Specialist Practice Community

Entry requirements

Applicants must be registered on the appropriate part of the NMC Register for their chosen pathway. Normally, practitioners will have a minimum of two years' relevant post-registration experience and support from a sponsoring trust or organisation, and evidence of practice in a closely related area of specialism. Applicants must also have successfully completed an honours degree in Nursing or a health-related field, or equivalent.

Months of entry

October

Course content

Specialist practitioners are defined as leaders who are able to exercise higher levels of judgement and discretion. This course provides student-centred and interdisciplinary opportunities for the development of a critically informed specialist practitioner in community nursing who will be instrumental in changing and developing nursing practice.

The overarching aim of our course is to produce a competent, independent community practitioner working at postgraduate level, capable of promoting the development and delivery of community nursing practice across a variety of settings.

The course is 50% theory and 50% practice and this is integrated across the duration of the course. You will undertake the theoretical component in the University, and undertake the practice component in a community setting under the supervision of a qualified Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor from the defined area of practice.

Information for international students

This course is not open to international students.