Mental Health Nursing with Registered Nurse Status

Gain eligibility to apply for professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a mental health nurse on this pre-registration master’s degree. With a grounding in mental health conditions, you’ll discover the professional standards for mental health nurses and how to lead the delivery of compassionate care in hospital, forensic and community settings.

Key Features

• The Mental Health Nursing with Registered Nurse Status program from University of Liverpool willprepare you to care for individuals across the lifespan, from child and adolescent mental health to conditions such as Alzheimer’s.
• With an emphasis on evidence-based practice, the program will reveal the indivisible link between mental and physical ill health. You’ll discover the principles of mental health nursing practice, local and global determinants of mental health, and how to manage complex care needs.
• Developed in collaboration with leading healthcare providers in the North West, the program will be taught by experienced, working and registered practitioners. We’ll help you develop into a caring and compassionate nurse, able to support individuals and their families, and ready to lead and coordinate care as part of a multi-professional team.

Career prospects

• There are many reasons to consider a career in mental health nursing. It offers you the chance to make a difference to the lives of individuals, their families and their carers and play a vital role in modern health care. You’ll graduate eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a mental health nurse.
• Owing to the national shortage of mental health nurses, as well as the global demand for British trained nurses, there are many opportunities for graduates to work in mental healthcare settings locally and around the world.
• Roles and opportunities in mental health nursing have expanded significantly in recent years in the NHS, with private providers and in the independent and voluntary sectors.
• You could pursue a career specialising in areas as diverse as children and young people’s mental health, dementia care, forensic mental health services, or substance misuse.

As a master’s graduate, you’ll be well placed to pursue more advanced roles with greater responsibility. These include working as a:

• Lecturer practitioner
• Specialist practitioner
• Advanced nurse practitioner
• Consultant nurse
• Academic lecturer
• Academic researcher.
• Alternatively, you may want to pursue a career in leadership and management or continue your studies at PhD level.

Courses include:

• Principles of Mental Health Nursing Practice

• Developing and Enhancing Skills for Practice

• Local and Global Determinants of Mental Health

• Research for Professional Practice

• Dissertation