Advanced clinical practice is a rapidly expanding role across all areas in healthcare. This multi-professional course is developed around a national framework and the four capabilities of advanced clinical practice – clinical, research, education and leadership.
This course enables you to develop your personal and professional autonomy, providing you with a comprehensive and critical understanding of professional practice, ensuring that you are fit for future challenges within health and social care. The course is flexible for multi-professional individuals from all areas of advanced practice within acute and primary care sectors– you access the same core modules.
The negotiated competencies within the first-year portfolio module allow you the flexibility to ensure maximum relevance and application to your clinical area. You have the opportunity to develop advanced and core transferable skills relevant to your area of practice – you develop your advanced clinical decision-making skills, using evidence-based approaches to care, lead innovation and practice, and develop high levels of autonomy.
You study this course on a part-time basis over three years, are supported through your studies by an academic supervisor and need to identify a practice supervisor.
Entry Requirements:
Potential applicants should discuss access to this course with their line manager and DCS in the first instance. Any applications must be supported by the Group Clinical Director.
To apply, you must:
- have current registration with relevant professional healthcare body such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professions Council
- have an honour’s degree in a health-related subject – or, if you don’t hold a relevant degree, previous experience and evidence of study at Level 6 may be considered (you are invited to discuss your individual needs with the course leader to determine your suitability for study at master’s level (work in a healthcare organisation, normally at the equivalent of band 6 (or above) within an area of advanced practice.
- work in a role which requires diagnostic and therapeutic responsibility for a patient caseload for a minimum of 20 hours a week have a minimum of three years’, full-time or equivalent in part-time hours, post-registration clinical experience – if you have less than three years’ experience you may be considered following discussion with the course leader providing you have your manager’s support
- be able to organise for a suitable practitioner (for example, a medical doctor or an active advanced practitioner) to act as a practice supervisor.
- show that you have achieved English and maths qualification at a minimum of Level 2 at GCSE (grade C or 4) as within the general apprenticeship requirement,
- Other entry criteria may apply.
A signed Learning Agreement will be required upon application.