MSc Specialist Practice (District Nursing)

Bristol, UWE

Develop your leadership and influencing capabilities, build the confidence to shape and enhance community nursing practice, and gain the skills to inspire and lead large nursing teams. Why study district nursing? Working in the community, district nurses lead nursing teams to provide care and support for patients with a variety of acute and long-term health conditions. Many employers require nurses in team leadership roles to hold the district nurse qualification. An opportunity to take your career to the next level, you'll build your leadership skills and play a more strategic role in how care is delivered in the community. Why UWE Bristol? Learn from an experienced team of community nurses at UWE Bristol, with strong industry links and access to the latest research. Benefit from their depth of knowledge across advanced clinical practice, research and education. With outstanding onsite facilities, and a combination of theory and practice-based learning, you'll gain the strong academic and practical grounding you need to practise competently and confidently as a qualified district nurse. Relevant to the changing landscape of community nursing, you'll gain a deep understanding of current issues. This will help you take a more strategic and political view of your care provision, drawing on policies, literature and evidence that influence your care delivery. We place a strong focus on nurturing positive relationships with team members and other colleagues, disciplines and agencies. We also work in partnership with service users and carers to develop person-centred holistic care. Where can it take me? MSc Specialist Practice: District Nursing is a professional practice course for registered adult nurses working in the community, aspiring to move into team leader grade roles. NHS employers increasingly require band 6 community nurses to hold the NMC recordable specialist practice qualification (SPQ) in district nursing, as well as the independent/supplementary prescribing qualification. You'll achieve both these qualifications by successfully completing the course to PGDip level.