Career opportunities
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.
SPP702
Substantive Professional Project
The substantive project enables the student to demonstrate their ability to manage practice development. The project provides an opportunity to apply knowledge and understanding of methodology and methods to develop an area of practice, evaluating the impact or potential impact upon the practice area. Students may undertake this project in their actual workplace, or the workplace may be a defined sphere of practice.
APP701
Advancing Practice in Context
This module will enable the student to develop their professional understanding within Advancing Practice, allowing them to consider the legal and ethical boundaries, the working environment and the complexities of their practice.
APP707
CBT Interventions for Mental Health Professionals (Psychosis)
This module will focus on the development of in depth knowledge and skills in the use of CBT with a focus on supporting people experiencing psychosis. This includes effective assessment, formulation and the development of therapeutic relationships and skills required for the effective and adaptable use of CBT in psychosis. There will be a focus on reflective practice and workplace-based cases to ensure clinical relevance.
APP709
Working with People with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder
The module seeks to underpin modern mental health practice in working with people whose personality difficulties lead them to come into conflict with others, engage in harm to themselves or to be labelled as 'personality disordered. The module is designed to address evidence based interventions in a range of settings. There will be a focus on reflective practice and workplace-based cases to ensure clinical relevance.
APP718
Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare Practice
Students will analyse, explore and debate ethical and legal concepts, issues and theories relating to health and social care. This module gives students the tools necessary to undertake critical decisions within their professional practice enabling them to reflect on their knowledge, their practice, and the conduct and performance of healthcare organisations.
APP719
Advanced Newborn and Infant Examination
This module enables practitioners who have undertaken a programme of learning to demonstrate mastery in the examination of the newborn/infant, applying complex and creative synthesis of the evidence base to this autonomous professional role.
APP720DL
Advanced Newborn and Infant Examination (APL)
This module enables practitioners who have undertaken a programme of learning to demonstrate mastery in the examination of the newborn/infant, applying complex and creative synthesis of the evidence base to this autonomous professional role.
APP720P
Advanced Newborn and Infant Examination (APL)
This module enables practitioners who have undertaken a programme of learning to demonstrate mastery in the examination of the newborn/infant, applying complex and creative synthesis of the evidence base to this autonomous professional role.
APP721
Perinatal Mental Health
This module will prepare students to show mastery of knowledge and the development and management of the care of childbearing women with perinatal mental health needs. It is research informed and prepares students to interrogate the available evidence to inform decision making. The needs of mothers and babies; before, during and after birth, will be at the centre of care with a strong emphasis on respect and dignity.
APP727
The Child and Young Person with Mental Health Needs
This module will enhance existing knowledge and skills of the holistic care of children with mental health needs and their family.
APP728
Preceptorship (APEL)
This module is specifically designed to enable students to accredit their professional preceptorship practice development through by building on and reflecting on their learning and experience gained through undertaking a preceptorship Programme within their organisation.
APP732
Advancing the Care and Support of the Person with Dementia and their Carer
This module is designed to meet the educational needs of practitioners who care for the person with dementia and their carer in a general setting. This module will link evidence based theory to current clinical practice and provide strategies in order to improve service delivery and give effective high quality care.
APP738
Management of Children/ Young People Requiring Urgent or Emergency Care
This module will enhance practitioners existing knowledge and skills in the holistic care of children/young people within the context of the family. It will facilitate the recognition, assessment and management of children/young people requiring urgent or emergency care for illness/injury in a range of settings.
APP739
Enhancing Practice in Paediatric Palliative Care
This inter-professional module aims to enhance the deeper practice of all professionals delivering palliative care to children, young people and their families. The module will build upon existing knowledge and experience while enabling students to develop a critical and reflective approach to the care of a child or young person on a palliative care pathway.
APP739Z
Enhancing Practice in Paediatric Palliative Care
This inter-professional module aims to enhance the deeper practice of all professionals delivering palliative care to children, young people and their families. The module will build upon existing knowledge and experience while enabling students to develop a critical and reflective approach to the care of a child or young person on a palliative care pathway.
APP741
Advocacy and Education for Quality Improvement in Practice (A-EQUIP) Full module
This module will ensure that A-EQUIP is able to be delivered in practice. It will prepare registrants in the supervision which will be determined locally based on operational guidance that has been developed by NHS England.
