Nursing (Mental Health)

**This course starts on Monday 7 September 2026.

This is a full-time course. It is recommended that any employment undertaken alongside study amounts to no more than 8-12 hours per week.**

Nursing is a challenging but rewarding career that will impact and change lives, including your own. As a Mental Health nurse you will play your part in improving access to healthcare, wellbeing, social inclusion, and quality of life.

The course will enable students to work in hospital and community settings within the NHS, social care, primary care and private settings. Your studies will look at how to care for people across their lifespan and consider the importance of holistic nursing care.

You will learn from a passionate, enthusiastic, skilled, and supportive team with a range of experience across the many different aspects of Mental Health nursing. Many are active researchers; your learning will be enriched by the very latest in best practice and clinical understanding. This course has a strong practical focus, allowing you to gain competence carrying out the hands-on tasks you will perform in your career. Half your time will be spent on placements with our established partners. You will also have regular access to outstanding facilities including our Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre: virtual wards where you will be able to develop your clinical expertise in a safe, instructive environment.

Based at our Taunton campus, you will interact with and learn from other students from a range of health and social care courses. You will develop essential people skills as you work with patients and their families, as well as our partners on placements, in class and online.

Career Progression
Registered Mental Health nurses are in demand across the UK and our graduates enter careers in a variety of roles for the NHS, private and voluntary sector employers in community and hospital settings. You could go on to specialise in positions in hospitals, healthcare centres as a community nurse, in GP practices, schools, as a health visitor, or with patients in their own homes. Once qualified you can also combine clinical practice with study on a post graduate course to specialise in a specific area. Progression could lead to senior positions such as consultant nurse, nurse specialist, researcher, or local or regional services manager.