PgDip Specialist Practice (District Nursing) (Higher Apprenticeship) at Teesside University

Programme overview

This higher apprenticeship leads to a PgDip in Specialist Practice (District Nursing) with the Specialist Practice Qualification and V300 Non-medical Prescribing, studied while the apprentice is employed full time as an apprentice district nurse. The course is approved against the NMC (2022) community nursing standards and endorsed by the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing.

Duration: 25 months part-time (blended) | Intake: September | Study mode: part-time (apprenticeship) | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules are Advancing District Nursing 1 and 2, Advancing Non-medical Prescribing and Advancing Physical Assessment Skills for the Specialist Practitioner. Learning combines group discussion, project work, clinical skills labs and practice learning in the employing trust's community nursing service.

Career pathways

Successful apprentices can apply for district nurse posts as team leader and specialist practitioner, and they also achieve the Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner apprenticeship.

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Entry requirements

Employer support is required. Apprentices must hold NMC-valid registration as a registered nurse with at least one year's post-registration experience in the intended field (three years post-qualification for the Non-medical Prescribing module), hold a degree or RPL equivalent, work in a role with an identified need to prescribe, be approved by the employer's non-medical prescribing lead and service manager, have an NMP practice assessor or designated prescribing practitioner, pass a 20-question drug calculations entry test at 80% or above, complete an interview with the employer and university, and have a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure. Apprenticeship funding rules on right to work and UK residency apply. International students requiring a student visa cannot be accepted.

Intake: September

Duration: 25 months part-time (blended)

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