MSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or Occupational Health Nursing or School Nursing)

This course is for NMC registered nurses who want to gain a professional qualification in health visiting or occupational health nursing or school nursing. If you have either a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in nursing studies this course can be studied at degree level to top up your qualification.

Course description

• Gain a professional qualification in health visiting or occupational health nursing or school nursing
• Build your understanding of clinical practice, wider public health and leadership and management
• Develop specialist assessment, leadership and management skills.
• Develop and build on your existing knowledge to ensure that you meet the competencies set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and you’re eligible to gain a registrable qualification
• Become part of the public health workforce working toward improving people's lives and their health outcomes
• Join with a degree at 1:1 or 2:1, having 120 credits at degree level or equivalent academic credits.

This course is for NMC registered nurses who want to gain a professional qualification in health visiting or occupational health nursing or school nursing. If you have either a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in nursing studies this course can be studied at degree level to top up your qualification.

During this course you will:

• Develop the skills you need to become a practitioner in your own area of expertise, and work as a specialist public health nurse
• Learn how to share the core values of a practitioner with your colleagues to help them with their professional development
• Build up your skills in clinical practice, care and programme management, leadership, and public health, which will be essential when you become a practitioner
• Enhance your research skills that will help you to look at the quality of care in your current practice and suggest improvements
• Improve your understanding of professional roles and functions by networking, team building and communicating with other professionals.

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Programme leading to Health Visitor or Occupational Health Nurse or School Nurse qualification accessed at Masters level gives you 120 credits at level 7 (Post Graduate Diploma). You can undertake this full time (1 year) or part time (up to 3 years). To complete the full MSC (Masters) you will need to gain funding or self-fund to undertake the additional 60 credits needed at level 7, which will take an additional year post HV/OHN or SN qualification.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to apply for registration on part three of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register. This will allow you to practice as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in the UK.