Sheffield Hallam University
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor) PgDip
Sheffield Hallam University

Course modalities offered

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews for 45 graduates of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor) PgDip at Sheffield Hallam University for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Teacher Training.

Overall student satisfaction
71 /100
45 total respondents
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Teacher Training

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of Teacher Training at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £25500 £25000 £30500
25-75 percentile range £25000 - £27000 £21500 - £26000 £24000 - £32000


Salary of all UK Graduates of Teacher Training

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £26506 £24514 £28116
25-75 percentile range £24888 - £29177 £18792 - £27897 £20130 - £32846

Course Description

Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.

Course summary:

  • Attain a recorded professional award as a specialist practitioner of health visiting or student nursing.
  • Undertake assessments to have your qualification recorded with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
  • Identify and meet the needs of children and families as a health visitor or student nurse.
  • Build on your existing knowledge as a registered professional nurse.

Learn practical and theoretical skills to excel as a valuable and respected community health specialist.

This course is aimed at post-registration nurses or midwives who wish to become specialist practitioners. You'll develop your professional nursing practice and become a registered health visitor or student nurse.

How you learn:

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

In this course, you'll study to attain valuable credentials as a specialist practitioner, either as a health visitor or student nurse. You can also complete the assessments for the prescribing from the community practitioner formulary to become a nurse prescriber. The course is 50% practice and 50% theory. You'll work under the close supervision of the SCPHN teaching team in each instance, who utilise dynamic approaches to teaching practice.

You learn through

  • lectures, seminars and workshops
  • simulated role plays
  • case studies
  • client stories
  • conducting real consultations under exam conditions
  • producing written records of consultations

Applied learning Work placements

When it comes to putting what you have learnt into practice, you benefit from strong partnerships with health, education and local authority organisations in the region. The modern and diverse placements you undertake are designed to meet the changing needs of children, young people and families. Placements may be with social services, education or voluntary sector organisations.

Live projects

You'll undertake a community development project which involves meeting the identified health needs of a population. This shows the close integration of practice with public health theory.

Networking opportunities

Service users, nurses, students and lecturers all contribute to on-going development of this course and the student experience. These industry and community links, as well as your placements and projects, offer ample opportunity for networking.

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor) PgDip at Sheffield Hallam University

77% Protective service occupations
6% Skilled trades occupations
3% Business and public service associate professionals
2% Administrative occupations
2% Elementary occupations
1% Media Professionals
1% Teaching Professionals
1% Sales occupations
1% Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
1% Artistic, literary and media occupations

Grading & Study Time

**Coursework** **Practical** **Exams**

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

    • 6.5
    • All Degrees
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor), PgDip, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

You will normally have:

120.credits at level 6 (or pending results prior to the course starting)

Current registration on part 1 (Nursing) or part 2 (Midwifery) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register

Enhanced level of disclosure Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Self-declaration of good health and character in line with the NMC requirements

Please note in order to be eligible for this course you need funding arrangements in place via sponsorship with an NHS employer with a minamum of 1 year contract. if this employment is terminated at any point this will result in the loss of your place on the course. Please note this is a requirement to apply for the course and is different from tuition fees explained under section 7.

Opportunity and managerial support to access an appropriate placement overseen by a Practice Teacher

Ability to demonstrate the potential to practice at specialist level on completion of the programme

You will normally have:

120.credits at level 6 (or pending results prior to the course starting)

Current registration on part 1 (Nursing) or part 2 (Midwifery) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register

Enhanced level of disclosure Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Self-declaration of good health and character in line with the NMC requirements

Funding arrangements identified (Sponsored place/ min 1 year contract with NHS employer) if this employment is terminated at any point this will result in the loss of your place on the course.

Opportunity and managerial support to access an appropriate placement overseen by a Practice Teacher

Ability to demonstrate the potential to practice at specialist level on completion of the programme

If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 7.0 overall and a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or a recognised equivalent.

Costs

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

University Rankings

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About Sheffield Hallam University

Founded in 1969, Sheffield Hallam University is located in the city of Sheffield, in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. Sheffield is the UK's fifth largest urban centre, 60% of which consists of vibrant green spaces such as city parks, gardens and countryside. SHU prides itself on the important position it occupies in Sheffield as a pillar of the local economy, workforce, and infrastructure. This is reflected in the fact that almost half of this university’s enrolled students are from low-income backgrounds.

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Student composition of Sheffield Hallam University

undergraduates:
21265
postgraduates:
5175
Total:
26440
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