Venues

Sighthill Campus

Content

As a practitioner in the public domain of health and social care services, you are expected to be innovative, provide leadership and make an advanced contribution in your professional role. This course will enable you to do just that in a wide range of fields:

Nursing, Child Protection, Intellectual Disabilities / Mental Health, Midwifery

You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the theoretical knowledge and competence in practical skills associated with advanced clinical practice such as history taking, clinical examination, clinical management and prescribing (where appropriate).

There are five ‘core’ named specialities available which align to the Transforming Roles, Clinical Core Competencies (Phase 2 Paper):

Acute Care
Paediatric
Neonatal
Primary & Community Care
Mental Health

In addition, you will critically appraise relevant health and social policy as well as address ethical and professional issues.

Modules include:
Health Assessment for Advanced Clinical Practice

Entry Requirements

The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience and applicants must be a qualified health or social care practitioner.

We look for applicants to have a background in health or social care in order to be eligible for the programme.

We may also consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient relevant work experience within the industry.