Specialist Practice (District Nursing) (Higher Apprenticeship) PgDip
The apprentice learns the skills and knowledge to be a proficient, confident and innovative district nurse and non-medical prescriber, who can deliver evidence-based care while leading a team and managing a caseload of patients with complex
- Level
- Postgraduate
- Qualification
- PgDip
- Location
- Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
- Intake months
- January, September
- Entry requirements
- To be accepted on to an apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements. Apprentices must: > have an NMC-valid registration as a registered nurse and at least one year’s experience post-registration in the field they intend to prescribe (to meet the non-medical prescribing entry criteria, apprentices need at least three years post qualification experience at the point of commencing the module which starts in January of year 2 of the course) > have a degree or RPL equivalent > be professionally practising in a role where there is an identified need to prescribe, including at least one year in the clinical field in which they intend to prescribe > be approved by the employing Trust or organisation’s non-medical prescribing lead and service manager who must provide verification of the apprentice’s suitability to prescribe > have an NMP