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Nursing, Midwifery & Health
We provide you with state-of-the-art facilities and courses that are run in collaboration with partners in health and social services. You will experience practice-based learning with a skills focus, and we offer you placements in local hospitals and community settings.
Careers
We offer a friendly and supportive learning environment, enabling you to grow, develop and reach your potential. Our strong links with healthcare providers means you can secure a local practice placement in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, or Berkshire. We take a flexible, work-based approach to teaching and learning which encourages reflective practice and is informed by research. You have access to state-of-the-art facilities including new simulation labs so you can tackle real-life scenarios in a safe and supported environment. 100% of students graduating from our programmes go into employment with healthcare providers.
Q&A
Dr Sally Boyle
Head of School (Nursing & Health Education)
Dr John McCarthy
Head of School (Society, Community & Health)
Describe a typical week for a healthcare student.
Classroom based education can be delivered any time between 9am and 6pm (usually 9.30am – 4.30pm). On placement, students experience shift patterns which include early shifts, starting as early as 7am, late shifts and in some instances, working throughout the night. This ensures you experience typical shift patterns for a healthcare professional.
Did you know?
The majority of courses provide you with a balanced curriculum whereby you spend at least 50 per cent of your time in practice. Successful completion of your course will enable you to take on the role within your chosen profession with confidence. Where the course provides eligibility to register with the relevant regulatory body this will provide you with the skills and competence to apply for registration status.
Courses
Adult Nursing BSc (Hons) Children & Young People's Nursing BSc (Hons) Continued Professional Development Healthcare Practice FdSc 138 139 140
141
Mental Health Nursing BSc (Hons)
142 Midwifery: Registered Midwife* BSc (Hons) 143 Midwifery: Registered Midwife (2nd Registration)* BSc (Hons) 144 Nursing Associate FdSc 145 Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons) 146 Operating Department Practice BSc (Hons) 147 Paramedic Science BSc (Hons) 148 Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) 149
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Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care BSc (Hons)
195
115 167
*Subject to revalidation
For more information on any of the courses visit: beds.ac.uk/courses For up-to-date information on part-time study options see: beds.ac.uk/parttime
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B740 September Luton campus and Aylesbury campus, with hospital sites in Luton,
Bedford, Aylesbury and High Wycombe 3 years full-time UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points. GCSE grade C/4 in English and mathematics.
Selection event – DBS check. Medical check and references – see website for more information
A nurse needs to be able to assess needs and then plan, implement and evaluate care for people with acute or chronic illness. You will learn communication skills as well as a range of specialist knowledge and nursing skills. Gain experience in medical and surgical nursing, care of older people, community nursing and nursing in an acute setting.
Key features
• 50 per cent practical learning and 50 per cent theoretical learning • Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council • Practise your skills in our new high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals
Career opportunities
As a registered adult nurse, you will be able to work in a range of healthcare environments including the community hospital and residential settings.
Areas of study may include:
• Academic skills development for nursing • Understanding health • Assessment and interventions in adult nursing practice • Planning, delivering and coordinating care for adults • Advocacy, empowerment and protection • Leading complex care in adult nursing
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B730 September Bedford campus with hospital sites in Luton and Bedford 3 years full-time UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points. GCSE grade C/4 in English and mathematics.
Selection event – DBS check. Medical check and references – see website for more information
Child nursing could range from nursing a sick new-born to dealing with accident related injuries, caring not only for the child, but also their family, in hospital or community settings. Learn about development and care of healthy children/ young people, gaining the specialist knowledge and skills needed to nurse those in need of acute or long-term care.
Key features
• Prepares you for the challenges of nursing children and young people • Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council • Practise your skills in our new high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals
Career opportunities
Careers include working in hospital wards, intensive care units, neonatal units and specialist acute services. These could be in a district general hospital or in a children’s hospital. You might also choose to work as a children’s community or hospice nurse or as a school nurse.
Areas of study may include:
• Introduction to nursing interventions • Understanding health • Assessment and interventions in children and young people’s nursing • Partnership working in children and young people’s nursing • Law and decision making in medicines management • Leading complex care in children and young people’s nursing
Danielle Singh
Children & Young People's Nursing BSc (Hons)
“I really enjoy my community and hospital placements, and I was always well supported by my personal academic tutor throughout the whole process. I even got to do a neurosurgery elective at Great Ormond Street this year, which was amazing.”
Diploma to Degree
Key facts
Apply direct to the University
See website Luton campus, Aylesbury campus 1 year full-time or 2-5 years part-time (some locations and durations of certain courses may differ. Please see website for details) UK/EU students Registered health and social care practitioner – see website for more information or email: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk
A range of courses designed for health and social care professionals, based on the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework and national occupational standards. Explore and improve both your practice, and opportunities for personal and professional development. Eligibility for Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) on the basis of your existing qualifications and experience may exempt you from certain elements of a course.
Key features
• Individual units can be taken as short courses • Flexible study using blended learning and online resources • Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) is available
Career opportunities
These courses are ideal pathways for healthcare graduates who wish to extend their careers and professional development while enhancing their expertise.
