Study Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) PGDip at University of Chester in the UK, Health and Social Care

About this course

About this course
- Overview
- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

This Postgraduate Diploma offers practical support to qualified nurses in delivering advanced practice in a community setting and undertaking quality improvement or service evaluations. On completion of this course, students will have met the NMC requirements of an SCPHN School Nurse and will feel confident in their ability to manage complex cases, deliver advanced practice interventions, deliver quality improvement, and evaluate changes made. Our course is designed to support 'live' improvement projects and service evaluations. It appreciates the dynamic and complex environment of contemporary service provision and includes real case studies and presentations from experienced people with a track record of delivery in quality improvement and service evaluation. The underpinning philosophy is engagement-'all share, all learn'-and therefore, the course provides opportunities for students to learn, support, and challenge each other in their improvement efforts. The course is 40% theory and 60% practice and this is integrated across the duration of the course. You will undertake the theoretical component in the University, and undertake the practice component in a community setting under the supervision of a qualified Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor from the defined area of practice.

Which department am I in?

Health and Social Care

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

£15,500.00 (US$ 20,017) per year

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Wheeler, Chester

University of Chester,

Castle Drive,

Chester,

Cheshire,

CH1 1SL, Northern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

£15,500.00 (US$ 20,017) per year

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Wheeler, Chester

University of Chester,

Castle Drive,

Chester,

Cheshire,

CH1 1SL, Northern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

A minimum of a second-class honours degree (2:2) in a related discipline area.

An equivalent academic or professional qualification from the UK or elsewhere, i.e. incorporating study at least comparable to 120 credits at honours level.

Professional qualification of equivalent status and associated work experience or an equivalent qualification deemed suitable by the Programme Team.

An applicant who does not possess one of these qualifications may be admitted for entry through the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.