Program Overview

Course Details

Our MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Integrated Degree Apprenticeship) (Oncology) 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 oncology. 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.

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