Areas of study may include:
• Healthcare Practice FdSc
Key facts
Apply direct to the University
September, March Luton campus, Aylesbury campus 2 years full-time UK/EU students UCAS Tariff 32-48 points – see website for more information
This foundation degree in Healthcare Practice is designed for healthcare workers who are currently working in an assistant capacity in a range of healthcare settings. This course values practice-based learning and recognises the value of students’ life experiences as a learning resource. The course will build upon your practical experiences by offering a range of learning opportunities where practice can be further developed.
Key features
• Provides a progression route on to professional degree courses in health or social care • Practise your skills in our new high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals
Career opportunities
You will be eligible to apply for advanced healthcare posts in the NHS. Successful students who work within a nursing environment, and who have met the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) entry criteria for nursing, will be eligible to apply for recognition of prior learning (RPL) as entry to year two of our Nursing courses. Alternatively, you can undertake further study on courses such as: Operating Department Practice, or Midwifery, amongst others.
Areas of study may include:
• Health and wellbeing: improving lives • Person-centred care • Safeguarding health and wellbeing • Healthcare policy and quality • Enhancing care in practice (work-based learning)
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B760 September Luton campus and Aylesbury campus, with hospital sites in Luton,
Bedford, Aylesbury and High Wycombe 3 years full-time UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points. GCSE grade C/4 in English and mathematics.
Selection event – DBS check. Medical check and references – see website for more information
The relationship between a person with a mental illness and the nurse is central to helping them back to mental health. This course emphasises the development of appropriate communication and interpersonal skills through interactive learning in practice settings such as hospitals, prisons, service users’ homes, residential centres, specialist clinics and other community settings.
Key features
• Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council • Interactive learning process supported by enthusiastic staff • Practise your skills in our new high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals
Career opportunities
This course prepares you to work in various places such as the NHS, the private sector and charities.
Areas of study may include:
• Academic skills development for nursing • Introduction to nursing interventions • Assessment and interventions in mental health nursing practice • Planning, delivering and coordinating care across agencies for people with mental health problems • Advocacy, empowerment and protection • Leading complex care in mental health nursing
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B711 September Luton campus and Aylesbury campus, with hospital sites in Luton,
Bedford, Aylesbury and High Wycombe 3 years full-time (45 weeks per year) UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points. GCSE grade C/4 in English, mathematics and science. Selection event – DBS check. Medical check and references – see website for more information *Subject to revalidation
Midwifery is a diverse role, involving more than just delivering babies. As a qualified midwife, you will be the main contact for an expectant mother throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, supporting her family as well. You will need to be able to recognise and respond to her physical, psychological, cultural and socioeconomic needs. Midwives also play a wider role in public health within primary and secondary care settings, including sexual health promotion. This degree prepares you for professional practice through role play and scenario-based learning, spending half your time in University and half on a placement, supported by a community midwife.
Key features
• Students on the three-year course may receive an NHS means-tested bursary • Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Career opportunities
Work as a midwife in hospitals, the community and birth centres, or advance in clinical practice or research.
Areas of study may include:
• Normal childbearing processes • Public health • Midwifery practice within the multidisciplinary team • Acute and emergency midwifery care • Medical conditions in maternity • Caring for the compromised neonate • Women’s and family health • Complex needs and critical care in maternity
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B721 September Luton campus, Aylesbury campus 21 months full-time UK/EU students Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on the adult nurse part of the professional register. Relevant academic study within the last three years – see website for more information *Subject to revalidation
Midwifery is a diverse role, involving more than just delivering babies. As a qualified midwife, you will be the main contact for an expectant mother throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, supporting her family as well. You will need to be able to recognise and respond to her physical, psychological, cultural and socio-economic needs. Midwives also play a wider role in public health within primary and secondary care settings, including sexual health promotion.
Key features
• Attend conferences twice a year • Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council • Practise your skills in our new high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals
Career opportunities
Work as a qualified and registered midwife within the NHS, or as an independent midwife, or progress to management, research or teaching. Many of our graduates go on to complete a Supervisors of Midwives course with the support of their employer.
Areas of study may include:
• Transition to midwifery • Scope of professional practice • Medicines for midwifery • Managing obstetric and neonatal emergencies • Engaging professional development
Key facts
Apply direct to the University
September, February Luton campus, Bedford campus 2 years full-time UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 32-48 points – see website for more information
This course is for healthcare workers currently working as a healthcare assistant supporting registered nurses caring for patients and service users. The course meets the requirements of the national Nursing Associate Training programme curriculum and provides academic and work-based learning that will help you to develop the skills and capabilities required for this role. Throughout the course you will be supported by both a practice mentor and a personal academic tutor.
Key features
• Work-based learning focused on your own area of practice and development needs • Practise your skills in our new high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals
Career opportunities
Successful students will be eligible to apply for nursing associate posts. Successful students who have met the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) entry criteria for nursing will be eligible to apply for recognition of prior learning (RPL) as entry on to one of the University’s degree courses.
