Why choose this course?

Working as a qualified learning disability nurse is a rewarding and fulfilling career option, and improves the lives of both people who have learning differences and difficulties, and their families. If you want to work with people who require various levels of empowerment and support then our Learning Disabilities Nursing degree will provide you with a good mixture of practice-centred opportunities with a person-centered approach, helping you to achieve your goal.

Employment opportunities after you complete your course are excellent with a wide variety of job prospects available. Our graduates have recently secured employment as community nurses, working in forensic settings, within nursing homes, and more. Services for people who have a learning disability are changing, and it's exciting to be part of this change.

It is our aim to provide you with the opportunities to enable you to build your own career pathway as a learning disability nurse. You will help vulnerable people with learning disabilities to live the best lives they can, achieving their aspirations to engage in citizenship in their local communities.

Placements will be undertaken with one of six NHS Trusts The Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, or in private health organisations.

What happens on the course?

Our learning disability nursing course provides you with the necessary exposure to placements within the NHS, private and voluntary sector. It is our aim to provide you with the necessary tools to enable you to learn to work effectively within an interprofessional team and with service users plus their carer’s.

Over your 3 years with us you will spend 50% of your time with us in the university and 50% of your course time out in practice settings. Our integrated course design supports to develop you to be the best learning disability nurse you can be. Our modules involve people who have a learning disability within the teaching team via our university SUCCESS group.

On successful completion of the course you be able to apply to enter the Nursing and Midwifery Council register as a learning disability nurse with an Hons degree.

Study a learning disability nursing course that will give you the best chance to find your nursing career, at a world-renowned university with NHS links and other beneficial contacts.