Mental health nursing is a highly rewarding career where you can make a real difference. One in four people experience mental health problems in any given year, and this course prepares you to work in collaboration with service users, their relatives, and carers toward recovery. This course leads to registration as a mental health nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Your studies include core elements for all fields of nursing and modules specific to mental health. You'll learn first-hand from mental health service users and carers, through our strong partnerships with the service user and carer-led organizations including the Recovery College, the Sutton Carers Centre, and the South West London Recovery College,
You'll have the opportunity to apply your learning in a wide range of placements. Our placement providers include South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust, Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust, South London and Maudsley (SLAM) NHS Foundation Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, and independent hospitals, including the Priory Group.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston is No.1 in London and No.2 overall in the UK for Mental Health Nursing (Guardian league tables 2023).
- You'll have the opportunity to learn with and from people with lived experience of mental health challenges at the Recovery College.
- 50% of the course will be on placement or in our award-winning simulation suites (Student Nursing Times Awards 2019), developing practical and therapeutic skills.
