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| Programme title: | Return to Professional Practice |
| Apply: | direct to the University via the NHS Business Unit |
| Start (pt): | September/ February |
| Mode: | part-time |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Location: | Hospital Site |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health & Social Sciences |
Undertaking a Return to Practice programme is a mandatory requirement for those practitioners who are unable to meet the PREP (CPD) practice standard (NMC 2002). For the most part practitioners will have a lapsed registration, however others with live registration may also seek to undertake this module and are not excluded.
This unit is designed to enable nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses to return to practice with confidence and competence. Therefore the unit adopts a flexible approach to learning and whilst this is in part determined by NMC requirements, this approach also reflects an appreciation for the constraints which returnees often have on their time.
The unit will enable practitioners to experience practice in a health care setting agreed between them and a supporting practice provider. The student will also focus on health and social trends and professional issues relevant to their professional background and to be supported in this.
There is 40 hours of classroom contact time based around one day per week, 10.00 to 3.00. which will take place in either Luton or Aylesbury. Wherever possible this is within school term time only. A minimum of 75 hours within clinical practice is required for nurses and for returning midwives clinical hours will be determined by the Local Supervising Authority.
The student will also focus on health and social trends and professional issues relevant to their professional background and will be supported in this.
Once you have reinstated a lapsed registration, the full possibilities of nursing /midwifery career progression is again available to you.
Your learning will be supported through a student centred work based learning approach. The unit is evidence based and related to current local and national agendas. There will be opportunities for you to engage in a variety of learning experiences. In this way you will be encouraged to take back to your own practice area the key learning outcomes of the module.
This process will be supported by lecturer facilitation, including the delivery of key presentations around the learning outcomes, as well as specialist sessions and the opportunity to develop key skills in a controlled environment, where appropriate. You will also be required to plan how to meet the unit learning outcomes, in theory and practice, relating them to your own practice environment through the completion of the required assignments.
Additionally your learning will be supported via tutorials, group work, E-learning via BREO and E-learning library resources. You will be able to bring your reflections on experiences in practice to enable integration of theory to practice. You are asked to negotiate, with the module co-ordinator and workplace, the competencies required to successfully complete this unit.
You will be required to attain satisfactory level competency against each of the identified skills. This will be assessed by your mentor using the grading profile performance criteria
You will be required to conduct a learning needs analysis to identify 3 learning needs.
Following discussion with the unit leader you are required to compile a record of learning containing information of all the data accessed, analysing evidence in relation to each learning need and demonstrating how learning has changed their practice.
On conclusion you will be required to write a final general reflection on the process of learning required to produce the record of learning.
Areas of study include:
Research
Study skills and personal effectiveness
Health and social policy
Quality care and clinical governance
NMC Code of Conduct
Record keeping
Nursing theory
Drug calculations
Legal issues
Powell S (1999) Returning to Study: A guide for Professionals Buckingham. Open University Press.
Students must have been out of practice for 5 years or its equivalent under NMC rules.
A break in service is defined by the NMC as practising by virtue of a specific qualification, for fewer than 100 working days, or 750 hours, in the preceding five years.
Students with a live registration have successfully undertaken this module. Support for the student is still needed from an appropriate clinical placement provider.
All of the students will have previously undertaken a course leading to professional registration. In the case of nursing, midwifery and specialist community public health nurses this registration will have lapsed and that the requirement of the NMC is that they complete a return to practice programme.
All enrolled nurses considering this option are requested to contact Val McNiffe and Ann Hedges for advice.
All students will have the responsibility to secure a placement and an honorary contract with the Placement Provider. This should be undertaken by the student before applying for the Unit and is essential in order to meet the practice hours of the unit. In some cases a joint interview between the Placement Provider and University will be held.
Successful occupational health clearance is also required, along with CRB clearance. Some Placement Providers may require two references, and attendance at their Induction Day
E.U Applicants
Also need:-
1) An assessment letter from the NMC indicating eligibility for the programme
2) Evidence of English Language competence through IELTS 6.0 overall and 6.0 in
each section on the academic paper.
3) Evidence of satisfactory health and police clearance. For those undertaking
practice in their place of employment this may be in the form of a letter from
the Manager. All other nurses will need to provide a CRB and/or police letter
from home country and a fit to practice form from an occupational health
department.
4) An offer of a satisfactory practice placement
Please contact NHS Business Unit for fees.
See Unit Delivery Schedule for Return to Professional Practice Nursing dates.
'RTP- Midwifery information session' will be held at Butterfield Park from 1000 -1130hrs on the following dates:
20th November 2009
22nd January 2010
26th March 2010
28th May 2010
16th July 2010
For Midwifery please contact:
Marcia Ogunji
E: marcia.ogunji@beds.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1582 743871
Students must also apply directly to the appropriate supporting organisation /NHS Trust.
For Nursing:
Please contact the NHS Business Unit or download an application form from the website.
E: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk
T: 01582 743048
F: 01582 743704
