PG Dip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing)

Take your nursing or midwifery qualifications a step further by learning to provide support for children and families at household, school and population level.

As a specialist community public health nurse, you’ll focus on preventing ill-health, improving health and wellbeing, and reducing health inequalities.

By studying at ARU, you’ll learn how to assess, identify and manage health conditions and developmental issues in 0-19 year-olds. You’ll have the opportunity to expand your responsibilities too, with our Nurse Prescribing module.

With an eye on your future career, you’ll also develop leadership skills that will help you advocate on behalf of children and families, and commission services.

Upon successful completion of our postgraduate course, you’ll be qualified to work as a specialist community public health nurse and be eligible for part three NMC registration.

As a specialist community public health nurse you’ll be ready to work in the community, promoting the health of children and families; or as a school nurse.

You might also work in the wider field of public health, for example, in community development work. Or you could use your new research and leadership skills, and knowledge and understanding of policy, in other roles in public health, safeguarding, and primary care and community agencies.

Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with us. You could choose to ‘top up’ your Postgraduate Diploma to a full Masters degree.