Overview
The government has outlined new funding for nursing, midwifery and other allied health professions courses.
From September 2020, UK/EU students at English universities will receive up to £8,000 with a minimum of £5,000 a year in funding.
The University of Bradford and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have joined together to offer a Harrogate Pathway with the aim to recruit locally and therefore develop a sustainable workforce.
This pathway may be of interest to local people with commitments in the area, especially more mature applicants with dependants who may find travelling further afield difficult.
By providing all but one of the practice placements within the Trust we are offering a long term relationship to students. This is also reflected within our commitment agreement.
The pathway is advantageous to the Trust as newly registered practitioners who have followed the pathway will be familiar with the Trust policies and processes as well as having developed working relationships with existing staff.
We now accept NVQ Level 3 in any subject - you must be currently be working in a health environment as a healthcare assistant, support worker or carer with 2 years’ work experience.
Professional accreditation
This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as the statutory body and regulator of nursing and midwifery healthcare professions.
Placement
As an integrated Trust Harrogate are able to offer placements across both hospital and community placements.
Students will find it advantageous to be familiar with one Trust where all relevant practice experiences / competencies can be achieved.
Having mapped out placements there is the opportunity to undertake all relevant placement experiences as well as meet EU directives.
Learning and assessment
The programme is framed around four core concepts:
- direct clinical/patient care
- leadership and collaborative practice
- improving quality
- developing practice and developing self and others
These are common to all fields of nursing and represent the NMC domains (NMC 2010). The core concepts form a framework of key content which is revisited across the three years, progressing from an introduction and broad understanding of concepts, to complex in-depth application of concepts applied to nursing.
The intention is to facilitate your development by introducing you to the fundamental knowledge and skills centred on core and field subjects required to meet the health needs of all patient/client groups, whilst ensuring you develop the specific in-depth knowledge and skills to meet the complex health needs of people from your chosen field of practice. However, you will not only learn about and become competent nursing patients/clients in your own field of nursing but you will also become confident in nursing patients/clients who have an additional condition related to other fields of nursing. For example; learning to work with patients/service users with problems associated with your own field of nursing but who also have a learning disability.
Facilities
The purpose-built Faculty of Health Studies building represents a £10 million investment in health at Bradford.
Our state of the art facilities provide learning environments and simulation equipment that mirrors those found in the NHS.
They are designed to provide the closest possible ‘real-life’ practical experience, under the guidance and supervision of our academic team of experienced healthcare professionals, allowing students to develop their clinical skills ahead of practice placements and employment in the health sector.