Children's and Learning Disabilities Nursing MSci

This integrated masters course will prepare you to apply to the NMC Register as a Registered Nurse in the fields of children's and learning disabilities nursing.

You'll learn to provide evidence-based care for children and young people (birth to age 18), working in partnership with their families and with other health and social care professionals, in hospital and community settings. You will also make a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities. You'll study the factors that affect people's health and wellbeing, the health inequalities in our society and how we can improve health outcomes for people with a learning disability and autistic spectrum conditions (ASC).

The course is a blend of university-based learning activities and clinical placements, providing you with the skills and knowledge you will need to become a nurse. You'll spend 50% of your time on placement in hospitals, in the community and in our skills and simulation labs developing valuable clinical skills. You'll work with patients, carers and a range of healthcare professionals. Placement opportunities include medical and surgical care environments, community and hospital-based learning disabilities services and community nursing, GP practice nursing and integrated community teams.

Placement opportunities are at London's leading NHS hospitals such as Great Ormond Street, St George's, Epsom and St Helier, Kingston, Royal Marsden, Chelsea and Westminster and Croydon Hospitals, South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust, Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust, the Children's Trust and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability as well as in community settings.

At the end of your second year, you'll have the opportunity to take an optional elective placement, nationally or internationally.

You'll be taught by a dynamic teaching team who are nationally and internationally recognised - they have contributed to key text books and achieved awards for their excellence in learning and teaching.

Throughout the course you will engage with people who use services and a range of healthcare professionals – in placements, on campus and in online learning.

NHS Training Grant

Nursing students on pre-registration courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back, subject to eligibility criteria. For more information please visit the NHS Business Service Authority.

After you graduate

Once you graduate, you'll be recommended to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for professional registration. Kingston students are highly sought after, with students gaining first posts across Surrey and London in leading NHS and independent organisations.

Types of jobs

• Staff nurse (Paediatrics)
• Staff nurse (Paediatric intensive care)
• School nurse
• Health visitor staff nurse
• A&E nurse (Paediatrics)
• Neonatal nurse

Types of organisations

• Croydon University Hospital
• Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals
• Guy's & St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust
• Kingston Hospital
• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Great Ormond Street Hospital
• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Bupa Cromwell Hospital
• St Peters Hospital (Chertsey)
• Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust
• West Middlesex University Hospital
• University College London Hospital
• Greenwich and Lewisham NHS Trust
• Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust