SOH-HCS-T Pre and Post Registration Nursing and Midwifery Higher Education Provision

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The Nursing and Midwifery Higher Education Department of Jersey’s Health and Community Services (HCS), has been providing an undergraduate education programme for the past 18 years and postgraduate for the past 3 years. The Higher Education Department in Jersey aims to work as a remote campus to the selected partnering University. It is envisaged that the successful bidder would support the on island team of Senior Lecturers with the provision of honorary contracts to ensure access to resources that may be required to support the delivery of a range of awards on island. The Nursing and Midwifery Higher Education Department shares its facilities with the Medical Education Department, Vocational Training Centre and the Resuscitation Services. The Library is in close proximity and offers a comprehensive range of resources. The partnership with the successful bidder has to deliver a key strategic objective for the HCS Department; that is the development of a graduate nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare practitioner workforce. Some of the workforce will become advanced practitioners supporting new ways of working. The aim is to commence the delivery of the 3 year Pre-Registration nursing degree programme on island in September 2019 with an annual intake thereafter. A cohort size of 15 to 20 Adult Field students is estimated. A small cohort of Mental Health Field students every two years, from 2020 is desired. HCS can offer a wide variety of practice learning opportunities both within the hospital and in the community Keywords: nmc, nursing, midwifery