Specialist Community Public Health Nursing

Entry requirements

For details on entry requirements, please visit our website:

• https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/specialist-community-public-health-nursing
• https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/specialist-community-public-health-nursing-part-time

Months of entry

September

Course content

Health Visiting is a hugely rewarding role in public health nursing where you can make a long-lasting, positive impact on a family’s physical and mental wellbeing during the earliest days of their family life.

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Health Visiting is an exciting professional career at the forefront of public health. Health Visitors are uniquely placed to reach children and families in their own homes, building trusting relationships that can positively influence future health outcomes. This NMC approved programme is designed around the NMC (2022) SCPHN standards of proficiency and will develop your skills to act as an autonomous resilient practitioner, identifying health needs and implementing evidence-based interventions in partnership with families.

On successful completion of our Health Visiting programme, you will be eligible to apply to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for registration on part three of the register and then subsequently practice as a registered SCPHN Health Visitor. This offers opportunities to work closely with public health organisations, explore innovative ideas around health promotion and to lead services that are person centred and evidence driven. In addition, working to highlight and address health inequalities, advocating on behalf of those who are vulnerable, and utilising a multi-disciplinary team approach to care.

The programme will also include the All-Wales Practice Assessment Document which will capture your clinical learning and achievement of clinical proficiencies. In addition, this will provide you with the opportunity to showcase your clinical development.

Accreditations

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Fees and funding

If you’re a home-fee paying student, you can apply for a £3,000 Master’s Scholarship from Cardiff University to help cover the cost of this programme.