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PGDip Advanced Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner (Level 7) – Degree Apprenticeship

University of Central Lancashire

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Course options

  • Qualification

    Postgraduate Diploma

  • Location

    Preston Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    08-SEP-25

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

The Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner is highly trained to deliver and lead effective, safe and responsive nursing care in and across a wide range of health and care settings.

This course is for those who are working within

  • District Nursing
  • General Practice Nursing
  • Community Childrens Nursing
  • Community Palliative End of Life Care Nursing

Our course has been developed to enable nurses to obtain a professional qualification in community nursing.

Why study with us

  • To promote the evolution of a community specialist practitioner who is adaptable, reflexive and responsive in meeting the diversity of primary care, community health, and social care needs in a changing climate. Meeting professional body requirements.
  • Achieve the Specialist Practitioner Qualification professional qualification/accreditation alongside a Post Graduate Diploma.
  • Share and learn with a unique peer network of professionals.

Why choose a Degree Apprenticeship?

With a Degree Apprenticeship you get a great qualification and a career boost. Its the perfect opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge through work-based learning, as you earn.

Youll grow and nurture your talent through the forward-thinking businesses we collaborate with to offer a Degree Apprenticeship through us.

Who is this course for?

This course is for those who are currently employed within the following pathways:

  • District Nursing
  • General Practice Nursing
  • Community Childrens Nursing
  • Community Palliative End of Life Care Nursing

As an Advanced Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner you must demonstrate clinical expertise in your field. This will enable you to deliver both high quality, appropriate interventions and have the ability to lead others in the care team in respect of their practice. As a Specialist Practitioner you will become a resource and consultant to others and act as a source of advanced education.

The occupations purpose is working with people in domestic settings, care homes, a hostel/hotels, prison services etc, a healthcare setting or even the streets, in the case of the homeless population.

Community nurse specialist practitioners work independently and autonomously in situations that may challenging.

You will manage the response to changing local demands. This requires careful oversight and case-management.

You will lead a team, who often work in isolation, without immediate and direct access to medical advice. Community nurse specialist practitioners also influence and lead change-management initiatives within the service.

Future careers and job roles

Specialist practice qualifications are annotations on the NMC register. They indicate that a registered nurse has successfully undertaken an NMC approved SPQ programme that meets NMC standards in a particular area of practice.

Community Nurse Specialist Practitioners are highly trained to deliver and lead effective, safe, and responsive nursing care across a wide range of health and care settings.

In this role, you will model leadership values and behaviours within teams and collaborate with senior leaders of organisations to implement policies, ensuring compliance with legislative boundaries in the workplace.

You will work with people of all ages and communities across numerous organisations and settings, such as

  • Primary care
  • Social care
  • Third-sector organisations
  • Hospitals (including mental health)
  • Hospices
  • Prisons
  • Community services

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

£ 17,900per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Central Lancashire

  • University League Table

    87th

  • Campus address

    University of Lancashire, University of Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, Lancashire, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    50th out of 82 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 208
    136 66%

    32nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    99.0 99%

    8th

    11
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.00 75%

    38th

    34

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