Postgraduate Diploma Community Specialist Practice: District Nursing (Independent and Supplementary Prescribing Route) at University of Greenwich

Do you have the leadership qualities to become a district nurse and inspire your own team in the community? Our postgraduate diploma will support your ambitions. Are you ready to take the next step in your nursing career and become a leader in community healthcare?

Faculty: Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences  |  Department: Health Sciences  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: January  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Develop your knowledge, skills and confidence to autonomously manage services, complex patients within the context of integrated care. Equip you with the knowledge to promote health and well-being and prevent ill health. Equip you to safely assess people’s abilities and needs using clinical and diagnostic reasoning to inform differential diagnosis. Enable you to lead support and manage teams at local and system level.

Career pathways

The programme prepares Specialist Community Practitioners for employment through a dynamic learning community involving universities, employers, and students. Teaching methods develop clinical skills, knowledge, and professional values, while assessments align with career pathways.

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