PgCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (Apprenticeship)
Program Overview
PgCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (Apprenticeship) Level 6
Overview
The Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) programme allows you to develop ECP competencies aligned to the knowledge, skills and behaviours identified in the apprenticeship occupational standards, within your scope of practice. The programme aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to elevate your skills and knowledge to an enhanced level of practice within a multi-disciplinary team.
Course Structure
There will be a range of learning strategies employed throughout the modules, which will include flipped classroom, keynote lectures, seminars, problem-based/case-based learning, simulation, involvement of Patient, Carer and Public partnerships within the programme providing the learner with opportunities for engagement and success.
Modules
The programme consists of three modules, each of 20 credits. The overall award is a Post-graduate certificate made up of 60 credits, at level 7. There are no optional modules within this programme.
- Foundations of Enhanced Practice (20 credits) This module has been designed to help you develop key transferable skills required as an enhanced clinical practitioner. You’ll engage with the evidence base that underpins your clinical practice, educational, and leadership roles in your clinical area. You’ll have the opportunity to enhance your writing skills to the level required of postgraduate study and you’ll begin to engage with the evidence base required for enhanced practice within your scope of practice.
- Enhanced Leadership and Learning in Practice (20 credits) Develop your leadership and educational skills which are essential to the role of an enhanced clinical practitioner. This will be achieved through critically engaging with the evidence base underpinning your role in your clinical area, helping you to be a better leader and clinical educator.
- Skills for Enhanced Practice (20 credits) Build on the key skills required of your role as an enhanced clinical practitioner through engaging with the evidence base that will underpin your clinical practice. You’ll also have the opportunity to put the patient management, educational, and leadership skills developed in earlier modules into practice.
Facilities
The course will be delivered primarily on-line. There may be a small number of clinical sessions and these will be delivered at City Campus Sunderland.
Sunderland's exceptional facilities include excellent laboratories and cutting-edge equipment thanks to a multi-million pound investment.
Entry Requirements
- You should hold a first degree (e.g., BSc (Hons) or equivalent. However, applicants without this are welcome to discuss their application with the programme leader.
- You should also be registered with the appropriate professional and/or regulatory body (e.g., NMC, HCPC, etc.) and employed within a trainee ECP role.
- Your employer should provide a job role/description before enrolment (or develop one in tandem with the programme team), and employers must support the applicant.
Fees and Finance
Larger organisations can use their apprenticeship levy and government top-up to pay tuition and professional fees of higher apprenticeships. For smaller employers, the government pays 95%, with the remainder co-invested by the business.
Career Ready
Enhanced Clinical Practice (ECP) will work alongside Advanced Clinical Practice. It is a destination role in its own right, offering services and patients a consistent level of expertise, working in discrete areas of patient pathways.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
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Outline:
Modules:
This program consists of three 20-credit modules:
- Foundations of Enhanced Practice: Develop key transferable skills required as an enhanced clinical practitioner, engage with the evidence base, improve writing skills for postgraduate study, and engage with the evidence required for practice in your scope.
- Enhanced Leadership and Learning in Practice: Develop leadership and educational skills essential to an ECP role through critical engagement with your clinical area's evidence base. This empowers you to become a better clinical educator and leader.
- Skills for Enhanced Practice: Build on key ECP skills by engaging with your clinical practice's evidence base. Apply patient management, educational, and leadership skills developed in earlier modules.
Structure and Delivery:
Method
Delivered primarily online, with some clinical sessions held on-site at Sunderland's City Campus.
Schedule
Part-time, spread over 13 months (plus 3 months for end-point assessment).
Learning Strategies
Flipped classroom, keynote lectures, seminars, problem-based/case-based learning, simulation, and patient, carer, and public partnership involvement to provide learners with engagement and success opportunities.
Assessment:
Methods:
- Portfolio
- Work-based competency assessment
- Professional development plan
Criteria:
Assessment directly feeds into the final end-point assessment as per apprenticeship occupational standards.
Teaching:
Faculty:
Led, taught, and supported by a diverse range of advanced practitioners from various clinical backgrounds, ensuring clinically current and practice-embedded educational approaches.
Methods:
Blended, student-centered learning approach allowing learning from and with other professional groups to facilitate collaborative knowledge acquisition and application.
Careers:
The program equips graduates for the following career roles:
- Enhanced Clinical Practitioner
- Enhanced Practice roles within diverse clinical specializations
- Leadership positions within a multi-disciplinary team ## Other:
- This program is open to students entering with advanced standing (eg APL).
- Sunderland offers a multi-million-pound investment in modern facilities, including excellent labs, cutting-edge equipment, human anatomy resources, new clinical skills suites, bioscience labs, a patient simulation suite/theatre, and more.
Entry Requirements:
EU Home Students and International Students (Non-EU):
The PgCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (Apprenticeship) program at the University of Sunderland requires the following entry requirements:
Academic Qualifications:
- Applicants must hold a first degree (e.g., BSc (Hons) or equivalent). However, applicants without a first degree can discuss their application with the program leader.
- Applicants must provide evidence of level 2 (e.g., GCSE) English and Maths.
Professional Registration and Employment:
- Applicants should be registered with the appropriate professional and/or regulatory body (e.g., NMC, HCPC).
- Applicants must be employed within a trainee Enhanced Clinical Practitioner role.
- Applicants' employers must provide a job role/description prior to enrolment (or develop one in tandem with the program team) and must support the applicant.
Additional Considerations:
- Applicants without the required academic qualifications can apply with relevant professional experience and may be considered for entry on a case-by-case basis.
- The university strongly encourages applicants to contact the program team to discuss their qualifications and suitability for the program. ## Language Proficiency Requirements: The PgCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner program does not explicitly mention any specific language proficiency requirements, such as TOEFL or IELTS scores. However, it is likely that applicants whose first language is not English will need to demonstrate proficiency in English through other means, such as previous academic qualifications obtained from English-medium institutions. It is advisable for such applicants to contact the program team for clarification regarding language proficiency requirements.
