Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 2 years
Advance your knowledge and clinical skills, positioning yourself to deliver a high quality, patient-led service. This postgraduate level programme will allow you to improve your critical care practice in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and quality. Through the contemporary focus of the course and collaboration with industry stakeholders you’ll access opportunities to advance your career.
You will normally have a first degree, BSc (Hons) at 2:2 or above; or European first cycle equivalent plus a professional qualification in health or social care. Individuals without a degree but with appropriate practice-related experience relevant to the programme may be eligible to apply and will normally be required to submit a short piece of writing as part of the admissions process.
Applicants for this course will need:
evidence of employment as an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Trainee from their home trust
a named consultant intensivist who will be the clinical supervisor
a current live registration with either the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Part 1 or 2) or The Health and Care Professions Council
three years post-qualifying experience in intensive care
a satisfactory enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check
a satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
From scholarships and loans, to grants from charitable trusts, you can fund your postgraduate study at Plymouth in a number of ways.
You’ll be able to apply for Band 8a roles, and work in stage 1, 2 and 3 intensive care units (ICUs) as an autonomous practitioner who is able to assess, diagnose and manage critically ill patients and prescribe independently.
On completion of the programme, you'll be able to apply for voluntary registration and associate membership of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
Core Skills for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners 1
Advanced Concepts in Research: Methodology and Methods
Independent and Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribing
Core Skills for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners 2
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