Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) PgDip
Sheffield Hallam University
Key Course Facts
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 vistor 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.
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
- All Degrees
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.
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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
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Total number of students enrolled at Sheffield Hallam University by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 21265
- postgraduates:
- 5175
- Total:
- 26440
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Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “School Nursing”: Academic year - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
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