Higher/Degree Apprenticeship Advanced Clinical Practitioner
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Page last updated 27 September 2024
Accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice, our Advanced Clinical Practitioner apprenticeship gives you the Master's level expertise needed to become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Learn from an expert multi-professional team within first-class facilities at Glenside Campus.
Advanced Clinical Practitioners (Level 7) are experienced clinicians who independently manage the clinical care process from start to finish. Working across traditional health and social care boundaries, they combine expert clinical skills with research, education and leadership.
If you're currently employed in health or social care settings as a registered clinician, this apprenticeship will help you progress to an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role in your workplace. The apprenticeship has been designed in partnership with employers to ensure you become part of a multi-professional workforce.
Accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice, our apprenticeship is fully aligned with the work of the Academy of Advanced Clinical Practitioners. You'll be taught by an expert multi-professional team, many of whom work in clinical practice as advanced practitioners alongside their academic commitments.
You'll have access to our first-class facilities at Glenside Campus, which include a sensory room, simulation suites, a replica ward and consultation rooms, all equipped with up-to-the-minute technology. Glenside is also home to one of UK's best health and social care libraries, providing all the resources you need.
This apprenticeship has been designed in partnership with employers to prepare you to work at the top of your registration. You'll apply your learning directly to your practice, ensuring you're equipped with the latest theory and methodology from the start.
Advanced practice training allows you to address medical staffing issues through delivering high quality, safe patient care. You'll build the confidence and skills needed to carry out a range of interventions with a high level of autonomy and drive service improvements through reflective practice.
On successful completion of this Level 7 apprenticeship, you'll achieve a Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice. So our apprenticeship will enable you to build the Master's-level expertise required to become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
In addition to supporting your development in the workplace, this apprenticeship will help you understand the career landscape in your sector and plan for your longer-term ambitions. Our award-winning Careers Service is on hand to give you independent advice and guidance at any point in your studies.
Co-created with employers, this three-year apprenticeship consists of 20-credit modules, each lasting 200 hours. Apprentices will study for 60 credits each year, as well as attending specially created action learning sets. These sets will allow you to actively explore important issues such as professional identity, resilience and the art of negotiation in a busy clinical situation.
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Please note these modules are indicative and can vary.
Read more about the approved apprenticeship standard on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education website.
Contact time is split between face-to-face teaching and work-based learning opportunities. Your on-site teaching will incorporate lectures, simulations, action-learning sets, group work and self-directed learning.
See our glossary of teaching and learning terms.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll be assessed through coursework, examinations, presentations, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and a portfolio of work.
Learn more about our assessments.
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you'll gain a Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice. This apprenticeship is accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice. Health Education England's (HEE's) Centre for Advancing Practice has been established to standardise post-registration education. This is achieved by accrediting advanced practice courses that achieve the standards outlined in the multi-professional Advanced Practice Framework. Practitioners who have completed accredited education courses will be eligible to be listed on the Centre's Advanced Practice Directory. Course accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice will bring a new level of consistency to the workforce and help showcase advanced practice within health and social care.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll have access to student support and the latest healthcare facilities at Glenside Campus. These include a sensory room, simulation suites, a replica ward and consultation rooms, and one of the UK's best health and social care libraries.
You'll also have 24/7 access to IT support, whether you're on campus or at your workplace. If local to UWE Bristol, you'll have the opportunity to use our state-of-the-art facilities for practical skill building.
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An apprentice must be employed in a role that is relevant to the skill, trade or occupation they are being trained for. As part of their commitment to the apprenticeship, apprentices must complete at least six hours per week of off-the-job learning activity within their normal contracted working hours, which is supported by their employer.
You will have a first degree from a recognised institution of higher education or its equivalent in a relevant subject area.
You must hold current registration with one of the statutory regulators of health and care professions i.e. NMC and/or HCPC/GPC.
Grade C/4 or above in GCSE English and Mathematics or Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent.
If you're eligible to take the Independent Prescribers module, please be aware that there's an additional application process for you to take before you can start the module. Criteria vary depending on your professional body requirements and are subject to change. Your employer will also be required to engage with this additional application process.
To study an apprenticeship, you need to:
More information about eligibility for apprenticeship funding is available on the GOV.UK website..
You may be able to gain accreditation for prior learning from another institution (Accredited Learning) or you may be able to get credit for learning achieved through experience that may not be formally accredited (Accredited Experiential Learning). For more information please see our Accredited Learning (AL) page.
If you’re interested in applying and have the support from your employer, speak to your line manager and/or HR team in the first instance for approval. Your employer will contact us so we can send you an application link.
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