Postgraduate Diploma Mental Health Nursing (Pre-Registration)

Our accelerated, blended learning Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (Pre-Registration) course develops you into a resilient, focused, and compassionate professional ready for the ever-changing and dynamic healthcare sector.

We offer small cohorts in a community and welcome graduates from any subject who can demonstrate the required level of professional experience within the healthcare sector and who are looking to develop skills, knowledge, and professionalism to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

You will learn how to care for people experiencing the wide spectrum of mental illness in dynamic health care settings.

You will be supported in becoming a caring and compassionate mental health professional who delivers skilled, evidence-based care working in a shared decision-making partnership with people with a mental illness and their families.

Our approach allows for flexibility in learning. It combines immersive, interactive learning sessions using our brand-new on-campus facilities with virtual online learning with your tutors.

You will be required to attend campus 1-2 days a week during the academic blocks. In addition, guided and independent online study will further develop your knowledge and understanding, this includes (from academic block 2) a weekly placement experience day to develop your understanding of wider healthcare delivery.

Our brand-new facilities offer innovative teaching methods that provide immersive learning experiences and simulation-based learning, allowing you to engage with scenario-based activity using robotic manikins, virtual reality, and actors to reflect real situations.

Head of School of Nursing and Allied Health Dr Nita Muir has published international research in virtual simulation learning and Senior Lecturer James Wilson is a National Teaching Fellow with expertise in Forum theatre.