Course summary
Our innovative online Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) programme enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. The primary aim of this programme is to enable the foundation of specialist knowledge, professional identity, required skills, and competence as a specialist public health nurse. The programme will explore fundamental community public health practice in relation to the role of the contemporary health visitor/school nurse to support the development of a resilient and competent practitioner in knowledge, skills, and future leadership. This programme is mapped to contemporary high-impact areas in public health affecting children and young people; the programme is considerate of 0-19 service delivery models in the joint teaching of health visiting and school nursing students for many aspects of university education, but with distinct fields of practice teaching and placement experiences. On successfully completing this course, you are eligible for registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC):
- on the third part of the register (specialist community public health nursing)
- and as able to prescribe from the community practitioners formulary (V100).
Assessment method
Your assessments will be diverse, and will support different learning styles - you’ll have a real opportunity to showcase your strengths. Your learning may be assessed by a combination of individual or group coursework, examinations, and presentations. The assessment methods chosen will be based on your learning needs, individual aims and the academic standards expected for the course. Your CPT is responsible for: facilitating your learning supervising your progress assessing your competence in practice.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
How to apply
International applicants
Please see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements Demonstrate either: - achievement of an undergraduate degree or; - completion of a Diploma in Nursing, and completion of a recent level 6 module Registered with the NMC as a Nurse, or a Midwife. A Full UK driving licence is usually required to meet NHS Trust requirements (individual circumstances may be accommodated depending upon roles and responsibilities within supporting/sponsoring Trusts) Trust sponsorship/ or secured a sponsoring placement if self-funding via the Values Based Recruitment Process in place between the university and the NHS Trust A Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor as part of the sponsorship/ support for practice assessment.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Funding is secured via application to an NHS Trust for a student post (Student School Nurse or Student Health Visitor). This will involve an application to NHS jobs (https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/). You should not apply for this course at Oxford Brookes University until funding has been secured with an NHS Trust. Please note tuition fees may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP