Course
Registered Nurse – Mental Health Nursing
Giving care, advice and support to sick, injured or disabled people.
Mental Health Nurses play a vital role in supporting individuals experieancing psychological distress, from anxiety and depression to severe psychiatric conditions. Their work involves therapeutic interventions, crisis management, and holistic patient care. Registered Nurses in this field must be able to work autonomously or alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers to deliver person-centred treatment. They are responsible for promoting mental well-being, reducing stigma, and ensuring patients have access to the support they need while remaining accountable for their own practice and delegations.
We offer the following programmes:
Kingston University
BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing (Degree Apprenticeship)
Duration
40 months
Recognition of Prior Learning for up to 50% of programme ie for those with a relevant Foundation Degree (e.g. Nursing Associate)
Delivery approach
Hybrid.
Year 1 Face-face
Year 2 & 3 combination of Face-Face & blended learning.
Students are taught alongside self-funding students for field specific modules, and as an apprentice cohort for non-field specific modules.
Unique benefits for employers
Designated study days, and timetable for year ahead, which allows employers to roster students to work in their substantive role.
Placements organised by the university.
Future Skills embedded in each year of the program.
Support for students and employers from course team and central apprenticeship team.
Birmingham City University
BSc (Hons) Nursing RN
Duration
36 months
Delivery approach
(F2F depending on stage of their course, can be 2-3 days)
Taught alongside self-funded students
Unique benefits for employers
Offer the 4 field of Nursing.
BCU has successfully been delivering apprenticeships since 2017. Level 3 to Level 7
Study days are set so employers can plan placement exposures and ensure service provision is not affected.
Employers are from the wider Midlands area and beyond.
Learners have access to Refurbished and extended skills' facilities.
Oxford Brookes University
BSc Nursing (adult) -
Jan 26 for RPL students
Sept 26 for full degree
Duration
40 months
18 months for Nas with RPL.
Delivery approach
Students will be taught alongside self-funded students, taught in blocks, placements, and on the job time
Unique benefits for employers
Subject to approval:
Set study days, to aid employers with planning service provision during theory modules.
Proven track record of good metrics and quality assurance for the UCAS programmes upon which the apprenticeship programme is based and are co-taught,
OBU OfSted outcome good for nursing associate provision.
NA programme designed to optimise RPL for RNDA
Greenwich University
BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (3 year)
We have a 3 year, 18 months RPL for NA s, 12 months RPL for PAs no changes needed
Duration
3 years
18 months for RPL, attend with self-funding students
Delivery approach
Placements organised by employers, according to the year planner, module attendance with self-funding students, block of university 5 days a week. If not in placement or university, return to work as per JD
Unique benefits for employers
Having the September and January starts allows for greater flexibility in the workforce and the year planner allows employers to plan staffing for the year ahead.
All students benefit from our state of the art, award winning simulation facility at key points during each academic year to bring learning to life.
Having the NA and PA RPL options allows employers to up skill existing workforce as well as newer staff members.
Offered at both Medway and Avery Hill campus for greater flexibility and work/life balance.
University of Hertfordshire
BSc (Hons) Nursing
Duration
36 months
Delivery approach
Full-Time Route- Offered over 3 years (follows usual BSc degree)
Unique benefits for employers
The UoH has been successfully delivering apprenticeships since 2019
The university plan placements.
Immersive clinical skills rooms which provide students with a realistic and interactive environment to practice skills in various settings such as, different rooms in a patients home and a care home.
The course delivers well trained RNs with excellent good degrees -and a good all rounded experience
Nursing times award finalist last year for apprenticeship provider of the year 2024