Course summary
Only offered for health visiting and school nursing students, this course is designed to prepare students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to meet the Standards of Proficiency for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (NMC 2004) Health Visitor or School Nurse. You will acquire the skills and knowledge required to deliver a practice that is safe and effective in maintaining and improving the health of the public and communities and acknowledges the responsibilities and accountabilities necessary for public protection. You will also develop the methods to reflect systematically upon and develop your practice through analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The SCPHN programme embraces diversity on a local and global level and, reflecting a changing society, recognises the challenges of migrating populations and facilitates the student knowledge in recognising and responding to the needs of clients/families during resettlement periods. Ulster is the sole provider in Northern Ireland of this course. The completion of this course allows you to progress your career and practice at a specialist level. (The University regularly ‘refreshes’ courses to make sure they are as up-to-date as possible. In addition it undertakes formal periodic review of courses in a process called 'revalidation’ to ensure that they continue to meet standards and are current and relevant. This course will be revalidated in the near future and it is possible that there will be some changes to the course as described in this prospectus.)
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
Entry requirements
Health Visiting and School nursing students are required to apply for the programme through the regional recruitment process.Self-funding applicants must follow the regional recruitment process and apply to the preferred trust, and if successful at interview and a commissioned place is not available, the opportunity to self-fund will be offered. Applicants must: have gained an honours or non-honours degree in nursing or another health related area from a University of the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland or from a recognised national awarding body or hold an equivalent standard in a Postgraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate or a Graduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification. In exceptional circumstances, where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate attributes including subject-specific outcomes may be considered as an alternative entrance route. be currently registered on part 1 or 2 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register. Provide an Access NI Enhance Disclosure certificate, which is current on application to Ulster.
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Ulster University
Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA