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MSc - Advanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship

Our course will enable you to practice at an advanced level, improve the care of patients, your leadership skills and your professional development.

You will be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviours of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner as identified in the Institute for Apprenticeships Standards for Advanced Practice.

This programme is accredited by the Centre of Advancing Practice.

Health Education England’s Centre for Advancing Practice has been established to standardise post-registration education by accrediting advanced practice courses that achieve the standards outlined in the multi-professional Advanced Practice Framework. Practitioners who have completed accredited education programmes will be eligible to be listed on the Centre’s Advanced Practice Directory. Programme accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice will bring a new level of consistency to the workforce and help showcase advanced practice within health and social care

This programme is accredited by the Centre of Advancing Practice

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Course Overview

The Apprenticeship Standard and Assessment Plan for the Advanced Clinical Practitioner Degree Level Apprenticeship have been designed by employers in the health care sector. The Degree Level Apprenticeship for the occupation Advanced Clinical Practitioner at the University of Cumbria leads to the academic award of MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

You will normally study this programme over 3 years unless your personal training plan indicates otherwise. You will undertake 60 credits per year, which equates to one module per semester. Each module has been designed to take you through the pillars of practice set out within the apprenticeship standard and build your theoretical knowledge base and clinical skills. You will soon see how your academic and workplace learning are woven into the programme to enable you to integrate the new knowledge and clinical skills that enable you to become an advanced practitioner.

On this course you will...

Demonstrate ability to systematically and holistically search for health needs at individual, family, group and community level.
Use effective communication, negotiation and leadership skills in effective collaborative working with statutory, voluntary and private agencies..
Undertake health assessment, screening and surveillance with individuals, families, groups and communities for health protection, prevention of ill-health and to promote health and well-being.
Flexibility to easily blend academic study and work to enhance personal and career development

Key Details

Recruiting toUK / RoI / Settled in UK
Course LocationOnline
Various
Institute Institute of Health
Delivery StyleDistance learning, work-based
Course DurationFull-time: 3 Years
Course Start PointMarch
September
AwardMSc
More informationProgramme Specification
Prospectus
Open DaysAll

Minimum entry requirements

Applicants will need to provide evidence of successful study at Level 6 (or equivalent) within the last 5 years

Tuition fees

N/A

UK | Per year

Tuition Fees Policy

Course Structure

What you will learn

You will develop qualities needed for senior healthcare roles, including in circumstances requiring the assessment, diagnosis, problem solving, clinical decision making and treatment of patients with undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions. We will enhance your knowledge and skills in leadership and caring for clients with complex needs. Healthcare is a complex and unpredictable environment, which requires personal responsibility and initiative, skills we will help you build throughout the course.

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

Learning takes place both via the University academic modules and in the workplace and uses real work-based activities to inform and evidence that learning has taken place. You must have a named educational supervisor to support your learning in the clinical environment who is responsible for assessing your achievement of competency in practice.

Each of the modules within the programme has its own ‘module descriptor form’ (MDF) and this sets out the indicative allocated learning hours. For example, the 200 learning hours for a 20-credit module in year one comprises: Scheduled learning and teaching = 36 hours Work Based learning = 136 hours Guided independent study = 28 hours

How you will be assessed

Overview of the methods of assessment used on the programme within each year of study Year 1 HPHA7120 - Patchwork Text HPHA7121 - Case Study & Viva HPHA7122 - Written assignment. Year 2 HPHA7123 - Poster presentation Non-Medical Prescribing – see separate Programme Specification for this. HPHA9100 - OSCE (plus e-portfolio submission for those learners on the fast-track route) Any apprentice taking optional modules as part of their training plan, these are all written assignments. Any apprentice on the fast-track route will undertake the Service Evaluation in year 2 and undertake EPA following this if all relevant criteria for Gateway are met. Year 3 HPHA7124 - Service Evaluation HPHA9101 - E-portfolio submission for apprentices on a standard-length training plan. EPAG9102 - Readiness for Gateway and EPA HPHA7127 - End Point Assessment if all relevant criteria are met.

Career Outcomes

Following the programme, you will become an Advanced Practitioner within any healthcare setting and you will be in a senior role. ‘Some of you may go on to undertake credentials within your area of speciality, either through the Royal College of Emergency Medicine or through the endorsed credentials from NHS England. You may wish to undertake further study at PhD Level or undertake a professional doctorate. You may also aspire to consultant level practice.

Overview

Applicants must be on the NMC Nursing Register/Health and Care Professionals Council Register or its equivalent, and have regular access to an advanced practice environment.
Applicants will have 3 years (pro rata) experience in their clinical field. Applicants are required to have a clinical educational supervisor to support their clinical learning and undertake their practice assessments. This support needs to be recorded on a weekly basis as evidence of ongoing development towards the knowledge, skills and behaviours of the apprenticeship standard and will be reviewed at the scheduled tripartite reviews. Applicant's workplace is subject to an educational audit of the learning environment.

All applicants for the programme are interviewed to establish their personalised training plan and that they demonstrate the ability to benefit from and successfully complete the course. Normally applicants must hold an Honours degree classification 2ii or above in a cognisant subject. Applicants who do not hold a 2ii Honours degree will be considered as a non-standard entrant. Standard University practice will be followed with respect to applicants without traditional entry requirements. Non-standard entrants are required to demonstrate ability to benefit from and successfully complete the course. All non-standard entrants are interviewed.

Applicants will need to provide evidence of successful study at Level 6 (or equivalent) within the last 5 years.

Applicants to this programme must have a minimum of Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths as a pre-entry requirement.

Qualifications

Entry Requirements

GCSEs: Level 2 in Maths and English

Other experience: Applicants will need to provide evidence of successful study at Level 6 (or equivalent) within the last 5 years

Selection Criteria

Students for whom English is a second language may be required to provide evidence of passing an International Language Testing System (IELTS) with a score of 7.0 with a mean score of 6.5 in all elements. Applicants will be interviewed by a member of the Advanced Practice team as well as the employer so that any APL and prior learning can be acknowledged and used to develop the individual needs assessment and inform the individual learning plan.
The application must be supported by two references one of which must make reference to the applicant's professional competence. One referee must be the applicant's current employer. It is expected that applicants will have in place a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). If an additional DBS check is required, it is the responsibility of the applicant or employer, to arrange for and fund this.
Where an apprentice arranges to undertake a placement outside a contract of employment, there is an expectation that adequate arrangements for indemnity insurance will be in place and this is the employer / apprentice's responsibility.

Contextual Admissions

Not applicable to apprenticeships.

Language requirements

Please follow the link to check language requirements for this programme here.

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MSc - Advanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship