King's College London

Specialist community public health nurses are in the frontline of public health. They are culturally competent, autonomous practitioners who are committed to improving people’s health and wellbeing. They understand factors affecting the health of individuals and communities, and seek to address health inequalities across the diverse communities and populations they serve.

• Health Visitors are responsible for giving children a healthy foundation for life by assessing the family and home situation, providing support to parents and assessing the needs of young children. They build trusting relationships with children, carers and families to positively influence their future health outcomes.
• School Nurses work with families and young people from when they start school up to aged 19, and provide a vital link between home and school. They actively listen to and advocate for children and young people, and provide culturally appropriate support and early interventions, and are committed to addressing health inequalities.

Students on this course will learn how to confidently search and appraise evidence for clinical interventions, how to make public health interventions, and will learn how to lead public health services that are person-centred and evidence driven to ensure positive health.

Students who successfully complete this course will join the Specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) part of the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) register in the relevant field of practice.

These pathways are designed to furnish qualified nurses with the evidence to demonstrate eligibility to register their specialist practitioner status with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). They may also suit registered practitioners who are supporting autonomous practice, supporting educational and practice development or exercising clinical leadership and who seek further educational opportunities to further this.