Children and Young People's Nursing

Our three-year children's nursing degree gives you the ability to cope with a demanding and satisfying profession, leading to a BSc (Hons) Children and Young Peoples Nursing qualification and a registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Our programme is structured to provide you with a strong foundation in nursing children and young people, equipping you with effective practical skills with a blended approach to learning. You are supported throughout the course by a dynamic, highly skilled team of tutors and practitioners within practice and beyond.

Whatever your ambitions, we're here to help you to achieve them. We'll support you to identify the skills you're learning during your child nursing degree, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you'll feel confident in standing out from the crowd.

• Leads to Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration.
• Access to a wide variety of unique local and national placements.
• Training within our new clinical skills unit with immersive VR (Virtual Reality) simulation equipment.
• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) delivered within this programme.
• Guaranteed paid internship with the Northampton Employment Promise.
• HP laptop and software included with this course for eligible students* (*see eligibility criteria and terms and conditions)

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• Tawjahiya and successful completion of a Foundation programme from a UK awarding body,
• Two-year associate degree / community college diploma (occasional Year 2 entry may be granted depending on qualification and modules studied),
• International Baccalaureate Diploma,
• Successful completion of a Foundation programme from a UK awarding body,
• A Levels

Please contact us or check the Course information pages for the specific grades or points you will need or if you have a qualification not listed above.

There are many avenues you can chose once you are registered as a children and young people's nurse on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register.  You can choose to work in acute settings such as: a children's ward, children's emergency department, theatres, neonates.

Alternatively, you may choose to work in the community as: a health visitor, school nurse, community children's nurse, within a special educational needs school.

There are many other specialist roles within children and young people's nursing too such as: a children and adolescent mental health service, research nurse, intensive care, clinical nurse specialist.

For further information visit the NHS careers website.

Postgraduate Opportunities

Our postgraduate courses are a great way to enhance the skills you have already learnt. Benefit from our 20% alumni discount on postgraduate fees to give you a CV that will catch the eye of employers.

Successful completion of this course could lead on to one of our postgraduate programmes: PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, MSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Top-Up), MSc Public  Health, MSc Advancing Practice, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

At the University of Northampton, we offer a range of short courses and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes. These will enable you to learn new skills, progress into specialisms or take on new responsibilities.