Advanced Clinical Practice (Primary Care and Community)

Entry requirements

Relevant first degree with an award a first or upper second-class Honours, normally awarded in the past six years or equivalent professional experience. Education Provider and current registration (or eligibility for registration) with a relevant UK regulator e.g., Nursing & Midwifery Council, Health and Care Professions Council, General Pharmaceutical Council.

Additional Entry Requirements

Evidence of educational and practice currency related to your current role

Evidence of at least three years of relevant, recent, and contemporary experience, normally in, or working towards, an advanced practice role.

Currently working in or towards, an advanced practice role with support from employer to attend programme and to complete supervised practice components of the programme.

Attendance at an interview

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance

Occupational Health clearance

Months of entry

September

Course content

• This innovative course is designed specifically for experienced clinicians in Community and Primary care settings
• We will build on your existing clinical skills and experience to develop your capability as you develop as an advanced practitioner
• We focus on the rich experience of learning within a multiprofessional team, while embedding your learning within your own workplace, and preparing for new models of working
• Our contemporary programme embraces themes of leadership, sustainability, and evidence-based clinical practice.
• Undertake a highly flexible learning experience using blended teaching and a guided discovery approach.

As our complex health systems change, we need a workforce who can meet the demands of our population and deliver care in new and innovative ways. This pathway is designed for pioneers who are delivering care closer to home.

Your learning on this dynamic, multi-professional course, will study a contemporary advanced clinical practice programme with a specific focus on working in Primary Care and in the Community, or Intermediate care setting.

You will be part of a multi-professional group with the opportunity to explore a variety of pathways through the programme as well as flexible study options that are designed to fit in around you and your work commitments.

Studying at Master’s level, you will be informed by the latest developments in clinical practice. The modules are mapped to the HEE Multi-Professional Framework, the FCP Roadmap and HEE’s Credential Specifications, the programme is seeking accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice.

The core modules are designed to link with your clinical practice setting where you will complete supervised clinical components in support of your learning. As well as the core Advanced Practice Curriculum, which includes pathophysiology, considerations of mental health and public health are embedded. The programme will embrace themes of leadership, sustainability, and evidence-based practice. The key components of Advanced Practice – leadership, education, clinical practice, and research – will be integrated into your learning, enabling you to demonstrate competence in these components of practice.

Fees and funding