Nursing Associate

This foundation degree offers a route into hands-on healthcare work for people who want to move from support roles towards registered nursing. Students build the understanding and assurance needed to provide compassionate, person-focused care, and the programme suits those who want to deepen their clinical knowledge while staying close to practice. Learning combines academic study with placements across adult, children's, mental health and learning disability fields. Students practise in varied healthcare settings alongside patients, families and carers, and develop skills to assess, plan and evaluate care. Preparation for placements takes place in a dedicated simulation centre, using equipment and patient simulators. Study can be full-time or through an apprenticeship route, and graduates can apply to register as nursing associates with the NMC.