This course is for registered nurses wanting to qualify as a general practice nurse or as a nurse in a home setting.
Successful completion of the course will allow you to register your further qualification on your nursing record with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Optional modules in specialist pathways means you can create your own study programme to suit your professional or personal aspirations. You will have a clear focus on your intended direction by mapping out a development plan before the start of your course.
As a student on the course, you will share your learning with other community nursing specialities, allowing you to benefit from inter-professional collaboration. Our programmes are designed to allow students from other disciplines, and in some cases other professions, the opportunity to exchange knowledge and expertise.
We have a dedicated team of academic staff who are actively engaged in internationalising the nursing and midwifery curriculum, and we offer all our students the chance to experience practice in another country.
This course meets NMC standards and course graduates are eligible for registration.
The course delivery is a blend of practice placements and classroom-based learning. A variety of learning and teaching strategies are used including problem-based and work-based learning.
You will be allocated practice placements by your employing trust and assigned a practice teacher to support your learning in practice. You undertake a period of alternative practice where you can spend a week in another context that is of demonstrable value to your role.
Modules are delivered in intensive or extensive mode over a semester. The course is delivered in a variety of ways, and is flexible enough to meet the needs of part-time students. Delivery is typically via e-learning, lectures, seminars, workbooks for work-based learning and simulation in our Clinical Skills and Simulation Suite and Flexible Learning Environment.
You will complete personal development plans and learning contracts that are agreed between yourself, the university and your employer.
During the course you will develop your ability to: assess risk in complex situations, cultivate effective relationships based on trust and openness, work flexibly with other services in a range of settings, deal with conflicting priorities and ambiguous situations, and know when to use different and sometimes contradictory theories and perspectives.
Project Management and Leadership through Work-based Learning
Prescribing from the Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary for Community Practitioners (NPF) for Registered Nurses with a Specialist Practice Qualification (V100) OR Non-medical Prescribing (V300)
Case Management for Long-term Conditions and Frailty
Respiratory Care: Adults
Health, Law and Ethics for Specialist Practice (CSP and SCPHN)
Health Promotion: The Challenge for Practitioners
Behaviour Change for Health Improvement
Post-registration students
As a qualified nurse or midwife you may be interested in developing a European or an international dimension to your learning and development.
We can offer the opportunity to do this through our international work-based learning module. If you have a particular clinical interest, for example public health nursing, and are interested in how this is delivered and practised in Scandinavia we can arrange for you to access a placement area with one of our partners in Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark. We can also help structure your experience through establishing focused learning outcomes and detailed preparation.
Our courses are vibrant and internationally aware. Many of our academic staff have international health and education experience and some are members of groups such as Sigma Theta Tau and the Florence Nightingale Scholars.
We also have a vast range of modular opportunities for the following students:
UK nurses seeking additional hours/knowledge to enable registration in the USA and links with recruitment agencies
EU nurses wanting to register in the UK with the NMC and requiring additional hours/knowledge
International nurses wanting to register in the UK with the NMC and requiring additional hours/knowledge
Please do contact the admissions team for further information about these modules, by emailing namcpeadmissions@brighton.ac.uk.
The skills and knowledge that you acquire can be applied to a wide range of community nursing or public health roles in various settings.
Once qualified, you will have the opportunity to enhance your practice, progress to a higher-graded band and take part in research and practice development. The context of practice both within and outside the NHS is constantly changing and the opportunities for innovative approaches to service provision exist.
This course starts in September. Applications are accepted in February of each year, which is also when the relevant application form is made available by the School of Sport and Health Sciences. For more information, contact the programme administrator on communitynursing@brighton.ac.uk.
In addition, references to support good health and character are required at admission stage, along with a satisfactory DBS check which is undertaken by the applicant's current employer. Students are required to make an annual declaration regarding health and good character, and this would also be required before application to the Register.
References from previous or current employers and an academic reference are required. Interviews are carried out with a representative from the university and representatives from health and social care employers, practice teachers and a service user.
At interview the following will be considered:
potential for development of Specialist Primary Care Nursing
potential for development to study at degree level
Offers are subject to the identification and approval of a practice teacher. Offers may be held for a period of one year.
Module choice will be planned taking account of the requirements of your sponsoring trust and previous study.
A maximum of 40 credits of the final award may be brought into the course provided they meet the learning outcomes and have been undertaken in the previous five years. When considering RPL for modules taken at an institution within the 4 HEI agreement, both the credit and the mark will be brought into the award.
The course cannot be accessed by international students as it is regulated by the NMC and students must be NMC-registered in order to gain access to the course.
Candidates will have their name on the parts of the NMC register as identified below.
Nursing in the Home (District Nursing) RN1, RNA
Applicants to the course are expected to:
demonstrate achievement of 120 credits at level 5 or have a health-related Diploma of Higher Education (minimum of 120 level 5 credits) or degree
have successfully completed recent study within the last five years to at least diploma level
normally have a minimum of three years’ post-registration experience
have appropriate clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service, organised by the sponsoring organisation
demonstrate some knowledge of primary care and practice
candidates applying for the General Practice Nursing pathway will normally have successfully completed a post-registration accredited foundation course in general practice nursing at level 6 or 7.
Please contact us for exact tuition fees and for information on the funding available for this course.
Most students obtain funding through their trust, some choose to self-fund, and others secure funding through scholarships or bursaries.
For more information, contact the programme administrator on CommunityNursing@brighton.ac.uk.