Program Overview

PgDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visiting (Apprenticeship)

Overview

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visiting apprenticeship has been developed to support registered nurses develop advanced skills and knowledge in specialist community practice. The programme at the University of Salford supports you to develop specialist skills, knowledge and behaviours in the implementation of whole-person, place-based and integrated care enabling you to support children, families and young people in community settings.

Course Details

All about the course

The course is 1 year, full-time apprenticeship programme where you will work half your time in a Health Visiting team and half of the time in university theory. You will have the opportunity to undertake alternative practice and spoke days across wider community services to enrich your learning.

On completion of the program, you will gain 120 level 7 credits and a PG-Dip in community specialist practice in a specific area.

Semester 1 - Core Modules

• Integrated and Inclusive Community Practice
  • This module explores the impact of inequalities, stigma, poverty and social privilege on health outcomes of populations and individuals.
  • The module fosters deep critical understanding of these complex issues including the policy context in which they sit on a local, national and global scale.
• Evidence Based Community Practice and Research
  • Throughout this module, you will focus on advancing your skills in research and evidence-based practice within the context of community nursing and change management.

Semester 2 - Core Modules

• Essentials of Assessment and Management
  • This module will prepare you to undertake health assessments, diagnose and manage commonly presenting complaints/conditions within your scope of practice.
• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting
  • This module is designed to give learners the opportunity to explore in-depth, the contemporary issues in Health Visiting practice, policy, and research.
• Non-medical Prescribing - Independent Prescribing Practice
  • This module will look at the practical elements of independent prescribing, accompanied by the theory module Non-medical Prescribing - Independent Prescribing Theory.
• Non-medical Prescribing Theory - Independent Prescribing Theory
  • This module will enable you to evaluate and challenge prescribing practice with reference to evidence based practice, equality and diversity and clinical governance.

Semester 3 - Optional Modules

• Compassionate Digital Care
  • The module will support you to take a critical look at the range of ethical, legal and policy concerns and how digital health can be applied within you specialist area.
• Education in Practice
  • This module will prepare community practitioners to promote, deliver, design, and assess education in practice settings across pre and post registration health and care programmes.
• Mental Health in Non-mental Health Settings
  • This module is designed to equip non-mental health practitioners with comprehensive knowledge and insights into delivering person-centred and personalised care for individuals requiring mental health support.
• Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • This module is aimed at registered healthcare professionals who wish to develop their knowledge and competence in contraceptive and sexual health within a community setting.
• Specialist Safeguarding
  • On completion of this module the learner will be able to demonstrate an advanced knowledge of safeguarding issues across the life course.

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching

• During this programme, there will be a range of teaching and learning strategies in line with level 7 study.
• Learning will be a mix of in person, online, and directed study activities, focusing on the acquisition of specialist knowledge and the development of creative and critical thinking.

Assessment

• The programme follows an authentic assessment process that focus on practical application of theoretical knowledge and will include a range of different assessment types including:
  • Oral assessment
  • Written assignments
  • Literature reviews
  • Case studies
  • Presentation

Staff Profile

• This course has been developed and is delivered by academics and specialists in the fields of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and Specialist Community Practice.
• Both SCPHN pathways have a dedicated lead with specialist knowledge, SCPHN registration and appropriate experience.
• The programme leader is Miriam Collett.

School of Health and Society

• The School of Health and Society is a forward-thinking, dynamic school with a commitment to lifelong learning and real-world impact.
• Our courses are informed by the latest research and we work closely with organisations from both the public and private sector to ensure our teaching is at the forefront of practice.

Employment and Stats

What about after uni?

• On successful completion of this course, you will have the opportunity to apply for a role as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Health Visitor.
• People with SCPHN qualifications often stay within those roles or can take development opportunities into into safeguarding, education/teaching, management, or research.

Requirements

Essential Apprenticeship requirements

• Employed for more than 30hrs a week (the programme requires the ability to work a 37.5-hour week to ensure there is sufficient time to complete the KBSs and NMC standards)
• English and Maths GCSE Grade C or above or recognised equivalent
• Be employed in an appropriate nursing position with an appropriate organisation (that is approved apprenticeship partner with the University of Salford)
• Have the right to Work in England and Meet the Residency Eligibility

Programme requirements

• If you are on a supplementary prescribing qualification pathway, the V300 award must be registered with NMC within five years of successfully completing the prescribing programme.
• Active registration as a nurse (level 1) and/or a registered midwife (Midwife part of the register) of the NMC register the Nursing and Midwifery Council register (NMC).
• Demonstrate capability of safe and effective practice at the level of proficiency appropriate to the NMC approved SCPHN entry requirements.
• For routes with Non-medical prescribing applicants must have been registered with the NMC for least one year to comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for V300 - nonmedical prescribing qualification (if on a pathway that includes V300 - non-medical prescribing)

Funding

Apprenticeship Levy

• The apprenticeship levy was introduced in April 2017 and requires all employers operating in the UK, with a pay bill of over £3 million each year to invest in apprenticeships.
• The funding policy supports the changes to the way apprenticeships in England are paid for, underpinned by the apprenticeship levy of 0.5% of the annual pay bill for companies paying over £3 million per year.

Co-investment Model

• There is also a co-investment model for companies who will not be paying into the levy.
• The government will cover 95% of the cost of the apprenticeship and the employer will only have to contribute the remaining 5%.

Funding Band

• The maximum amount of money allocated to each standard falls into a specific funding band, ranging from £1,500 to £27,000.
• The Social Worker standard has been allocated the following funding band: £14,000

Additional Costs

• You should also consider further costs which may include books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits.