Adult and Mental Health Nursing

You’ll also have the chance to study with healthcare professionals from other fields to gain a comprehensive understanding of nursing today, including:

• Its role within 21st century health and care services
• The shift towards integrated care in the community as part of the NHS Long Term Plan
• The need for evidence-based practice for patient safety, and
• The importance of developing professional relationships with the people you care for and work with

Throughout your training, we give equal value to physical and mental health to ensure that parity of esteem is a key consideration in care delivery.
You’ll also spend a significant amount of time in our Clinical Simulation Centres (CSC), where you’ll practice skills safely with:

• Other students
• Service users
• Carers
• Role players
• Hi-tech patient simulators

You’ll go on to refine your techniques through a series of real-world placements – learning how to provide exceptional care in a wide range of clinical settings, including:

• Community nursing (District Nurses)
• Community mental health
• Inpatient Services
• District nursing
• Primary care (General Practice Nurses)
• Public health nursing (Health Visitors)
• Care homes
• Hospices
• Rehabilitation centres
• Acute hospitals

During your course, you’ll undertake professional placements to ensure that you’re career ready before you graduate. We have agreements in place with a broad mix of clinical placement partners, including:

• NHS Trusts: St George’s University Hospitals, Kingston Hospital, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, Croydon Health Services, Imperial College (Hammersmith, Charing Cross, and St Mary’s Hospitals), London North West University Healthcare Hospitals, and North Middlesex University Hospital
• Community health services: Your Healthcare, Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Sutton Health and Care, Croydon Health Services, and Surrey Heartlands
• Primary care nursing: Sutton, Kingston, Richmond, Croydon, Merton and Wandsworth Training Hubs
• Mental health providers: The Priory, Roehampton, Holybourne Hospital, Roehampton, South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust
• Other: Princess Alice Hospice, St Raphael’s Hospice, Trinity Hospice, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHND), and care homes.

You can also choose to organise your own elective placement abroad.

A personal approach

Recognising that our students our individuals with different personal circumstances, we give you the choice of taking this course at our main Roehampton campus or at Croydon University Centre. We hope this will enable you to balance your studies with family and other external commitments.

Wherever you choose to study we’ll support you every step of the way, with in-person and online academic help, wellbeing services, careers advice, and financial and hardship support. Home Nursing students receive a non-repayable grant of £5,000 each academic year from the NHS, with additional support available.

Still have questions about starting a nursing career with Roehampton? Check out our list of FAQs which cover several areas including funding, accommodation and uniforms, and links to further reading.