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Study Details: MSc 2 years
Are you ready for a new challenge and thinking of becoming a paramedic? Our exciting MSc Paramedic Science masters degree will give you the relevant knowledge, skills and clinical expertise to deliver safe and effective treatment to patients in the pre-hospital and out of hospital environment.
We have partnered with the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the busiest emergency ambulance service in the UK, to deliver this degree course.
As a paramedic student, you are now eligible to apply for the NHS Learning Support Fund, including a training grant of £5000. You may also qualify for additional financial support. Read the eligibility criteria and find out how to apply for the fund on www.healthcareers.nhs.uk.
The course has been designed for those with a healthcare profession undergraduate degree, or another degree alongside considerable experience in a healthcare setting, who wish to become a paramedic in two years.
This masters in paramedic science will enable you to become a registered practitioner with knowledge, skills and clinical expertise to deliver safe, effective and appropriate treatment to service users with urgent, emergency, and unscheduled healthcare requirements.
January 2022 entry is currently full. Applications will be considered for the next available intake.
You will need an undergraduate degree (class 2:2 or above) in one of the following:
a healthcare profession, for example: nursing, midwifery or an allied health profession
biological sciences, with experience of direct patient contact (equivalent to 6 months full-time) in an employed or voluntary role, for example: nursing associate, healthcare assistant or care worker
non-biological sciences or healthcare degrees, with at least two-years’ experience in a registrant or non-registrant clinical role providing quasi-autonomous out-of-hospital urgent and emergency unscheduled care. For example: NHS emergency medical technician, associate ambulance practitioner or ambulance nurse.
In addition to the above, you will also need:
GCSE English language and maths grade 9 – 4 / A* – C or equivalent (Functional Skills Level 2 in English and maths)
to hold a full manual UK driving license (ideally with provisional C1 entitlement on application), with no history of a serious driving offence or more than 3 points
to be classified as a Home (UK) student prior to starting the course.
A NMC or HCPC registered healthcare professional with conditions of practice will not be eligible to apply for this course.
Driving licence*
You must have a full manual UK driving licence (ideally with provisional C1 entitlement on application), with no history of a serious driving offence or more than three points. Applicants without C1 entitlement on application must achieve this by the end of the first year of the course in order to be eligible for employment with the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
*Driving per se is not a requirement for eligibility to register with the HCPC as a paramedic, however driving and the stipulations identified above are a requirement for employment with the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust and other UK ambulance services in clinical roles.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more
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