PGCert

Clinical Community Nursing

Name: Clinical Community Nursing, PGCert
Price: £975 per 20 credits GBP

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

1 year

Start

September 2024

Delivery

In-person

Our PGCert Clinical Community Nursing combines Non-medical Prescribing (NMP) and Advanced Clinical Examination (ACE). This will enable you to develop clinical examination skills which will complement your NMP qualification.

Community nurses work with adults of all ages and communities. They work across many different organisations and settings. These include:

Primary care
Social care
Third sector organisations
Hospitals (including mental health)
Hospices
Prisons
Other community services

Community nurses ensure that patients receive the right care, at the right time, every time.

On our course, you'll develop skills that promote autonomous practice. You'll also develop critical thinking and evidence-based practice.

Community nurses work independently, and with others, to deliver care in line with agreed plans. They will have a wide breadth of knowledge and a flexible, portable skill set to serve local health populations.

The two modules that make up the PG Certificate are the NMP and ACE modules. The NMP module consists of 13 taught days, 13 directed study days and 90 clinical hours. The ACE module consists of 8 taught days.

You'll have a variety of learning opportunities including live lectures, group seminars, practical clinical skills work and directed study.

Why study with us

This course has been designed by combining two complementary modules and is unique to UCLan for community nurses.
We recently invested £200m in new buildings and facilities, including a dedicated Student Centre at the heart of the Preston Campus
UCLan was ranked third in the UK for the mental health support we give to our students. (2022, HUMEN University Mental Health League Table)

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What you'll do

Share and learn with a unique peer network of professionals.
The programme structure includes 2 core modules – one at 40 credits and one at 20 credits
The practicality of the course allows students to apply learning to work context and individual learning needs.

Modules

Compulsory modules

These modules are set and you have to study these as part of your course.

Non-medical Prescribing

This Level 7 module prepares healthcare professionals such as nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied health professionals to practice as independent prescribers as well as supplementary prescribers. You will use the relevant professional standards set by the relevant council for each profession.

To study this module, you must be an appropriately trained and qualified health professional with at least three years’ experience and be currently working in the relevant specialist field as you require patient access for assessments.

Module code: NH4300

Advanced Clinical Examination Skills for District Nurse Practitioners

The module aims to develop your duties, skills, knowledge and behaviour reflected in the district nurse standards and competencies. This will enable the you to carry out comprehensive clinical examination of the patient in their entirety. This module content encompasses the District Nurse Apprenticeship standards (IATE, 2019), and is mapped to the NMC competencies (NMC, 2001) and the pillars of Clinical Practice as outlined by the Advanced Clinical Practitioner Multi-Professional Framework (NHS England, 2017).

Module code: NU4211

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Lisa is a Lecturer in District Nursing and is Pathway Leader for the District Nurse pathway on the BSc (Hons)/Postgraduate Diploma Community Specialist Practitioner Course. Lisa also acts as Academic Assessor for those on the District Nurse pathway.

Accreditations

This course is validated by the NMC, the nursing and midwifery regulator for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Future careers

The PGCert Clinical Community Nursing will support community nurses in being highly trained to deliver safe and responsive nursing care in and across a wide range of health and care settings.

Community Nurses will be further empowered to work independently, and with others within defined parameters. This will enable them to diagnose and prescribe care in line with agreed plans.

Community Nurses work with adults of all ages in organisations including primary care, social care, third sector organisations, hospitals. These include mental health, hospices, prisons, and other community services. This qualification will ensure that patients receive the right care, at the right time, every time.

Fees and funding

2024/25

Part-time£975 per 20 credits

Additional costs

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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Dependants Bursary
Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package. 
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Carers Bursary
If you need extra support because you have unpaid caring responsibilities alongside your studies.
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Sports scholarships
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Alumni Loyalty Discount
UK students with a previous award from us will receive 20% tuition fee discount.
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Learning and assessment

Delivery for both modules is face to face.

UCLan has an extensive array of learning resources both on and off campus. For those off campus there are many resources:

Electronic resources including e-journals and e-books
Search by Subject guides to help access journals and books, etc
Online access to other libraries and information services (perhaps closer to home) through local and national schemes.
Inter-Library Loans Service
Information Skills training programme
Access to IT help and advice from LIS Customer Support
The Remote Access services allow students to access their UCLan network account, the library's electronic resources and some core software applications from their own computer as if they were on-campus.

The assessment strategy for the V300 consists of 2 formative and 3 summative assessments detailed below:

Numeracy & Pharmacology exam 120 mins
Clinical Assessment Documents
OSCE (25 minutes)
Essay (2500 words)

The ACE module assessment strategy includes a formative practice assessment document to support learning and 2 summative assessments detailed below

OSCE (45 minute)
Essay (1000 words)

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This course is based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

You can find regulations and policies relating to student life at the University of Central Lancashire on our student contract page

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Our facilities

Academic expertise

Accreditations

Future careers

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Additional costs

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Dependants Bursary

Carers Bursary

Sports scholarships

Alumni Loyalty Discount

Learning and assessment