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Postgraduate Diploma
University of Sunderland
Part Time
SEP
21 months
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Postgraduate Diploma
University of Sunderland
Part Time
SEP
21 months
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OverviewThis postgraduate apprenticeship is delivered in partnership with local employers and has been designed to develop registered nurses (adult nursing) who wish to specialise in community district nursing practice. The programme equips you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to meet the occupational District Nurse standards (Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (2019) and Nursing and Midwifery Council professional standards for Community Specialist Practitioner in District Nursing/Home Nursing (2001).You will undertake the apprenticeship with your employer, a local provider of community health services (NHS Trust). The apprenticeship involves an 18-month (78 week) programme of learning which includes a minimum of 20% ‘off-the-job’ university-based learning made up of 50% theory and 50% practice time. This apprenticeship also involves a 3-month period for the apprenticeship End Point Assessment (EPA).The Postgraduate Diploma Specialist Community Practitioner District Nursing will be awarded after successful completion of the End Point Assessment. Apprentices will then be eligible to record SPDN: Specialist Practitioner: District Nursing and V300: Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber with the NMC.Why us?Patient, Carer and Public Involvement participants have been involved in the development of modules and will be involved in the delivery of content to support inclusion, diversity and service user perspectives as part of teaching and learningYou'll have opportunities for Interprofessional Learning (IPL) as you study with health professionals from other fields of practice and in specific IPL events as part of the University cross-curricular IPL programme
As this apprenticeship is Level 7, apprentices must be ready to study at Level 7 and hold an honours degree of 2:2 or above in a first degree or have significant, relevant, and recent Level 6 study.
Students living in
Domestic
£11,000 month
Students from Domestic
The funding band is £11,000. The fee for this apprenticeship will be covered by an Apprenticeship levy through your employer. The fee mentioned is for 2024-25 academic year and there may be a slight increase in the fee for 2025-26 entry.
£11,000 month
Students from EU
The funding band is £11,000. The fee for this apprenticeship will be covered by an Apprenticeship levy through your employer. The fee mentioned is for 2024-25 academic year and there may be a slight increase in the fee for 2025-26 entry.
£11,000 month
Students from International
The funding band is £11,000. The fee for this apprenticeship will be covered by an Apprenticeship levy through your employer. The fee mentioned is for 2024-25 academic year and there may be a slight increase in the fee for 2025-26 entry.
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