PgDip Specialist Practice (District Nursing) at Teesside University

Programme overview

This PgDip prepares registered nurses for specialist practice in district nursing, combining an academic award with the Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing and the V300 Non-medical Prescribing qualification. It is approved against the NMC (2022) community nursing specialist practice standards and endorsed by the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time | Intake: September | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Learning is structured around clinical practice, leadership and management, facilitation of learning, and evidence, research and development. Modules are Advancing District Nursing 1 and 2, Advancing Non-medical Prescribing and Advancing Physical Assessment Skills for the Specialist Practitioner.

Career pathways

Graduates can apply for district nurse posts as team leader and specialist practitioner, with a master's-level qualification supporting further professional and academic development.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold NMC-valid registration as a first-level registered nurse with at least one year's post-registration experience in the field of intended practice (three years post-qualifying experience are needed when the Non-medical Prescribing module starts), hold a degree or RPL equivalent, work in a role with an identified need to prescribe, be approved by the employing trust's non-medical prescribing lead and service manager, have an NMP practice assessor or designated prescribing practitioner, and pass a 20-question drug calculations entry test with a mark of 80% or above. Applicants must be successful at interview, and an employing organisation must provide learning opportunities, practice assessor supervision, a work-based risk assessment and a satisfactory DBS check. Self-funding applicants without an employer may be offered an honorary contract with a local employer. International students requiring a student visa cannot be accepted.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,130 a year (2026/27). Full-time UK fee; limited HEENE-funded places (PgDip £4,500) for eligible applicants Source

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

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