The aim of this course is to provide support to Pre-Registration Nurses, Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Trainee Nursing Associates looking for their first role in Primary Care or General Practice, helping you to develop skills and gain knowledge about working in the sector. This will support the workforce to be informed about making the transition into a great career in Primary Care or General Practice.
Upon completion of this course, it is anticipated you will have a good understanding of working in a Primary Care organisation and will feel more confident about applying for a role in a General Practice. This will also provide a foundation to go on to develop the additional knowledge and skills required to become a fully competent Nurse or Nursing Associate in Primary Care or General Practice.
In addition to this module delivery at Level 6 and 7 for Registered Nurses and Nursing Associates, Pre-registration nursing students at University of Derby can access non credit bearing module.
It can be studied via an accredited route (credits awarded at the end after assessment) or non-accredited (formative assessment only, no credits awarded). Those who successfully complete the accredited route will be awarded 20 university credits at either level six or seven.
Who is this course for
This course is suitable for Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates, Pre-Registration Nurses and Trainee Nursing Associates who are considering developing their career in Primary Care or General Practice in the Midlands area. Pre-Registration Nurses and Trainee Nursing Associates can only access the module as a non-credit bearing module.
The working environment in Primary Care or General Practice is different to other areas of healthcare and the transition can be daunting. This course will provide support to those looking for their first role in Primary Care or General Practice, helping you to develop skills and gain knowledge. Additionally, it will provide an overview of what it means to deliver local care for a population so that those considering such a role can be fully informed.
What can I study next?
There are several courses which could be available, once employed in this sector, and the course will complement those, e.g., General Practice Nursing Fundamentals (or equivalent) and the General Practice Nursing Fellowships programme, which may be available once in employment or you could study a specialist practice qualification in General Practice.
Who will teach you
Academic and practice staff with experience of primary care nursing and nursing associate practice. Additionally, academic and practice staff who have experience in community and district nursing, and advanced clinical practice.
Accredited: On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
- Critically evaluate their potential future role in primary care, including a mapping and analysis of their skills, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges.
Non-accredited: On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
- Insightfully consider a potential future role in primary care, detailing the skills, required to work in this sector.
What you'll study
The programme is based upon the Skills for Health Primary Care Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework and will include:
- An introduction to Primary Care including how it fits into the wider system
- Operating within a Primary Care environment
- Communication skills
- Quality, diversity and inclusion, in terms of population health management
- Overview of immunisations used in primary care and legal aspects including patient specific directions and patient group directions
- Overview of long-term conditions
- Overview/introduction to sexual health/contraception
- Dementia care in the community
- Introduction to learning disability health checks.
- Developing your career in Primary Care/General Practice and supporting the application to employment process.
How you will learn
You will complete learning online, with three days of face to face on campus learning. During this time, you will practice clinical skills in simulation. The University has a dedicated teaching space for clinical skills which are set up with dedicated primary care and clinic spaces. Other learning will take place in the University’s virtual learning environment, with material designed and curated by previous students, experienced academic and practice staff and technology specialists.
Assessment
The overall approach to assessment is to provide you with opportunities to learn, appreciate the benefits of learning, test learning and to enable you to provide employers and the University with a measure of your proven knowledge and skills. Over the course, the assessment strategy offers a diverse range of formative and summative assessment activities.
There will be one assessment for the level six or level seven course. The assessment consists of a 3000 word written assignment that evaluates your potential future role in primary care, including a mapping and analysis of your skills, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges.
Personal academic tutoring
Your personal academic tutor will work with you to help you get the most out of your time at university. Having someone to talk to about your academic progress, your university experience and your professional aspirations is hugely valuable. We want you to feel challenged in your studies, stretched but confident to achieve your academic and professional goals.
Individuals wishing to study the course will need to provide a personal statement that demonstrates:
- Values and behaviours in accordance with the NHS
- A genuine interest to work in Primary Care or General Practice
- Aptitude to meet the course outcomes
- Capability for digital literacy which can be developed through the course to meet its outcomes
- High cultural intelligence with the capacity for further development throughout the course
- Leadership skills which can be developed all through the course.
- Evidence of recent study at degree level (level six). (Not applicable to non-accredited version)
- Evidence that they are an NMC Registered Nurse in any field of practice or a Nursing Associate.
Registered Nurse applicants wishing to undertake the programme at academic level seven (postgraduate) should normally have a first degree (level six). If applicants do not hold a first degree, they may study at level seven on the condition that they have successfully undertaken a minimum of one level seven (postgraduate) module within the past five years.
This course is funded by Health Education England for 2023-2024 for a selected number of applicants.
To apply for one of the funded places, please Apply directly to the University..
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If you want to find out more about studying a short course, please contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
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