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Study mode

Part time

Duration

3 years

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Medical Sciences Paramedical Services / Supplementary Medicine Health Studies Nursing

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) is a level of practice that involves autonomy and decision-making, carried out by highly-experienced registered health practitioners. It is underpinned by Health Education England’s four pillars: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.

Our innovative portfolio of multi-professional ACP modules are aimed at experienced healthcare practitioners from diverse professional backgrounds who wish to expand their role and advance their level of practice towards Advanced Clinical Practitioner status. This course is best suited to practitioners whose employer has agreed to support their development to ACP level in a specified role.

Four different pathways are available: Generic, Critical Care, Musculoskeletal or Urgent and Emergency Care. The degree title you are awarded will depend on your pathway. For example, if you complete the Musculoskeletal pathway, you will receive an MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Musculoskeletal) qualification.

Our ACP course meets all the requirements set out within Health Education England’s Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017), and is accredited by NHS England.

Careers

This programme is aimed at qualified health or social care practitioners who have the support of their employer to develop as an advanced clinical practitioner.

All routes within the programme promote your personal and professional development and will contribute to your career advancement within the relevant health and social care sector. They will provide you with the opportunity to articulate and evidence your own scope of practice, and to work towards the Health Education England Framework for Advanced Clinical Practitioner (HEE, 2017).

Modules

On this module you will lead, design, and deliver a small-scale, practice-based quality improvement project in your practice field, using the quality improvement project proposal you have learnt about in the Leadership in Advanced Clinical Practice module. You will consider establishing baseline measures, selecting relevant quality improvement methodologies, and evaluation. You will produce a written project report which includes the rationale for your initiative, the methods and evaluation adopted, analysis and discussion of the outcomes achieved, and a reflection on what you have learnt from the project.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£3,950

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

To be confirmed

Entry requirements

Students should have all of the following: Honours degree (2:2 or above) from the UK or Republic of Ireland; recognised healthcare/health-related professional qualification and current professional registration; at least two years’ full-time clinical experience (or the equivalent in part-time hours) in health or social care employment (for example nursing, paramedics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, radiology, etc), within a clinical service area relevant to Advanced Clinical Practice or the specified pathway you wish to follow (specific requirements and entry criteria apply to some modules and these will be indicated in the module outlines); employed in a senior clinical role (normally Agenda for Change Band 6 or 7); work in a practice setting which enables the achievement of the advanced clinical practice outcomes relating to the National Health Education England (HEE) multi-professional ACP Standards; written evidence that your employer supports your learning and that there is the opportunity to develop into a role of Advanced Clinical Practice level.