MSc Advanced Clinical Practice - University of B

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Medium of studying

On campus

Duration

24 months

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Degree

Diploma

Major

Respiratory Therapy | Nursing | Clinical Leadership

Area of study

Health

Education type

On campus

Timing

Full time

Course Language

English

Intakes

Program start date	Application deadline
2023-09-25	-

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Program Overview

Course Details

Our MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Integrated Degree Apprenticeship) (Respiratory) is designed to support the development of professionals that will perfectly match the current and future needs of your organisation. You can offer structured on-the-job training and an internationally recognised qualification in advanced clinical practice, helping you to attract the best new talent and retain valued staff through career progression. Integrating study into the normal working week will allow your apprentices to put their new skills and understanding into practice immediately, benefitting your organisation without delay.

Advanced clinical practitioners are experienced clinicians who demonstrate expertise in their scope of practice. They manage defined episodes of clinical care independently, from beginning to end, providing care and treatment from the time an individual first presents through to the end of the episode, which may include admission, referral, discharge or care at home. With expert support from our knowledgeable and supportive staff, your apprentices will learn to combine expert clinical skills with research, education and clinical leadership within their scope of practice. We’ll guide them as they learn to work innovatively on a one-to-one basis with individuals, as well as part of a wider team. Working together with your organisation, we’ll support them as they gain experience working as part of the wider health and social care team and across traditional professional boundaries in health and social care. Your apprentices will spend most of their time in the workplace, with a minimum of six hours per week being devoted to off-the-job training and university learning, which is usually facilitated on a day-release basis.

Our dedicated team will support your apprentices as they develop the knowledge, skills, behaviours and values required as an advanced clinical practitioner with a focus on respiratory medicine. They will be encouraged to gain the confidence needed to work with a high-level of autonomy and make decisions about how people should be cared for in complex and unpredictable situations. They will gain experience in using person-centred approaches to taking an individual’s detailed history and examining body systems to aid diagnosis. They will also explore clinical tests and assessments, learn to initiate and evaluate a range of interventions, including prescribing medicines, therapies and care, and gain expertise in care planning. Throughout the course, we’ll guide them as they build a portfolio of evidence representing the projects and tasks they have completed while working as part of your team.

If you’re looking for postgraduate-level training in this subject area but don’t work for an employer who is offering apprenticeships, please see our related courses section for details of study opportunities that don’t require current employment.

Highlights

When apprentices successfully complete the end point assessment for this course, they will receive a degree apprenticeship certificate from the relevant awarding body, and be awarded an academic degree – the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Respiratory) from the University of Bolton.

Face-to-face sessions and one-to-one support are offered by our dedicated staff team who offer a wide range of professional experience, industry knowledge, clinical expertise and academic credentials.

We’ll support your apprentices to develop sought-after skills such as background research, critical reasoning and problem-solving, as well as professional communication, time management, teamwork and lifelong learning.

During the final stage of the course, your apprentice will undertake a substantial work-based research project, the nature of which will be identified and developed through consultation between your organisation and the University. As well as offering your apprentice valuable experience, this live project can offer you genuine insight into potential opportunities or improvements that can benefit your organisation.

Key Features

We’ll support your apprentices as they learn to carry out the full range of duties required of an advanced clinical practitioner in relation to individuals’ physical and mental healthcare in acute, primary, urgent and emergency settings (including hospitals, general practice, individuals’ homes, schools and prisons, and in the public, independent, private and charity sectors).

This integrated degree apprenticeship skillfully combines study in our vibrant higher education environment with practical and focused work-based learning and experience in your organisation.

Course materials are available online, allowing your apprentices to prepare work in advance and make the most of the highly interactive in-class tuition.

Our approach to teaching and learning is ‘student-centred’ so we’ll work with your apprentices on an individual basis, providing tailored help and support throughout their studies.

By studying alongside apprentices from other health and care specialisms, your apprentices can benefit from a wider range of knowledge and experience that supports cross-disciplinary thinking.

Quarterly and annual reviews, where each apprentice, their workplace mentor and a member of our team meet to assess your apprentice’s progress, promote continuing conversation between your workplace and the University. This helps to ensure the success of your apprentices and maximise the value of their studies to your organisation.

Program Outline

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Integrated Degree Apprenticeship) (Respiratory) programme is designed to meet the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Degree) Level 7 Apprenticeship Standard (ST0564). Developed by employers, this apprenticeship standard underpins a highly relevant qualification and professional development pathway that supports apprentices to achieve the requisite postgraduate knowledge and skills.

What can I do with this qualification?

This Level 7 apprenticeship aims to support the development of the next generation of advanced clinical practitioners with a focus on respiratory medicine. On successful completion of the end point assessment, apprentices will be well prepared to take on demanding roles in acute, primary, urgent and emergency settings (including hospitals, general practice, individuals’ homes, schools and prisons, and in the public, independent, private and charity sectors). Career opportunities may include positions in areas such as primary and intermediate care settings, acute medicine and A&E, geriatric medicine, oncology and mental health.

Graduates who have completed this programme may progress into a wide range of fields, including directors of social enterprise organisations, consultant children’s nurses and advanced practitioners in audiology, mental health, palliative care, podiatry, falls management, cardiovascular, sexual health and substance misuse services. The programme also provides a platform to move into the field of research and complete a PhD.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are normally expected to have successfully completed an honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject and have appropriate work experience.

Applicants should also have an appropriate professional qualification/registration relevant to their area of practice (for example, as an allied health professional, healthcare scientist, nurse, pharmacist, or public health professional). Any professional registration must be current.

Applicants must have at least four years of clinical experience since qualifying.

Applicants will be required to attend an interview and may be asked to provide a portfolio of work/evidence in support of their application. This may include undertaking preliminary assessments set by the University to enable us to assess their current academic ability and personal suitability for the course.

An applicant must possess GCSEs in English and Mathematics at grade 4-9 (or grade C or above) or hold an equivalent such as Functional Skills Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy. If an applicant has yet to achieve these qualifications, then with their employer's support, they can complete suitable equivalents locally or with assistance from the University. Please contact apprentices@bolton.ac.uk for a list of acceptable GCSE equivalents, further information and support.

We'll consider applications where appropriate work experience can be demonstrated in lieu of, or in addition to, the published academic qualifications in line with the University’s Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) procedures.

The University of Bolton recognises prior learning, whether gained through academic credit and qualifications or through professional and employment experience. Previous learning may be used towards meeting the entry requirements for this programme or for exemption from part of this programme. It is the applicant’s responsibility to make a claim for recognition of prior learning, and each claim will be considered in accordance with the University’s policy and regulations for the recognition of prior learning.

Qualifications gained outside England and Wales will be assessed on an individual basis.

Admission to this programme is only available to applicants who meet ESFA eligibility criteria, including the following: 1) They are employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week in a role relevant to the apprenticeship. 2) They have the right to live and work in the UK. 3) Their employer is willing to sponsor them to spend a minimum of six hours per week of their time in off-the-job training, including attending the University (times and dates to be determined) for the duration of their course. Please note that an apprentice cannot be self-employed. ESFA eligibility criteria may change so please contact apprentices@bolton.ac.uk for up-to-date information.

If English isn’t the applicant's first language, they will also need IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.

To be eligible for tuition fee funding through the Apprenticeship Levy, candidates should not normally have already completed a qualification at the same level as the proposed apprenticeship, unless that qualification was gained in a completely unrelated discipline.

Please note that this course is subject to the University of Bolton's Fitness to Practise procedure.

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

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