Registered Nurse or Midwife with the NMC and a degree or recent completion of a level 7 module.
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) PGDip
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Course Summary
This innovative Post Graduate Diploma is delivered live online (Distance Learning), providing practical support to qualified nurses to deliver advanced practice in a community setting, and undertaking quality improvement or service evaluations. On completion of this course, you will have met the NMC requirements of a SCPHN Occupational Health Nurse and will feel confident in your ability to manage complex cases, deliver advanced practice interventions, deliver quality improvement and evaluate changes made.
Our course is designed to support ‘live’ improvement projects and service evaluations. It appreciates the dynamic and complex environment of contemporary service provision and includes real case studies and presentations from experienced people with a track record of delivery in quality improvement and service evaluation.
The underpinning philosophy is engagement—‘all share, all learn’—and therefore, the course provides opportunities for students to learn, support, and challenge each other in their improvement efforts.
The course is 40% theory and 60% practice and this is integrated across the duration of the course. You will undertake the theoretical component in the University, and undertake the practice component in a community setting under the supervision of a qualified Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor from the defined area of practice.
What You'll Study
MODULES
- Contemporary Public Health and Wellbeing across the lifespan (20 Credits)
- Innovative Leadership and Service Improvement in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (20 Credits)
- Advancing SCPHN Practice – Occupational Health Nursing (20 Credits)
- Autonomous SCPH Practice – Occupational Health Nursing (20 Credits)
- Advanced Therapeutic Practices and Risk Management in SCPHN Occupational Health (20 Credits)
- Advancing Community Practice through Research, Audit and Quality Improvement (20 Credits)
The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the course that will take the form of either core or option modules and should be used as a guide. We review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects. If during a review process, course content is significantly changed, we will contact you to notify you of these changes if you receive an offer from us.
The programme, modules and learning activities are informed by the latest research and practice, supporting students to develop as practitioners, researchers and leaders.
Students will be supported in the classroom to develop advanced clinical and practical public health skills that will prepare them for their new roles. At the same time, they will be empowered to apply critical thinking skills to contemporary research to appraise practice, and action plan for how their knowledge can be applied to move practice forward.
Teaching approaches will include exploration of case studies, development of understanding and support for studying at Level 7. The assessments draw on a range methods, which reflect the application of theory into practice.
Entry Requirements
Fees and Funding
£7,170for the full course (2025/26)
Fees for this Postgraduate Diploma in 2025/26 are £7,170.
Guides to the fees for students who wish to commence postgraduate courses are available to view on our Postgraduate Taught Programmes Fees page. Here you will also find information about part-time fees and project/placement year fees.
Your course will involve additional costs not covered by your tuition fees. This may include books, printing, photocopying, educational stationery and related materials, specialist clothing, travel to placements, optional field trips and software. Compulsory field trips are covered by your tuition fees.
Your Future Career
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs .