MSc PGDip PGCert Advanced Clinical Practice

Admissions to the programme enables all nurse, midwife and SCPHN registrants OR Allied Health Professionals registered with the HCPC (including NHS, Self-employed or non-NHS employed registrants) to apply for entry to the programme.

Admission to the programme is dependent on the following minimum criteria:

• The applicant must be an NMC or HCPC registered for 3 years prior to applying to the programme.
• Have employer support and protected learning time.
• A current Disclosure and Barring Services check had been undertaken (for NURM114).

The Admissions Policy for Advanced Clinical Practice programmes is in accordance with the University’s admissions for students, Equality and Diversity policies. It seeks to select the students from diverse educational and social backgrounds who can benefit from and motivation to complete the programme.

The programme welcomes applications from those from a variety of educational qualifications and will consider on merit applicants with no formal qualifications.

All applicants need to have:

• An appropriate healthcare or bachelor’s degree with honours.
• Must be employed within a health and social care related environment and be a UK registered healthcare professional

or

• Those without a relevant bachelor’s degree must satisfy the University that by virtue of their professional standing, qualification and/or training that they are fit to register for, and to benefit them from, their proposed programme of study.

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There is opportunity for those who wish to continue educational study and work at academic Level 8 on completion of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice award, to register for the Doctor of Professional Practice or a PhD which are also offered at the University of Northampton.

The full MSc Advanced Clinical Practice award consists of five compulsory modules (180 credits) which include:

• NURM080 Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (40 credits)
• NURM081 Diagnostic Reasoning for Practice (20 credits)
• NURM114 Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (40 credits)
• NURM079 Educating and Influencing Others in Healthcare (20 credits)
• OTHM010 Professional Project (60 credits)

The PGCert requires you to complete NURM080 and NURM081 (60 credits)

The PGDip requires you to complete NURM080, NURM081, NURM114 and NURM079 (120 credits)