Palliative Care for Healthcare Professionals - Waterford

The advantages of learning in this multi-professional context will enable the student to explore their learning alongside other professions. Learners will be challenged to advance their knowledge with a focus on holistic palliative care within a multi-disciplinary setting, and learners will understand the need for and apply the principles of self-care within their clinical practice. This programme is also unique in that learners will have the opportunity to identify personal learning goals that will address their own learning needs. This programme will empower the learner to care for patients and families who may have complex palliative care needs.

Attainable Skills

Holistic palliative care within a multi-professional context

Symptom management

Professional, legal and ethical issues

Communication

Self-care practices

Contemporary bereavement practice

Identifying the learners individualised learning needs relevant to their own discipline.

Level 8 BSc or equivalent in an appropriate discipline and registered or eligible to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland or the Health and Social Care professional registration authority CORU.



Where English is not the student’s first language, proof of English language competency as per SETU regulations will have to be provided.



SETU RPL regulations will apply where applicants do not possess a formal level 8 qualification. A completed application form must be signed by the learner and endorsed by their line manager.

12 weeks BLENDED – PART-TIME

Start Date: september 2025

Career opportunity

This programme will provide learners with the required skills and knowledge to function at an intermediate level of specialisation within the Palliative Care Framework. It is envisaged that this programme will enable participants to undertake further postgraduate studies to develop their career in specialist palliative care roles.