APP744
Substance Misuse and Dual Diagnosis
This module focuses on the services and interventions for people who misuse a range of substances or have 'dual diagnosis' implying co-existing mental health problems. Participants will develop their skills for working with this group, consider the influence of various models and approaches as well as the issues for them as individuals and for society.
APP749
Supervision of Learning and Assessment in Practice
This module will enable the student to enhance their role in providing a contribution to the education and facilitation of students/learners and the development of education within their practice setting.
APP751
Critical Care of Children and Young People, Advancing Knowledge and Skills
This module will challenge the knowledge and skills of health care professionals in the care of the deteriorating child and young person requiring critical care. The module will build upon the existing knowledge of participants, and through critical analysis apply this to the care of the child/young person requiring critical care across a range of clinical settings.
APP752
Work Based Learning
This module enables the student to identify individual work based objectives that address the learning outcomes (see below) of this module.
APP754
Diabetes Mellitus
A module for the practitioner to explore core knowledge issues relating to diabetes mellitus, based upon diabetes competencies.
APP755
Transition into General Practice
This module provides education to support professional development in general practice and primary care networks. Students will learn about and develop skills in the analysis of delivering person-centred care with a focus on primary prevention, public health initiatives and health screening.
APP756
Embedding in General Practice
This module aims to equip those working in a general practice setting or primary care networks with the necessary generic practice skills to function in this environment whilst encouraging a critical view of practice and the developing of strategies for change.
APP757
Advancing within General Practice
This module aims to equip students with knowledge, understanding and capability to deliver person-centred care required to fulfil the role of the General Practice Nurse as defined by the RCGP Nursing standards and in alignment with national Department of Health and Health Education England initiatives. Through undertaking a comprehensive health assessment develop treatment and management strategies.
APP759
Advancing Knowledge of Learning and Teaching for Practice
This module prepares the student to make a demonstrable contribution to education and take a lead role in the development of education in practice. Participants are enabled to apply contemporary educational knowledge, skills, and behaviour to address emerging issues in educational practice. The module is designed to be delivered face-to-face, by blended learning and/or via distance learning approaches.
APP761
Enhanced Maternal Care
This module will provide the practitioner with an in depth knowledge and understanding of Enhanced Maternal Care (EMC) in the Obstetric Unit (OU) setting. It will encompass a comprehensive examination of all aspects of Enhanced Maternal Care and the decision making that underpins such care.
APP762
Emergency Nursing Care
This module is designed to enable nursing staff to develop existing professional skills in Emergency Care. They will critically evaluate and develop specialist knowledge in order to effectively assess, prioritise, plan and deliver effective evidence-based care to the patient presenting to the Emergency Department.
APP763
Sexual Health (Family Planning and Women's Health)
This module has been specifically designed to focus on the principles and issues involved in delivering contraceptive services to women within the community setting. This includes comprehensive coverage of managing fertility and incorporates key competences to be gained in practice.
APP765
Advanced Psychosocial Assessment and Formulation
This module will enable students to develop a systematic understanding of conceptual frameworks and the use of therapeutic factors to undertake comprehensive and collaborative biopsychosocial assessments of mental health presentations, and develop a critical understanding of person-centred formulations and the use of internationally recognised classification criteria. There will be a focus on reflective practice and application.
APP766
Developing Expertise in Urgent & Emergency Care
This module is designed to enable healthcare professionals to critically examine and develop in an area of professional clinical practice, in Urgent & Emergency Care. Taught workshops will guide the student, building on their pre-existing body of knowledge to critically develop their skills in health assessment, clinical examination and clinical reasoning.
APP767
Mental Health Assessment in Urgent, Emergency and Acute Care
This module aims to increase knowledge and skills of practitioners working in urgent, emergency and acute care settings and who work with individuals experiencing mental health issues. It explores the principles and process of mental health assessment and the practice of determining appropriate intervention alongside prioritisation of client need based on the current guidance.
APP768
Coaching and Leadership
Coaching and Leadership is a module focused on developing your confidence and competence to lead and develop yourself and others. Students will be able to understand and explore coaching theory and practice using a variety of tools in order to underpin coaching and leadership practice.
APP729DL
Enhancing End of Life Care and Palliative Care Practice
APP748
Surgical First Assistant
Develop mastery of clinical skills, knowledge and competence to safely perform the role of Surgical First Assistant as described by the Perioperative Care Collaborative (2018).
