowledgeable and skilled practitioners responsible for the health needs of various client groups across different settings of public health practice.

The course is 50 per cent theory and 50 per cent practice

The course is delivered full-time up to a maximum of 156 weeks and facilitates flexibility with a 'step-on-step-off' approach.

52 weeks (minimum) full-time

We accept direct applications to University and to seconding Trusts (visit

NHS Careers

for adverts)

Theory and practice is integrated throughout the programme,with 10 weeks of consolidated practice at the end of your course

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Studying with us during the Covid-19 pandemic

The University has put in place

measures in response to Covid-19

to allow us to safely deliver our courses. Should the impact of the pandemic continue in future years, any additional or alternative arrangements put in place by the University will be in accordance with the latest government public health advice, health and safety legislation, and the terms and conditions of the

student contract

.