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UndergraduateCourse summary
The programme will develop your knowledge and skills to work at an advanced level of clinical practice and has been designed around the NHS England (2025) Multi-professional framework for advanced practice in England. The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Specialist Negotiated Practice) provides access to structured and supported educational development to enable you to progress through your Masters Level study to meet the requirements set by Health Education England (2017) in their Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England. The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice has been designed to meet the needs of the health professional whose desire is to develop their clinical career to a higher level as an advanced practitioner. The course philosophy is to acknowledge your prior experience and knowledge as a health professional and subsequently enable you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight and advanced level academic and clinical skills. This course is open to practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). All applicants will be shortlisted and must attend an interview. Those wishing to join a September cohort must have had their interview prior to August, and those wishing to join a March cohort must have had their interview prior to February. What's unique about this course? The University of Wolverhampton is fully accredited with NHS England. Practitioners who have completed accredited education programmes will be eligible to be listed on the Centre's Advanced Practice Directory. Programme 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. Programme 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. The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Speciality Negotiated Practice) provides access to structured and supported educational development to enable you to progress through your Master's Level study to meet the requirements set by NHS England (2025) in their Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice in England. The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice has been designed to meet the needs of the health professional whose desire is to develop their clinical career to a higher level as an advanced practitioner. The course philosophy is to acknowledge your prior experience and knowledge as a health professional and subsequently enable you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight and advanced-level academic and clinical skills. The course acknowledges your relevant prior experience and knowledge as a healthcare professional and subsequently enables you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight, and advanced-level academic and clinical skills. This course is open to practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Entry requirements
To access the Master of Science (MSc) Advanced Clinical Practice (Specialist Negotiated Practice) you must be a practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) who are working in a clinical area with identified support from an appropriate clinical supervisor. To become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, the following points should normally be met and the applicant must be in a role that has employer support for clinical placement and time to attend the course with a clinical supervisor/mentor in practice: Hold current first level Professional Registration with a relevant regulatory body. Entry requirement includes first degree and minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in clinical practice. Recognised post within a healthcare organisation and the post listed within workforce plan and business need. Confirmed defined / protected Advanced Clinical Practice role for the trainee to be moved into on successful completion of the programme. Appropriately named clinical supervisor to support the trainee during the programme of training. The supervisor will not necessarily hold the same professional registration as the developing advanced clinical practitioner/trainee but will be experienced in supervision and in the relevant field of advanced clinical practice. Commitment to providing protected learning time for the trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner during the MSc and this is equivalent to: One day a week in university (or equivalent) reading, writing and other academic activities. One day a week protected time for supported clinical practice (or equivalent).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For more information please visit the following: https://www.wlv.ac.uk/apply/funding-costs-fees-and-support/fees-and-costs/
Provider information
University of Wolverhampton
Wulfruna Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1LY