Why nursing at Bucks?
Here is a quick summary of why Bucks is a fantastic place to study for your degree:
Locality
The Faculty’s pre-qualifying nursing programme is based in the vibrant West London town of Uxbridge, offering you an exciting student experience in specially adapted facilities. Our placements are easily accessible via public transport and are located in close proximity to the campus.
Placements
We offer a variety of clinical placements in a range of settings across West London, including:
- College Healthcare NHS Trust – Hammersmith Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital
- Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
- Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore
- West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- West London Mental Health NHS Trust
- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Student support whilst on placement
We’re renowned for the support we offer our students whilst they are on placement. Members of the teaching staff from Bucks are assigned to each clinical area to support students when they go out on placement. Lecturers in partnership with mentors visit clinical areas once a week. Since you spend 50 per cent of your time in placement, this support will be integral to your success.
Structure
The organisation of our clinical placements and academic study is split into distinct half year blocks. This allows students time to become properly immersed in each area, concentrating fully on clinical placement. Placement entails some academic work but the focus is on practice.
Reputation and quality
Our nursing students are highly respected within the Trusts and clinical areas in which we work and in recent rankings from NHS London we were the only University working in partnership with them to have all of our branches ranked in the top three.
Employability
We have a high rate of employability. In a recent survey, 93% of our students after graduating were employed as a registered nurse. 61% found employment with the London NHS Trusts that we work in partnership with, 26% work with other NHS Trusts throughout the country and 6% work with a private healthcare provider.
But above all this, we are all working together in a caring, team-focused environment with a passion for what we do.