PGDip Mental Health Nursing at Wrexham University

Programme overview

The Mental Health Nursing Postgraduate Diploma is a two-year programme for graduates who wish to qualify as registered mental health nurses, combining theory and practice learning of equal weighting. Placements take place across varied practice learning environments including hospital, community, clinics and the private and independent sector. Students may choose the PGDip or the MSc Nursing route specialising in mental health nursing.

Department: Nursing | Duration: 2 years full-time | Intake: March 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Part One: Developing Professional Evidence Based Nursing (core, level 6). Part Two: Health Vulnerability and Promoting Healthy Behaviours and Acute and Chronic Care Across the Life Span (core, level 7). Part Three: Innovations in Practice (core, level 6), Holistic Co-ordination of Complex Care Across the Life Span and Leading and Managing Nursing Care (core, level 7). Modules are generic with content specific to mental health nursing. Teaching includes lectures, seminars, problem-based learning and simulation.

Career pathways

Graduates can register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a registered nurse and work in the NHS or the private and independent sector, including hospital and community settings, GP practices and clinics. Further study options include specialist community public health nursing, advanced nurse practice, nurse prescribing and PhD study. The programme carries an NHS Band 5 prospective starting salary.

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Application information

Entry requirements

UK or Irish nationals, or applicants granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK or Ireland, are eligible for the course and the NHS Wales bursary; overseas applicants without settlement status are not eligible. A health-related undergraduate degree at 2:2 or above is required, together with certificated evidence of 10 years of general education, 5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English and Maths, and evidence of IT skills. Applicants need evidence of study within the past five years. A portfolio of evidence demonstrating prior graduate learning, equivalent to one year of a nursing programme (500 theoretical and 500 practice hours), is required, and Part One of the All Wales Practice Assessment Document must be completed before the diploma begins. Selection includes an online written literacy task on the professional values of nursing and a face-to-face interview with university academic staff and a Trust staff member or service user. A satisfactory DBS clearance is required before an offer of a place.

Intake: March 2027

Duration: 2 years full-time

Apply through the official page: https://evision.glyndwr.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=PGFMHNUJAN01D&code2=0005

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