Areas of study may include:
• Introduction to nursing associate interventions • Application of nursing associate theory and practice • Exploring health and primary care services in the community • Integration of nursing associate theory and practice • Public health principles and practice for nursing associates
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B930 September Luton campus 3 years full-time UK/EU/International students UCAS Tariff 104-112 points. A level in a science subject (preferably biology or human biology). Interview. DBS check – see website for more information
Occupational therapists play a huge role in the wellbeing of employees in nearly all workplaces across the UK. Occupational therapists usually carry a caseload and work with employees of organisations, carers and other professionals to undertake timely individual assessments, produce care plans, review and monitor customers in the context of local guidance, policies, resources and government legislation and work with, or direct service users to other appropriate services. This course has been developed specially to provide you with the training and skills you need for a successful career in today’s Occupational Therapy market, whether that be in the NHS, social services or a private provider. On successful completion of the course you will be equipped to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), to work as an Occupational Therapist in the UK.
Key features
• You will learn the core skills necessary to successfully assess and treat patients’ problems caused by illness, accident or ageing • You will complete a minimum of 1,000 hours of work-based learning during the course
Career opportunities
This course will prepare you to work in the NHS and wider health and social care settings. It will provide with the skills you need for postgraduate study and to pursue a clinical research career.
Areas of study may include:
• Wider clinical understandings, including pathology, sociology and psychology • Research skills • Physiology for cccupational therapists • Occupational beings • Occupational therapy interventions - equipment & adaptations • Occupational therapy interventions - therapeutic approaches
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B701 September Luton campus 3 years full-time UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points. GCSE grade C/4 in English, mathematics and science. Selection event – DBS check. Medical check and references – see website for more information
This course has been designed for healthcare workers with an interest in working as registered operating department practitioners (ODPs) to offer co-ordinated patient-centred care during the perioperative period. Students have intensive periods of time in University followed by periods in clinical practice, working alongside a qualified mentor in a range of perioperative care settings: anaesthetics, operating theatres, emergency departments, intensive care and recovery.
Key features
• Practise your skills in high-tech simulation suites supported by staff who are healthcare professionals • Approved by the Health and Care Professions Council
Career opportunities
You will be able to work as a registered operating department practitioner in a range of perioperative care settings, including anaesthetics, operating theatres, emergency departments, intensive care and recovery.
Areas of study may include:
• Anaesthetic practice • Sciences for perioperative practice • Intraoperative surgical practice • Post anaesthetic care • Clinical leadership • Mentorship and supervision for perioperative practice
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: 7V3R September Bedford campus 3 years full-time UK/EU/International (UK domiciled) students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points (A Level/BTEC science preferable). 5 A*/9-C/4 GCSE’s including English, mathematics and science.
Full driving license. DBS check. Occupational health clearance and references – see website for more information
The role of a paramedic is vital, rewarding, and expanding – with increasing emphasis on clinical decision-making skills – offering you an ideal career if you thrive under pressure and want a varied role in medical care. This innovative course, developed in partnership with the East of England Ambulance Service, will develop your clinical knowledge and confidence in simulated situations. Spend around 50 per cent of your time in practice, enabling you to experience the full 24-hour working pattern. Your final year research project will enable you to progress to employment with a strong research base.
Key features
• Specialist units in maternity, mental health, long-term conditions and trauma • Approved by the Health and Care Professions Council
Career opportunities
Work as the lead clinician in the ambulance service. Upon gaining experience, diversify in to areas such as Hazardous Areas Response Teams (HART), flight paramedics and management roles.
Areas of study may include:
• Patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning • Trauma management • Professional issues and ethical dilemmas • Mental health care for paramedics • Obstetric and neonatal care for paramedics
Key facts
UCAS Course Code: B160 September Luton campus 3 years full-time UK/EU/International students UCAS Tariff 112-120 points. A level in a science subject (preferably biology or human biology). Interview. DBS check – see website for more information
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) have predicted the UK will require another 6,700 Physiotherapists by 2025 as demands grows due to an aging population and increase in people living with long-term conditions. This course will enable you to graduate as a professional, work collaboratively alongside members of the NHS, and other clinical exercise and musculoskeletal therapists operating beyond the NHS. Teaching is informed by research and delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical classes. You will also take part in debates, student led presentations and workshops alongside periods on clinical practice placements. Our comprehensive curriculum is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Key features
• Teaching will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team • You will complete a minimum of 1,000 hours of work-based learning during the course
Career opportunities
This course will prepare you to work in the NHS and wider health and social care settings. It will equip you to set up and work in your own practice, if you wish, and provide you with the skills you need for postgraduate study, or to pursue a clinical research career. Fundamentally, it will provide you with a range of transferable skills, which will make you highly desirable in a wider graduate employment market.
Areas of study may include:
• Professional and clinical skills • Research skills • Physiology for physiotherapists • Physiotherapy first Interventions • Physiotherapeutic management of cardiovascular - respiratory conditions
