Learning Disability Nursing (Pre-registration)

London South Bank University
Postgraduate PgDip Full-time 2 Years Nursing

About this course

Learning disability nurses enable individuals to live their lives to their full potential within the social context they choose, through collaborative interventions across a variety of health and social care settings and by using specialist input, through person centred practice, underpinned by the concept of partnership working.

This course teaches you to promote social inclusion, good mental and physical health and self-determination through developing your skills, knowledge and attributes. All learning is grounded in a strong evidence base of integrative health and social care modelling. Our placements are varied, offering you the chance to create a future career that will be rewarding both for your personal and professional advancement.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

3219 Health associate professionals
2229 Therapy professionals
2232 Registered community nurses
2237 Other registered nursing professionals
1232 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
3214 Complementary health associate professionals

Course Details

Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
2 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
London
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Nursing