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Postgraduate Diploma
Teesside University Middlesbrough
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
District nursing is a core service within the NHS. People are living longer with increasingly complex needs so more care needs to be delivered in the home environment. This course enables community nurse specialists to meet the demands of their complex role and develop their knowledge and skills, allowing them to deliver evidence-based care while leading a team and managing patients with complex needs. You achieve an academic award, and two professional awards (SPQ Specialist Practice in District Nursing and Non-medical Prescribing (V300)), enabling you to be an independent prescriber within your scope of practice.This course is approved against the NMC (2022) Standards of Proficiency for Community Nursing Specialist Practice Qualifications and mapped to The Queen's Nursing Institute (2022) District Nursing Standards for Specialist Practitioner Qualification. This provides a strong framework rooted in community nursing, to focus your learning and provide relevant context to the professional standards.Designed in consultation with local employers, professional standards bodies, students, service users, carers, and district nurse educators from across the country.This course prepares you for the dynamic and motivating world of community nursing so you are in a strong position to apply for a position as a district nurse and team leader.
