MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Child) Apprenticeship (Advanced Clinical Practitioner Qualification)

In order to be considered for entry to MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Child) Apprenticeship applicants will be required to demonstrate they have the following before they are eligible to start the course:

Professional

• Current professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) or The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Academic qualifications

• GCSE passes (Grade C, Grade 4 or above) in English Language and Mathematics or pass in the Functional Skills qualification at Level 2
• Evidence of a minimum of 90 undergraduate degree level healthcare related credits

Practice

• A minimum of 3 years post-registration experience on entry to the course
• On entry to ACP Apprenticeship have been employed at minimum of Band 6 or equivalent
• Employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week in one relevant clinical environment, with access to appropriate clinical support and supervision for the development of knowledge and skills to an advanced level.
• Currently have at least 50% of their role working with infants, children and young people up to the age of 18

Applicants must also be able to demonstrate employer support for the Apprentice to do the following:

• Attend the University on a one day a week basis for 6 hours teaching in accordance with the timetable AND
• Engage in a minimum of 6 hours a week supernumerary Protected Learning Time for practice based learning.  This requirement extends beyond the University semesters to include the Christmas, Easter and summer periods. This will be tracked across the course to ensure that this takes place.
• For the student to organise for a Doctor/qualified Advanced Practitioner to act as their designated “Practice Facilitator” to supervise and subsequently support the applicants overall clinical development and facilitate completion of specified practice-based learning activities. Sign off for specific aspects of learning is required during the course (this responsibility can be shared with other senior experienced clinical colleagues however nomination of an overall Practice Facilitator is required).
• Provision of day-to-day supervision and support by an experienced clinical team while working across the remainder of their working week to enable the development of the knowledge, skills, behaviours, competence and confidence commensurate with this level of practice.

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You will then study the following modules:

• Children’s applied clinical physiology
• Children’s advanced assessment skills
• Children’s clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills
• Clinical complexity in advanced practice (infants, children and young people)
• Professional development for advanced clinical practice
• Non medical prescribing (pediatric)
• End point assessment

If you are a in a health care profession that is unable to undertake the Non Medical Prescribing module under current legislation, you will do an alternative combination of a Level 7 optional module of your choice plus this module:

• Enhancing practice through work based learning