Nursing - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing

Overview

The programme aims to provide students with the knowledge, critical understanding, skills, values and resilience to manage the delivery of services in complex settings and with at risk families. Specialist Community Public Health Nurses need to be autonomous practitioners and work across organisational boundaries. The programme embodies a person-centred approach to meet and lead the care needs of individuals, families and communities with a range of needs and from varying backgrounds and ethnicities.



Ulster university is the sole provider in Northern Ireland of this course. The completion of this course allows students to progress their career and practice at a specialist level. The programme engenders a sense of pride amongst staff, students and alumni. The course has a national reputation for excellence in SCPHN practice which results in it being annually commissioned by the Department of Health.

Module Title

NUR892 Evidence synthesis and translation for specialist community public health nursing practice

NUR893 Promoting Human Rights and Addressing Health Inequalities

NUR894 Partnerships and decision making in Safeguarding Practice

NUR895 Developing autonomous person-centred Practice

NUR896 Leading public health practice

NUR897 Practice learning for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing



Total 120 Credits at level 7



Students must successfully complete all modules including NUR897 PAD which assessed in practice by the Practice Assessor/s and Academic Assessor. This module is a 20 credit pass/fail module but does not contribute to the classification of the PG Dip.



Students will be expected to attend additional workshops throughout the programme, for example UNICEF breastfeeding training and Solihull.

Health Visiting and School nursing students are required to apply for the programme through the regional recruitment process. Self-funding applicants must follow the regional recruitment process and apply to the preferred trust, and if successful at interview and a commissioned place is not available, the opportunity to self-fund will be offered. 



Applicants must:

- have gained an honours or non-honours degree in nursing or another health related area from a University of the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland or from a recognised national awarding body or hold an equivalent standard in a Postgraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate or a Graduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification. In exceptional circumstances, where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate attributes including subject-specific outcomes may be considered as an alternative entrance route.

- be currently registered on part 1 or 2 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register



- Provide an Access NI Enhance Disclosure certificate, which is current on application to Ulster



English Language Requirements

English language requirements for international applicants



International students must achieve a score of 7 overall and 7 on each sub-scale on the IELTS test of proficiency in English (NMC requirement).



Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.

The duration of the programme is 52 weeks.



Attendance (Full-time)

A minimum of 130 days in the Practice Learning Environment.

Start Date: September 2025.

Career options

Career prospects of graduates from this programme are excellent with the majority moving rapidly into permanent posts with their specialist area.