PGDip Community Specialist Practice

at Wrexham Glyndwr University

MODULES
 

• Foundations of Community Practice: The Foundations of Community Practice module will enable registered practitioners to enhance their knowledge and problem-solving skills to a point where they can practice competently in a community setting. 
• Research Methods: The Research Methods module aims to provide the student with a critical understanding of the philosophical, practical and ethical concepts of research and research methodology within the context of health and society. 
• Clinical Portfolio: The Clinical Portfolio module will allow the student to engage in critical reflection during their community placement and explore their professional practice and personal development.  
• Nurse Prescribing (V100): The Nurse Prescribing module aims to prepare community nurses to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively from the Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary for Community Practitioners.
• Assessing Complex Needs: The Assessing Complex Needs module will prepare students to deal with complex care situations systematically and creatively, and make sound judgements within the boundaries of their own discipline. 
• Managing Community Specialist Practice: The Managing Community Specialist Practice module will equip the students with the underpinning knowledge of leadership and management in the context of district nursing practice. 
• Innovations in Community Practice: The Innovations in Community practice will enhance the students’ ability to lead and manage a district nursing team, by recognising the need for change and designing and planning an innovation to reflect the needs within the locality. The module will also enable the students to disseminate this good practice.
• Consolidation of Practice (NMC requirement): Students will complete this module at the end of their studies and it will enable them to manage a small caseload of patients in readiness for embarking on their new role as a District Nurse. The students will feel fully prepared having worked towards the NMC proficiencies over a prolonged period of time.

All applicants must meet the following criteria:
 

• Hold current registration as a nurse (part 1) with the UK NMC and hold the minimum qualification of 120 credits at level 6.
• Provide a satisfactory reference from a current employer/line manager.
• Provide a self-declaration of health and good character and where required, undertake a satisfactory occupational health assessment.
• Hold a current full UK driving licence.
• Before you are offered a place on this programme, you will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance (previously known as CRB) and pay the appropriate fee, so that a check can be made on your suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults.
• All candidates who meet the entry criteria will be offered an interview.

The fees for PGDip Community Specialist Practice may vary from £12,000 to £25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

On successful completion of the Community Specialist Practice Programme, the District Nursing qualification will be recordable with the NMC. This coveted qualification will enable you to apply for Band 6 roles within District Nursing and will increase opportunities within Community Nursing as a whole.