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Study Details: PGDip MSc Full Time: 44 weeks.
District nursing is a core service within the NHS. The Five Year Forward View (NHS England 2015) sets out an expectation that more care will be provided in the community in the future. This care will be to people with increasingly complex needs and the people working in these health and social care structures will have to be more flexible to accommodate this.
The district nurse must respond to these challenges and the Queen’s Nursing Institute/Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNI/QNIS) Voluntary Standards for District Nurse Education and Practice (2015) provide a strong framework for district nurses in the current NHS as well as the skills and knowledge base needed to respond to the dynamic nature of community nursing.
There are two programmes at master’s level: the postgraduate diploma and the masters. (The postgraduate diploma is Year 1 of the full master’s degree.) By successfully completing either of these programmes you achieve the new QNI/QNIS Voluntary Standards for District Nurse Education and Practice as well as the standards set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the Specialist Practice in Nursing in the Home/District Nursing professional qualification which is recorded on the NMC register. This qualification has integrated within it the Community Practitioner Prescribing (V100) qualification (NMC 2006), enabling you to prescribe from the community practitioner’s formulary.
You will also have demonstrated skills at Level 3 of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines in brief interventions which is a requirement for a district nurse as set out in the Health Education England’s District Nursing and General Practice Education and Career Framework (2015).
The programmes have been designed in consultation with local employers, professional standards bodies, students (past and present), service users and carers, and district nurse educators from across the country. We hope that this has led to programmes of study which are challenging, contemporary, inspiring and enjoyable.
When you successfully complete your chosen programme, you are well prepared for the dynamic and inspiring world of community nursing as well as being in a strong position to apply for position as a district nurse and team leader.
You should have a first degree at a 2.2 (or above) or equivalent. If you don’t have a first degree at this level, you must demonstrate that you can successfully study at master’s level. You must have an NMC-valid registration as a registered adult nurse and be successful at interview where value-based recruitment is embedded, and subject to gaining support from an employing organisation who will be responsible for the following essential elements:- enabling access to the appropriate learning opportunities – normally you have supernumerary status throughout the learning programme- providing a nominated sign-off mentor or practice teacher who contributes to your teaching and assessment process, is a practicing community prescriber and provides you with practice learning opportunities- completing a satisfactory work-based risk assessment- ensuring you have a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check issued within three years of the proposed completion date of your programme,and as the employer, having a policy which requires you to immediately inform them of any changes which may affect the status of your DBS record – any issues which may have implications for your progression on the programme must be communicated to the programme leader immediately.
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When you successfully complete the programme, you are well prepared for the dynamic and inspiring world of community nursing with an advanced level of professional knowledge. You are also well placed to apply for a position as a district nurse and team leader.
Following successful completion of the postgraduate diploma, you can return to Teesside University within five years to enrol on the MSc route.
Core modules
Advancing Community Practitioner Prescribing
Advancing Leadership and Management in the Context of Specialist Practice
Advancing Patient Safety in District Nursing
Developing Research Projects
Evidence-based Practice
Principles and Practice of Advanced Management of Long-term Health Conditions
MSc only
Dissertation
Modules offered may vary.
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