Why choose Nursing (Mental Health) BSc Honours at Middlesex?

We will give you exceptional support as you study for this challenging and fulfilling role. We have exceptional teaching staff, state-of-the-art facilities and placements at London’s leading hospitals.

This highly respected mental health nursing degree is based at our Hendon Campus and includes teaching at the brand new £23 million West Stand facility at StoneX stadium, which features one of the UK’s best skills training centres including high-tech simulation suites.

Our placements with our London NHS partners, including Camden & Islington and Barnet, Enfield & Haringey NHS Trusts, will give you opportunities to practise your skills in some of London’s most forward-thinking hospitals.

What you will gain

Once you complete the course, you will have developed the skills needed to be a professional mental health nurse and you’ll become a qualified professional with registration to work across a variety of settings.

There’s a shortage of mental health nurses in the UK which means you’ll have a high chance of securing work immediately after graduation.

After graduating, you can register as a mental health nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and start your career helping to make the world a better place.

This course will also help you to develop on a personal level. You will be supported to increase your confidence and communication skills, learn valuable critical thinking skills and become an effective problem solver.

You will become proficient working with information technology and in the academic and practice setting you will be part of teams that will build your expertise in understanding leadership and management. These accomplishments will stay with you throughout your career and support your continued success.

We have 145 years of experience delivering professional, creative and technical education that prepares students – like you – for success in global careers.

What you will learn

Our highly experienced tutors will build on your empathy for others and help you develop nursing skills and confidence in applying them.

The unique skillset you’ll develop will open up opportunities within mental health nursing, teaching, research, educational outreach, public health, the voluntary sector and the armed forces.

This course will reinforce your classroom learning with practical experience:

• You’ll develop a holistic approach to assessing, treating, care planning and supporting people to recover and live their best possible lives
• You will experience high-fidelity simulations in areas such as resuscitation and dealing with the seriously ill
• Through placements and hands-on experience, you’ll also gain the observation and communication skills needed to confidently collaborate with service users, families, carers and colleagues

You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects at our research centres, including our Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (DARC), our Research Centre for Transcultural Studies and our Centre for Coproduction.