Course Overview

• Advanced Clinical Practitioners have experienced clinicians with expertise in their scope of practice, independently managing defined episodes of clinical care from beginning to end.

• Build on your current registrant level of practice through academic and workplace-based learning to attain advanced clinical practice competencies and capabilities in in-line with nationally recognized advanced-level criteria (Health Education England)

• Extend your critical thinking, analytical and reflective skills, and integrate new, as well as enhance existing clinical practice skills, knowledge, and competence, within your practice setting

• Gain the skills to support the provision of high-quality healthcare through a more autonomous, independent practice role within the multidisciplinary healthcare team

• Two pathways available: if you are a nurse, you will undertake the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) qualification; if you are an allied health professional, pharmacist, midwife, healthcare scientist, or other registered non-medical healthcare professional, then the MSc Advanced Clinical practice is appropriate for you, in supporting your advanced clinical practice role. 

General Eligibility

The standard requirements for embarking upon this course are:

• A bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject or equivalent.

• A minimum of three years post-qualifying experience working as a qualified nurse, midwife, registered non-medical healthcare professional, or allied health professional.

• You are currently working in clinical practice for a minimum of 20 hours per week, where you are supported and able to undertake to assess and examine skills.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week

Language Requirement

• N/A