30 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
As part of this course you’ll:
- Follow the NHS four-pillar framework for advanced clinical practitioners: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research
- Develop the advanced health assessment skills and professional expertise you’ll need to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Apply your expert knowledge, complex decision-making skills and clinical reasoning in your clinical setting
- Be client-centred and clinically focused in your work
- Gain the essential skills you’ll need to work in acute, primary or secondary care settings, or in any organisation where you’ll need advanced diagnostic skills
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
As part of this course you’ll:
- Follow the NHS four-pillar framework for advanced clinical practitioners: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research
- Develop the advanced health assessment skills and professional expertise you’ll need to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Apply your expert knowledge, complex decision-making skills and clinical reasoning in your clinical setting
- Be client-centred and clinically focused in your work
- Gain the essential skills you’ll need to work in acute, primary or secondary care settings, or in any organisation where you’ll need advanced diagnostic skills
Admission Requirements
54+
4+
6+
Applicants should have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subject of Health. Applicants who do not meet this academic requirement are advised to undertake the Professional Profile Development modules in order to apply for recognition for prior (experiential) learning. Details of the module can be found at this.
You should also have a minimum of 2 years post registration experience and be able to demonstrate through your personal statement that you have developed professionally to a level that prepares you for an advanced clinical role.
Your personal statement should address the following criteria in no more than 1200 words:
You are required to provide evidence of support from an appropriate work based practice assessor and a practice supervisor for support in developing the advanced clinical practice competencies.
Applicants will need to satisfy the requirements for access to the Non-Medical Prescribing module as stipulated by the NMC/HCPC.
Your application should be supported by two references, either academic or professional; one of the references should be from a professional who can confirm that you have undertaken the necessary development for Advanced Practice.
You should also have a minimum of 2 years post registration experience and be able to demonstrate through your personal statement that you have developed professionally to a level that prepares you for an advanced clinical role.
Your personal statement should address the following criteria in no more than 1200 words:
- Identify the main national and local drivers that have influenced your expansion into an advanced clinical practice role;
- Describe how you will incorporate advanced clinical practice into your role and its benefit to service users;
- Evidence of how your use of research has developed clinical practice;
- Demonstrate how you implement change and how you monitor and evaluate practice;
- Evidence recent continual professional development;
- Evidence your understanding of the legal and role boundaries of the advanced practice role
You are required to provide evidence of support from an appropriate work based practice assessor and a practice supervisor for support in developing the advanced clinical practice competencies.
Applicants will need to satisfy the requirements for access to the Non-Medical Prescribing module as stipulated by the NMC/HCPC.
Your application should be supported by two references, either academic or professional; one of the references should be from a professional who can confirm that you have undertaken the necessary development for Advanced Practice.
30 Months
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
10,400 GBP
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