Faculty of Health Sciences
Continuing Professional Development
Start in September, March
Benefit from the amazing facilities of our new £28-million Health Campus with its mock operating theatre, hospital ward and intensive care unit.
Developed with our NHS partners, our programmes are constantly updated to reflect the very latest in health care thinking.
Clinical placements give our students the skills, experience and support to become confident and compassionate health practitioners.
Expert staff work with NHS clinicians to deliver programmes from ‘bite-size’ taster sessions to PhDs in some of the UK’s finest facilities.
Tuition fees are funded by Health Education England for those individuals who have successfully been recruited into a trainee Mental health Wellbeing Practitioner role within their local NHS service.
The curriculum is designed so that it can be available at both undergraduate (level 6) and postgraduate certificate level (level 7). Entrants do not need to possess previous clinical or professional expertise in mental health but should have demonstrable interpersonal skills and values consistent with providing hopeful, person-centred care. They should show a commitment to working with people with complex mental health needs. They should hold evidence of academic credit or equivalence allowing entry to either:
The Level 6 Graduate Certificate is accessible to suitable applicants who have not previously been awarded a Degree. Entry requirements for the Level 6 include evidence of previous study at Level 5. For guidance on Level 5 awards please see: What qualification levels mean: England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Please note that recruitment onto this programme is via a joint University and NHS service process via in service vacancies.
Please note that access to this programme is following the successful recruitment to a Trainee Mental health Wellbeing Practitioner Role within the local NHS service. Vacancies will typically be advertised on NHS Jobs. Successful applicants will then be contacted by the University to complete the enrolment process.
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