About the course
Reasons to study
- This course, which is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), can lead to a potentially life-enriching career, working in the exciting world of learning disability nursing.
- This Nursing (Learning Disability) BSc(Hons) course includes a mix of placements, interprofessional learning, lectures and clinical skills sessions in our state-of-the-art labs.
- In 2024, the University’s new Daphne Steele Building will open on the site of the National Health Innovation campus. Learning Disability Nursing students can, therefore, benefit from specialist clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.
Are you passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder? If you’re looking for a rewarding, life-long career in nursing, our Nursing (Learning Disability) BSc(Hons) course be for you.
Learning disability nurses are qualified to work with individuals with learning disabilities at all ages, from childhood through to end of life. They work in a person-centred way and are passionate about rights, choice, inclusion, and equality.
On this course, you’ll discover that working with individuals with learning disabilities is enjoyable, creative, enriching, and inspiring. The career opportunities of a Learning Disability nurse are varied, too. You could secure a role within community teams, specialist behaviour teams, nursing care, autism services, children’s services, assessment and treatment services, mental health, and palliative care.
The course is designed to help you become a competent, caring, and compassionate nurse. You’ll also develop your communication and interpersonal skills, become confident in person-centred approaches, leadership and management, evidence-based decision making and teamworking.
Why study Nursing (Learning Disability) BSc(Hons)
Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this course could lead to a potentially life-enriching career as a learning disability nurse. Throughout your studies, you’ll be supported by a team who are learning disability nurses first and foremost, with extensive and varied practice experience and diverse interests in the field of learning disabilities. Individuals with learning disabilities are involved in the development of teaching materials, too, and will work with you in the classroom. You’ll also spend 50 per cent of your learning undertaking placement opportunities in a wide range of clinical practice settings, providing care and support for both children and adults.
You’ll learn in our state-of-the-art labs, which will help you develop your clinical skills, including personal care, life support, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) assessment, venepuncture, and wound care. You’ll have the opportunity to undertake interprofessional learning opportunities with other professional groups, such as social workers and speech and language therapists.
In 2024, the University’s new Daphne Steele Building will open on the site of the National Health Innovation campus, too. Learning Disability Nursing students can, therefore, benefit from specialist clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.
After successful completion of this Learning Disability Nursing degree, you can apply to register with the NMC and work as a Registered Learning Disability Nurse.
Students on this course may be eligible to receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each year – find out more on the NHS Learning Support Fund website.
Not quite ready to start Nursing (Learning Disability) BSc(Hons)? Successful completion of our Health Foundation Pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degreewill equip you with the foundation knowledge to study Learning Disability Nursing.