Ulster University · Full-time
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN)
Only offered for health visiting and school nursing students, this course is designed to prepare students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to meet the Standards of Proficiency for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (NMC 2004…
Postgraduate1 yearFull-time
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Belfast Campus · Subjects allied to medicine
Only offered for health visiting and school nursing students, this course is designed to prepare students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to meet the Standards of Proficiency for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (NMC 2004) Health Visitor or School Nurse. You will acquire the skills and knowledge required to deliver a practice that is safe and effective in maintaining and improving the health of the public and communities and acknowledges the responsibilities and accountabilities necessary for public protection. You will also develop the methods to reflect systematically upon and develop your practice through analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The SCPHN programme embraces diversity on a local and global level and, reflecting a changing society, recognises the challenges of migrating populations and facilitates the student knowledge in recognising and responding to the needs of clients/families during resettlement periods. Ulster is the sole provider in Northern Ireland of this course. The completion of this course allows you to progress your career and practice at a specialist level. (The University regularly ‘refreshes’ courses to make sure they are as up-to-date as possible. In addition it undertakes formal periodic review of courses in a process called 'revalidation’ to ensure that they continue to meet standards and are current and relevant. This course will be revalidated in the near future and it is possible that there will be some changes to the course as described in this prospectus.)
Getting in
As the university states it
Health Visiting and School nursing students are required to apply for the programme through the regional recruitment process.Self-funding applicants must follow the regional recruitment process and apply to the preferred trust, and if successful at interview and a commissioned place is not available, the opportunity to self-fund will be offered. Applicants must: have gained an honours or non-honours degree in nursing or another health related area from a University of the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland or from a recognised national awarding body or hold an equivalent standard in a Postgraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate or a Graduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification. In exceptional circumstances, where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate attributes including subject-specific outcomes may be considered as an alternative entrance route. be currently registered on part 1 or 2 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register. Provide an Access NI Enhance Disclosure certificate, which is current on application to Ulster.
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