Programme learning outcomes
An apprenticeship is a genuine job with an accompanying assessment and skills development programme. It is a way for individuals to earn while they learn, gaining valuable skills and knowledge in a specific job role. The apprentice gains this through a wide mix of learning in the workplace, formal off-the-job training and the opportunity to practise new skills in a real work environment.
Statement of purpose
The master’s programme aims to develop your competency in advanced clinical practice to enable you to manage defined episodes of clinical care independently, from beginning to end. This encompasses providing care and treatment from the time an individual first presents through to the end of the episode, which may include admission, referral or discharge, or care at home.
Throughout the programme, your individual development will be scaffolded by one-to-one support from your university personal supervisor working alongside your workplace clinical supervisor, supporting you to identify and achieve experience in relevant specialist areas. The programme’s integration of research and theory with practice means you will graduate from the programme as a critically reflective practitioner, able to make informed judgements based on sound analysis, often within unpredictable circumstances. Graduates will be confident to drive service development and influence clinical practice by applying a range of evidence to enhance quality, productivity and value. Applying theory to practice knowledge at the level of individual, team or organisation, graduates will develop expertise in identifying and driving change and generating practice innovations.
Throughout the programme you will be working in your own practice setting with the supervision and guidance of appropriate clinical supervisors and assessors who will support you to develop your capabilities. As a graduate of this programme you will use your professional skills and knowledge to meaningfully contribute to patient care in a variety of settings such as: acute and critical care, primary and mental health services. You will have the ability to face complex and difficult situations with confidence, creativity, compassion and integrity and you will have a solid foundation from which to continue your professional journey. You will combine expert clinical skills with research, education and clinical leadership within your scope of practice and work innovatively on a one-to-one basis with individuals as well as part of a team, working as part of the wider health and social care team across traditional professional boundaries in health and social care. On graduation you will be able to work as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in a range of health care settings.
Programme learning outcomes
On successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
Evidence based diagnosis. Use their expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individuals presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make evidence-based judgements or diagnoses to provide person-centred care.
Clinical Practice. Practice with a high level of autonomy and be accountable for decisions and omissions, adhering to codes of conduct, professional standards and scope of practice, and demonstrating application of relevant, subject specific competencies, knowledge and behaviours to enhance the care and experience of individuals
Partnership. Exercise professional judgement to assess and manage risk, facilitating individuals to make informed choices, initiating, evaluating and modifying a range of interventions, and working with multi-agency and modifying a range of interventions, and working with multi-agency and inter professional resources to empower individuals to participate in decisions about their care.
Education. Work collaboratively to evaluate own and others' practice, acting as a role model and mentor, engaging in and developing strategies to act on learning, advocating for and contributing to the development of a culture that supports life-long learning and development.
Leadership. Demonstrate self and team leadership in managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable, being resilient, receptive to challenges and prepared to constructively challenge others and to initiate and manage change at the level of individual, team or organisation, underpinned by theoretical approaches.
Research and Evidence. Engage in collaborative working to develop and apply evidence (generated through evaluation, audit and research) to inform policy/procedures to drive service development and influence clinical practices to enhance quality, productivity and value