Specialist Practice in District Nursing (Apprenticeship)

Entry requirements

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Months of entry

September

Course content

The apprentice achieves an academic award, and two professional awards (SPQ Specialist Practice in District Nursing and Non-medical Prescribing (V300)), enabling them to become an independent prescriber within their scope of practice.

This course is approved against the NMC (2022) Standards of Proficiency for Community Nursing Specialist Practice Qualifications and mapped to The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) (2022) District Nursing Standards for Specialist Practitioner Qualification. This provides a strong framework rooted in community nursing to focus the apprentice’s learning with relevant context to the professional standards.

Designed in consultation with local employers, professional standards bodies, students, service users, carers and district nurse educators from across the country.

The apprentice is taught by tutors with expert knowledge in the field, including clinical skills, leadership, prescribing and district nursing. Learning is structured around four areas: clinical practice, leadership and management, facilitation of learning and evidence, research and development. This reflects the field-specific standards set by the QICN – this course has been endorsed by the QICN against these standards.

The apprentice studies this course while also having a full-time contract and being employed as an apprentice district nurse.

Please note, we can only respond to enquiries from employers, or individuals with agreement from their employer to undertake an apprenticeship.

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Fees and funding

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