Program Overview

---

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) PgDip

Overview

This course is ideal for registered nurses or midwives looking to become health visitors. It contributes positively to the new public health agenda, tackling health inequalities on an individual and community basis. The course enables students to become autonomous practitioners with the skills, knowledge, behaviors, and experience to lead, influence, and collaborate. It drives sustainable, inclusive, and evidence-based changes to the health and wellbeing of people, communities, and populations.

Course Structure

• Advancing Autonomous Health Visiting Practice
• Developing Leadership Skills in SCPHN Practice
• Improving Population Health
• Research and Service Improvement in SCPHN Practice

How You Learn

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Problem-based learning
• Scenarios
• Case study work
• Simulations
• Guided study
• Independent and collaborative activities
• Face-to-face learning combined with online sessions, online discussion boards, and self-directed study

How You Are Assessed

• Written essays
• Poster presentations
• Case studies
• Simulations
• Research proposals
• Practice is assessed by the practice assessment document, and through meetings between you, your practice assessor, and your academic assessor

Entry Requirements

• NMC-valid registration as a level 1 registered nurse or midwife
• A degree of 2:2 or above
• Employer support and protected learning time
• A successful interview
• A suitable Specialist Community Public Health Nursing placement, and practice assessor and supervisor
• Evidence of a current satisfactory enhanced DBS carried out by your employing organisation

Employability

• The course prepares you to work as a health visitor and to take practice forward to meet the challenges of a dynamic health visiting profession

Professional Accreditation

• Following successful completion of the required theoretical learning outcomes (120 credits at master’s level) and the specialist community public health nursing practice Standards of Proficiency (NMC 2022), you are eligible to register as a specialist community public health nurse (health visiting)

Fees

Full-time

• £5,130 a year for UK applicants
• £16,150 a year for international applicants

Part-time

• £855 for each 20 credits for UK applicants

Duration

Full-time

• 52 weeks

Part-time

• 82 weeks

Start Date

• September

Attendance

Part-time

• Blended

Campus

• Darlington campus, with some sessions at Middlesbrough campus

Useful Information

• Service users and carers support all aspects of students' lifecycle from recruitment to graduation
• Study in a friendly town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment
• Develop your creative and digital skills at Europe's first Adobe Creative Campus

Top Reasons to Study This Course

1. Practice-based: you spend more time in the practice setting than in theoretical learning, maximising your learning opportunities and ensuring you are well prepared for the role
2. Experienced teaching team: learn from dedicated and enthusiastic teaching staff, who have a strong focus on evidence-based practice and a passion for improving health
3. Opportunities: engage with service users and specialist practitioners to enhance your learning experiences, who are involved in the design, delivery, and assessment aspects of the course
4. Support: benefit from a proactive approach to student support, with a wide range of services and strong partnerships
5. Diversity: this course is inclusive and addresses the diverse needs of the population, and you learn with students from a range of backgrounds in a supportive environment