APP755E
Transition into General Practice
This module provides education to support professional development in general practice and primary care networks. Students will learn about and develop skills in the analysis of delivering person-centred care with a focus on primary prevention, public health initiatives and health screening.
APP757E
Advancing within General Practice
This module aims to equip students with knowledge, understanding and capability to deliver person-centred care required to fulfil the role of the General Practice Nurse as defined by the RCGP Nursing standards and in alignment with national Department of Health and Health Education England initiatives. Through undertaking a comprehensive health assessment develop treatment and management strategies.
APP770
Advanced Assessment for Clinical Practice
This module will enable experienced inter-disciplinary practitioners to undertake a systematic and structured history taking assessments and physical examinations on the main systems of the body at an advanced level. The aim is to be able to differentiate between normal and abnormal findings supported by an in-depth understanding of underlying anatomy and physiology of each system whilst recognising the significance of those findings. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding of systems and patho-physiology when seeing and managing patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated presentations across all healthcare settings. The focus is on interdisciplinary learning to develop the skills needed to make safe, sound clinical decisions within a range of clinical settings, when consulting with patients and clients with diverse health needs across all healthcare settings. At the end of the module, the learner will be able to complete a systematic and structured history taking assessment alongside a physical examination which will allow relatability of findings across all healthcare settings.
APP771
Clinical Decision Making and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Practice
The practitioner will develop a cognitive approach to apply theories and clinical decision making to patients seen in practice. The aim will be to underpin this approach with high-level judgements in complex decision across a broad and generic range of presentations, incorporating comprehensive health assessments and appropriate, well-proportioned and a safe management plans. This will include exploration of various investigations and their interpretations, pharmacology therapeutics, conservative advice and safety netting. There is a focus on interdisciplinary learning to develop the skills needed to make safe, sound clinical decisions within a range of clinical settings, when consulting with patients and clients with diverse health needs across all healthcare settings. At the end of the module, the learner will be able to complete a systematic and structured consultation including history taking, physical examinations and developing an appropriate and reasoned management plan, relating findings to the ultimate goal of clinical decision making.
APP768DL
Coaching and Leadership
Coaching and Leadership is a module focused on developing your confidence and competence to lead and develop yourself and others. Students will be able to understand and explore coaching theory and practice using a variety of tools in order to underpin coaching and leadership practice.
APP774
The Fundamentals of Health Assessment and Common Illnesses
This module will enable the student to develop the underpinning knowledge and professional understanding of the practical and theoretical management of patient presenting with common minor illness across healthcare settings. They will consider the clinical, legal and ethical boundaries and recognise the limitations within their scope of practice and working environment.
APP776
Clinical Judgement and Decision Making in Healthcare
This module draws on knowledge, skills and experiences gained through work as a registered healthcare professional and further develops clinical reasoning ability, within the context of NMC scope of practice.
APP777P
Applied Physiology in Critical Illness
This module is designed to allow health care professionals to advance their systematic knowledge and understanding of the anatomy and pathophysiology of critical illness in adults, with the aim of, improving their professional practice in the critical care environment.
APP778P
Advanced Concepts in Critical Care
This module is designed for healthcare professionals currently working in an adult critical care environment, who want to increase their critical awareness of advanced insights of critical care practice. It will provide the opportunity to innovate with a service improvement project and advance their professional practice.
APP779P
Core Concepts in Critical Care
This module is designed for healthcare professionals currently working in an adult critical care environment, who want to increase their critical awareness of advanced insights of critical care practice. It will provide the opportunity to innovate with a service improvement project and advance their professional practice.
APP775
Assessment and Management of Minor Injuries
This module will enable the student to develop the underpinning knowledge and professional understanding of the practical and theoretical management of patients presenting with common minor injuries across healthcare settings. They will consider the clinical, legal and ethical boundaries and recognise the limitations within their scope of practice and working environment.
APP772DL
Public Health and Health Promotion
This module provides the opportunity to critically explore the field of public health and health promotion practice. Concepts such as demography, epidemiology, political drivers, ethical issues, wider determinants of health, health inequalities, and sustainability will be explored, and health promotion models and approaches will be critically analysed and applied to practice.
Every postgraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the programme aims, the programme structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.
The following programme specification represents the latest programme structure and may be subject to change:
Student | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 |
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Home | To be confirmed | To be confirmed |
International | To be confirmed | To be confirmed |
Part time (Home) | To be confirmed | To be confirmed |
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.