Nursing and Midwifery
Nursing and Midwifery is a comprehensive course that equips you with the knowledge and skills required to provide care for individuals across diverse health scenarios. With career options ranging from a midwife, nurse, psychologist, to a social worker or even a health service manager, this field offers numerous opportunities to make a real difference in people's lives.
In this course, you will delve into essential hard skills such as obstetrics and gynaecology, postpartum care, prenatal development, clinical practices, primary care, surgery, auditing, and risk analysis. These technical abilities are crucial for providing high-quality care in various healthcare settings.
Beyond these technical aspects, the course emphasizes the cultivation of soft skills, such as effective communication, teamwork, compassion, empathy, attention to detail, leadership, teaching/mentorship, and planning. These essential qualities will enable you to work effectively under pressure, build strong relationships with patients, and collaborate successfully with healthcare professionals.
Whether you're nurturing new life as a midwife, providing care for children or adults, supporting mental health patients, or leading a healthcare team, this course sets the foundation for a rewarding career where you can make a genuine impact on people's lives.
Hard Skills
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Postpartum care
- Prenatal development
- Clinical practices and governance
- Primary care
- Surgery
- Auditing
- Risk analysis
Soft Skills
- Communication and teamwork
- Compassion and empathy
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Leadership
- Teaching/mentorship
- Planning
Average Starting Salary
Career paths
- Midwife
- Children's nurse
- Adult nurse
- Children’s nurse
- Mental Health nurse
- Learning disability nurse
- Social worker
- Counsellor
- Play or other therapist
- Psychologist
- Youth and community worker
- Health service manager