Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nursing)

Entry requirements

You will need:

• to be practising as an Adult nurse
• current level one registration on the NMC professional register (part one)
• a minimum of one year’s post-registration experience
• 120 credits at Level 5 (to study at Level 6) or 120 credits at Level 6 (to study at postgraduate level) in nursing

Additional information:

• non-graduates may, in exceptional circumstances, gain entry to the programme by virtue of a strong portfolio, which provides evidence of significant achievement, plus a DipHE in a related area (eg nursing or public health) and written work equivalent to the standard of a first degree
  
• RPL is accepted on this programme
• confirmation of satisfactory references and DBS check are also required
  
• students who wish to undertake V300 during the programme must be an Adult nurse on part one of the NMC Register, with a minimum of 3 years post-registration experience
  
• students must be seconded or sponsored by an NHS Organisation
  

If you have any specific queries, please contact health@ljmu.ac.uk

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

• Study for a District Nursing qualification recorded with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Follow a curriculum developed by a team of nationwide policy influencers
• Learn from expert nurses and visiting specialists
• Have your professional competencies, as set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), assessed in theory and practice
• Benefit from 20 weeks of practice placements with an NMC approved practice teacher
• This course will only run subject to minimum numbers

Information for international students

Fees and funding

Please see the course page for more information.

Qualification and course duration

PGDip

Further details of qualification

You can study full time (40 weeks) or part time (80 weeks). Modules are delivered one or two days a week and clinical placements intersperse the classroom learning blocks.