Specialist Practitioner: Community Children’s Nursing

Entry year:: 2024/25
Start date:: September
Study mode:: Full-time
Course duration:: 1 year
Campus:: City

Course modules

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Further guidance on modules

Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.

Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.

Core modules

Advancing Public Health, Evidence based Practice and Application
20 credits

This module aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to work as a public health practitioner in the community setting within your field of practice.

It introduces the discipline of public health and the use of evidence to improve services. You will also learn how public policy can influence health needs and service development. The wider determinants of health and health inequalities will be examined in detail. Principles and concepts of health promotion will also be covered.

Advancing Leadership and Management
20 credits

This module aims to enhance your skills and knowledge, enabling you to take a central role in the development of practice within your working environment.

It will also provide an opportunity for you to engage in debate and discussion, so you can identify your strengths and weaknesses as a leader within your organisation.

You will further consider how you can influence and inspire others at both a local, regional, national and international level.

Advancing specialist practice qualification community children's nursing
40 credits

To help the student to maximise learning opportunities and experiences within specialist community children's nursing practice. There is a necessity for the student to be exposed to wider, complex issues within the community and how to strategically plan for care delivery.

Paediatric Clinical Examination and Minor Illness
20 credits

This module will centre on the major physiological systems and build upon students’ prior knowledge and expertise. This will inform greater understanding of the causes and management of common childhood illnesses, and their diagnosis. Wider determinants of health and associated risk factors will be considered to inform decision making and ensure safe practice. Issues related to professional development and advancing clinical practice will be discussed.

Optional Modules

Negotiated work-based learning
20 credits

To enable SPQ students to maximise learning opportunities and experiences relevant to their own area of work in order to facilitate practice, career and professional development

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing
20 credits

Aimed at healthcare professionals registered with the HCPC & NMC, this module enables you to prescribe, safely, appropriately and cost-effectively as independent and/or supplementary prescribers, in accordance with both legal and professional requirements.

The module will prepare you to:

complete an assessment of a patient/client/service users whilst developing a management plan in relation to their diagnosis/differential diagnosis.
complete an episode of care through prescribing or deprescribing safety

All students who wish to undertake Independent & Supplementary Prescribing also known as V300 Non-Medical Prescribing will have to complete an additional 'North West Non-Medical Prescribing Application form' which will be approved by the prescribing programme team prior to commencement on the independent and supplementary prescribing programme.

Course tutors

Caroline Boyle

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Amy Webster

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Sarah Logan

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Caroline Boyle

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

Career paths

Further your career prospects

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

Fees and funding

Tuition Fees:

Home full-time per year:: £8,750

Entry requirements

You will need:

Qualification requirements

Undergraduate degree

In a relevant nursing subject

Alternatively, consideration will be given to applicants who have evidence of successful Level 6 or Level 7 study

Additional requirements

Relevant work experience
Must be registered as a Children's Nurse (level 1) on the NMC Register, with a minimum of 1 year post registration experience.

Further information

Extra Requirements
Please note: Students wishing to undertake the V300 element of this programme must also be deemed competent by, and obtain permission and support from their employer. All students who wish to undertake V300 Non-Medical Prescribing will have to complete an additional 'North West Non-Medical Prescribing Application form' which will be approved by the prescribing programme team prior to commencement on the NMP programme.
RPL
RPL of up to 40 level 7 credits is allowed on this programme

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