Graduate Diploma Public Health (District Nursing, Health Visiting or School Nursing)

Course overviewYou will cover a wide range of areas that influence community-based healthcare, including:public health policy, practice, care delivery and service developmentthe social and cultural perspectives of public health, health and diseasethe role of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working in relation to public health practiceessential skills and knowledge to practise autonomously and organise and appraise practice and learningcompetency to prescribe from the community practitioner formulary for nurse prescribers.Who is this course for?If you are a qualified nurse or midwife and want to develop your career along a specialist community practitioner route, these programmes will give you the skills and knowledge you need.You will back up your commitment to prevention and health promotion with the latest research and evidence-based practice and gain a professionally recognised academic qualification.Accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery CouncilCareerDepending on which practitioner route you follow, on successful completion of this programme, you will be eligible to apply to the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Specialist Practice District Nurse, or to register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse if you want to become a health visitor or school nurse.As your career progresses, you could consider roles such as:practice teacherscommunity matronsnurse consultantsManagersprofessional organisation officersinstitution lecturersspecialist roles within district nursing/health visiting/school nursing.