Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) PGDip

Our innovative online Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) programme enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. The primary aim of this programme is to enable the foundation of specialist knowledge, professional identity, required skills, and competence as a specialist public health nurse. The programme will explore fundamental community public health practice in relation to the role of the contemporary health visitor, supporting the development of a resilient and competent practitioner in knowledge, skills, and future leadership. This programme is mapped to contemporary high-impact areas in public health affecting children and young people; the programme is considerate of 0-19 service delivery models in the joint teaching of health visiting students for many aspects of university education, but with distinct fields of practice teaching and placement experiences.

Demonstrate either: achievement of an undergraduate degree or completion of a Diploma in Nursing, and it is desirable to have completed a recent level 6 (or above) module. Registered with the NMC as a Nurse or a Midwife and a UK resident. A Full UK driving licence is usually required to meet NHS Trust requirements (individual circumstances may be accommodated depending upon roles and responsibilities within supporting/sponsoring Trusts) Trust sponsorship/ or secured a sponsoring placement if self-funding via the Values-Based Recruitment Process is in place between the university and the NHS Trust A Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor as part of the sponsorship/ support for practice assessment. When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer. Application process Please do not apply to the CPD portal until you have received an offer of sponsorship from an NHS Trust or a Healthcare organisation. The application process involves applying for an advertised position as a trainee/ student Health Visitor Oxford Brookes University will jointly interview successfully shortlisted candidates. Once you have received an offer from a sponsoring Trust, we encourage you to then apply to the CPD portal. We will not process any applications in the CPD portal for candidates without Trust Sponsorship. A mandatory requirement for community placements for Oxford Brookes students is to have an enhanced check, including for both adults and children, before the start of the programme. This is the responsibility of Oxford Brookes University, which aligns with the Health and Life Sciences policy on ensuring that all students undergo enhanced DBS checks. The programme administrator manages this alongside the central admissions team as part of the recruitment phase.

IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in listening and speaking

UK students: £1,260 per single module (part-time)

UK/Home: £1,260 per single module (part-time)

January 2027

1 December (for a January start)

• Distance learning, United Kingdom