Registered Nurse Mental Health Degree Apprenticeship BSc Hons

This apprenticeship course aims to develop essential skills and confidence for working with people suffering from mental health conditions like anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, eating disorders, psychosis, and obsessive compulsive disorders. The course is designed to support a training in practice approach, with one day of work for the host organization and 30 hours of week spent on clinical practice or university placement. Once qualified, the student can apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and work as a Registered Nurse (Mental Health). The course includes face-to-face and online learning, and students can apply their skills in clinical practice in various services.

• Employed in healthcare and supported by employer.
  
• BBB at A Level (120 UCAS points).
  
• DDM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma, Merit at T Level, NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma/Level 3 Extended Diploma at grade B.
  
• Pass in Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits.
  
• GCSE English Language or English Literature and Maths at grade 4 or above. 
• IELTS 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent.   
• Rehabilitation of Offenders form and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check.
• Potential to gain accreditation for prior learning towards the course.
• Places are limited and attainment of minimum entry requirements does not guarantee an interview or offer.
• Nursing Associate qualification usually means Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) onto the second year of the 3-year BSc course.
• Portfolio of evidence mapped against NMC standards of proficiency and the apprenticeship framework for Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA).
  

Mental health nursing offers diverse career opportunities in healthcare trusts, private hospitals, and community settings. It can also involve work in child and adolescent mental health services, forensic settings, substance misuse, accident and emergency liaison, self harm, criminal justice, youth offending, violence management, and specialist roles like admiral nursing and nurse consultant. Professional development opportunities include psychological therapies, medicines management, nurse prescribing, and becoming an approved mental health practitioner.