Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting, Occupational Health Nursing and School Nursing PgDip at Brunel University of London

Programme overview

Are you a UK Nurse or Midwife registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and looking for your next career step. The PgDip is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), leading to Registration on Part 3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (UK) register. On successful completion of the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing PgDip (120 credits), you'll be eligible to apply for Specialist Community Public Health Nurse posts within your field of practice.

Faculty: College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences | Department: Department of Health Sciences | Duration: 52 weeks full-time; 104 weeks part-time | Study mode: full-time; part-time | Intake: September | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You’ll benefit from a course designed to combine your professional education with academic excellence. Compulsory modules include Advancing Mental Health: A Life Course Approach, Applied Research for Health and Social Care, Enabling Autonomous SCPHN Practice, Leading and Collaborating to Improve Health Outcomes, MSc Top-Up Module - The Dissertation, Transforming SCPHN Practice OHN (OHN only), Transforming Specialist Community Public Health Nursing in Health Visiting Practice and others.

Career pathways

Our London location is ideal for access to a wide variety of fieldwork placements, so you’ll add exceptional clinical placement experiences to your Curriculum Vitae. If you are seeking to progress into a leadership role in community nursing, a SCPHN qualification we’ll enable you to achieve these ambitions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Have an active registration on part one, or part two of the NMC Nursing Register (NMC PIN number should be provided within the application). Two satisfactory references, one of which one should be an employment reference from current employer. 2:2 or above in an Honours Degree in Nursing or equivalent (if overseas qualification this will need to be checked by the admissions team for equivalence). English language: IELTS: 7 (min 6 in all areas).

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,550 a year (2026/27). full-time tuition per year Source

International applicants: GBP 16,530 a year (2026/27). full-time tuition per year Source

Intake: September

Duration: 52 weeks full-time; 104 weeks part-time

Apply through the official page: https://evision.brunel.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=SCPHNOPGDFTD&code2=0001

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