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Grad Cert/BSc (Hons)
Professional Nursing (Children’s)

Location
Southwark and LSBU suite Great Ormond Street
NHS Trust

Duration
1-6 years (part-time)

Mode of study
Part-time

Start date
Units have varied start times – see Continuing
Professional Development (CPD) prospectus

Number of places
Variable dependant on units undertaken

Simple timetable info
Part-time, start time variable

Course contact
Maire Horstman
Principal Lecturer
Horstmm@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8407

Julie Henderson
henderjd@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8373

Course administrator and information on CPD prospectus:
Kerry Shewan – 020 7815 8024


Children’s Nursing
Adolescent Care
Primary Care
Childhood Cancer Nursing
Children’s Neuroscience Nursing
Neonatal Nursing
Paediatric Cardiac
Critical Care Nursing
Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing

Course description

The staff in the Department of Children’s Nursing all have links with clinical areas, and the students and staff benefit from a number of joint appointments with children’s specialist units in a range of settings, as well as a tertiary children’s hospital.

Pathway options within the Post- Registration Framework: The Post- Registration Framework is designed to foster a purposeful and child-centred approach that makes a real difference to children’s services and student career satisfaction. Units are delivered as standalone at both undergraduate and Master’s level and nurses on a register may access a number of units within the children’s nursing portfolio. In keeping with a philosophy of inter-professional working a number of units are designed to meet the education needs of the inter-professional team.

Career opportunities

Employment prospects are excellent, with students gaining contemporary knowledge and skills which makes them ‘fit for purpose’.

Typical background of applicant

Students are from a range of professional backgrounds working in children’s services, in both the community and hospital setting.