Program Overview

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Advancing Integrated Urgent Care Practice

Course Description

The Postgraduate Certificate in Advancing Integrated Urgent Care Practice enables you to develop your clinical decision-making skills and knowledge. Alongside advancing practice in settings that require remote consultation, this programme is also suitable for those looking to further their clinical knowledge and skills, and work towards specialist or advanced practice roles in areas such as primary care, out-of-hours care, or community.

Course Highlights

• A postgraduate qualification that can be completed in one year making it ideal for your professional development (CPD)
• Course designed to help you advance your practice in remote consultation and further your clinical knowledge whilst working towards specialist or advanced practice roles
• Curriculum covers fundamental aspects from remote consultation and triage through to clinical leadership
• The programme is closely linked with practice and underpinned by core policy agendas, professional standards and competence frameworks. The integration of theory and practice enables you to apply your learning directly to the workplace, improving your confidence and sense of purpose
• An interprofessional programme which attracts practitioners in patient-facing clinical roles from a wide variety of professions such as pharmacists, nurses, midwives, paramedics, physiotherapists, podiatrists and other Allied Health professionals

What You Will Study

The Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Advancing Integrated Urgent Care Practice comprise three core 20-credit modules, totalling 60 credits at level 7.

Core Modules

• Fundamentals of Integrated Urgent Care
• Leading Clinical Practice
• Applied Clinical Decision Making

How You Will Learn

Teaching and Learning

This course is delivered entirely online through our virtual learning environment and student portal where you can access the course materials, learning content and study resources, the online library, your university email account, and virtual student community spaces.

Practice Based Supervision

Practice based learning is encouraged through critical reflection on practice, the use of competence frameworks and where possible, engagement with clinical supervision. You are encouraged to identify a practice supervisor who can ensure you receive support and oversight of your practice, and that supervision promotes independent learning.

Personal Development Planning (PDP)

Personal Development planning (PDP) is embedded into the programme to enable you to reflect upon your learning, performance and achievement, and to plan for personal, educational or professional development.

Careers

Practitioners on this programme are employees or self-employed within health and social care organisations across a diverse range of settings. The programme offers structured professional development for expanding scope of practice within already challenging roles, enabling you to achieve professional qualifications and professional recognition.

Entry Requirements

Academic Pre-requisites

Applicants should normally have a first degree.

If you do not hold a first degree, you must have successfully undertaken a minimum of one level 6 (undergraduate) or level 7 (postgraduate) module within the past 5 years.

Professional Pre-requisites

In addition to the academic requirements, you will need to be a qualified health professional with active registration as either a Pharmacist (on the General Pharmaceutical Council register), Nurse or Midwife (on the Nursing and Midwifery Register), or a professional on the Health and Care Professions Register.

You will need to be actively practicing in a patient-facing role for a minimum of one day per week.

Fees and Funding

2025/26 for new entrants

Starting between September 2025 and August 2026.

Per 20 credits	Modules	Cost
UK/EU/International	Per 20 credits £1,055	Modules 3	Cost £3,165

How to Apply

Please look at our application deadlines before you apply.

• Official photo identification such as a passport or driving licence
• Copies of certificates and transcripts or a letter of testimony for previous qualifications*
• Evidence of your professional registration
• A professional reference on letter headed paper stating your job role and how long you have been in the position and signed by a manager or HR department, to demonstrate that you are actively practicing

*Documents not in English or Welsh must be accompanied by a certified translation by a professional translator/translation company. Each translation must contain:

• Confirmation from the translator that it is an accurate translation of the original document
• The date of the translation
• The full name and signature of the translator, or an authorised official of the company
• The translator’s contact details

A list of approved translators can be found on the UK Government website.

Please note: failure to submit any documentation when requested, may result in your application being withdrawn.