PGDip Community Specialist Practice District Nursing

Partner organisations sponsor places on this course. Our partner NHS Trusts usually advertise available district nursing training opportunities in-house. They may also advertise them on the NHS Jobs website at https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/. Please contact the programme leader for details of the application procedure. You can find their name, email address and phone number in the Programme Contacts section of this page.You must have an active entry on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Professional Register.You’ll also need at least 120 credit points at Level HE4, 120 credit points at Level HE5, and 120 credit points at Level HE6, or RP(E)L equivalent (see explanation below). For instance, you may have an honours degree or an ordinary degree plus relevant experience.You must also have at least one year’s post-registration experience of professional practice. You’ll be required to produce satisfactory professional and academic references, pass occupational health screening and a DBS. You’ll be required to successfully complete an online numeracy test achieving the pass mark of 80% unless you already have a current NMC recorded prescribing qualification. This numeracy assessment will be undertaken with support from a representative from your sponsoring organisation who will provide the University with confirmation of completion.Recognition of Prior (Experiential) Learning (RP(E)L) information – are considered when deciding on any advanced standing to which you may be entitled. This may be based on qualifications you’ve already gained (Recognition of Prior Learning – RPL) or it may be based on making a claim for significant work experience (Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning – RPEL). The process of granting you appropriate advanced standing will be overseen by the programme lead for this course and an RP(E)L panel. When making a claim for RPL against a relevant academic module you’ll be required to produce evidence in your professional portfolio that demonstrates how your prior learning relates to your impending role as a community specialist practitioner in district nursing. RP(E)L for exemptions from modules in this course – NMC Standards permit no more than a third of a programme to be credited on the basis of prior learning. Any applications for accreditation of prior learning will be considered prior to admission, on an individual basis, by the RPL panel. Claims need to demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes in theory and practice as defined by PgDip Community Specialist Practice (District Nursing) module specifications. This course involves regulated activity so you must gain an Enhanced Disclosure certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before starting your studies. Charges are payable to cover the cost of the DBS Enhanced Disclosure application and annual registration with the online (Normally your sponsoring organisation will organise this.) Please note that your DBS must have been completed within three years of the course start date.Update Service.You’ll be required to attend an interview and provide a portfolio of work evidence.Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

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