STUDY
| Institution code: | S82 |
|---|---|
| UCAS code: | N/A |
| Start date: | September 2026 |
| Duration: | Twelve months to three years part-time |
| Location: | Ipswich |
| Typical Offer: | Qualifications and management experience will be considered on an individual basis |
| Institution code: | S82 |
|---|---|
| UCAS code: | N/A |
| Start date: | September 2026 |
| Duration: | Twelve months to three years part-time |
|---|---|
| Location: | Ipswich |
| Typical Offer: | Qualifications and management experience will be considered on an individual basis |
| Institution code: | S82 |
|---|---|
| Start date: | September 2027 |
| Duration: | Three to five years part-time |
| Location: | Ipswich |
| Typical Offer: | Qualifications and management experience will be considered on an individual basis |
| Institution code: | S82 |
|---|---|
| Start date: | September 2027 |
| Duration: | Three to five years part-time |
|---|---|
| Location: | Ipswich |
| Typical Offer: | Qualifications and management experience will be considered on an individual basis |
Overview
These programs have been designed to facilitate your development and the demonstration of knowledge, skills, and competencies required to work at an advanced level within your own professional setting.
You will receive support to cultivate a critical awareness of current challenges and emerging insights at the forefront of your professional practice. You will analyze care development and delivery from your professional perspective and consider how other disciplines both challenge and contribute to the quality of care delivery.
The PgC Advancing Practice offers you the opportunity to critically explore the Advanced Practice agenda in healthcare. There will be a particular emphasis on leadership skills, complemented by modules designed to enhance knowledge and skills in assessment/examination, clinical reasoning, and decision-making.
The PgD Advancing Practice offers all of the above. In the second year, it includes the Non-Medical Prescribing module, which is typically considered essential, unless you have already completed a Prescribing qualification or work in a profession where Non-Medical Prescribing is not supported. In such cases, the course team will assist you in selecting two optional modules of study.
Course Modules
Downloadable information regarding all 溏心vlog免费B站 courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Records.
Principles of Advanced Practice (30 credits) (Mandatory)
The module explores the four pillars of advanced practice—clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research—as defined by national frameworks and professional bodies. It encourages students to critically examine how these pillars interact to support safe, effective, and person-centered care.
Integrated Assessment and Reasoning for Advanced Practice (30 credits) (Mandatory)
This module is designed to equip advanced practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking required to perform comprehensive, person-centred assessments and make informed clinical decisions in complex healthcare environments. Holistic assessment is a cornerstone of advanced practice, enabling practitioners to
consider the full spectrum of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that influence health and wellbeing.
Principles of Advanced Practice (30 credits, Mandatory)
The module explores the four pillars of advanced practice—clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research—as defined by national frameworks and professional bodies. It encourages students to critically examine how these pillars interact to support safe, effective, and person-centered care.
Integrated Assessment and Reasoning for Advanced Practice (30 credits, Mandatory)
This module is designed to equip advanced practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking required to perform comprehensive, person-centred assessments and make informed clinical decisions in complex healthcare environments. Holistic assessment is a cornerstone of advanced practice, enabling practitioners to
consider the full spectrum of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that influence health and wellbeing.
Non-Medical Independent and/or Supplementary Prescribing (V300) (30 credits, Optional)
NMP training can support role and career development by enabling practitioners to take on greater responsibilities for managing patient care. NMP enhances patient care by supporting patients’ timely access to treatment with medicines, enabling choice whilst helping to reduce waiting times, reduce hospital admissions, and maximize the wider skills of the healthcare team.
Leading Change and Innovation in Advanced Practice (30 credits, Mandatory)
This module focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to effect meaningful change in healthcare services, focusing on the underpinning theory of change approaches, the global and national policy landscape that informs strategy driving change and the practical techniques needed to advance innovation through change and service improvement.
NB: For students that have already completed the prescribing qualification at Level 6 or for whom prescribing is not available to their registered profession, optional modules will be available for study. Academic advice and guidance will be offered to these students to facilitate the choice of relevant and appropriate modules from the options listed below
- Coaching within Healthcare (30 credits, Optional)
- Principles of Cancer Care (30 credits, Optional)
- Improving Practice through Application of Learning (30 credits, Optional)
- Professional Advocate (30 credits, Optional)
Course Modules
Downloadable information regarding all 溏心vlog免费B站 courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Records
Principles of Advanced Practice (30 credits) (Mandatory)
The module explores the four pillars of advanced practice—clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research—as defined by national frameworks and professional bodies. It encourages students to critically examine how these pillars interact to support safe, effective, and person-centered care.
Integrated Assessment and Reasoning for Advanced Practice (30 credits) (Mandatory)
This module is designed to equip advanced practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking required to perform comprehensive, person-centred assessments and make informed clinical decisions in complex healthcare environments. Holistic assessment is a cornerstone of advanced practice, enabling practitioners to
consider the full spectrum of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that influence health and wellbeing.
Principles of Advanced Practice (30 credits, Mandatory)
The module explores the four pillars of advanced practice—clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research—as defined by national frameworks and professional bodies. It encourages students to critically examine how these pillars interact to support safe, effective, and person-centered care.
Integrated Assessment and Reasoning for Advanced Practice (30 credits, Mandatory)
This module is designed to equip advanced practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking required to perform comprehensive, person-centred assessments and make informed clinical decisions in complex healthcare environments. Holistic assessment is a cornerstone of advanced practice, enabling practitioners to
consider the full spectrum of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that influence health and wellbeing.
Non-Medical Independent and/or Supplementary Prescribing (V300) (30 credits, Optional)
NMP training can support role and career development by enabling practitioners to take on greater responsibilities for managing patient care. NMP enhances patient care by supporting patients’ timely access to treatment with medicines, enabling choice whilst helping to reduce waiting times, reduce hospital admissions, and maximize the wider skills of the healthcare team.
Leading Change and Innovation in Advanced Practice (30 credits, Mandatory)
This module focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to effect meaningful change in healthcare services, focusing on the underpinning theory of change approaches, the global and national policy landscape that informs strategy driving change and the practical techniques needed to advance innovation through change and service improvement.
NB: For students that have already completed the prescribing qualification at Level 6 or for whom prescribing is not available to their registered profession, optional modules will be available for study. Academic advice and guidance will be offered to these students to facilitate the choice of relevant and appropriate modules from the options listed below
- Coaching within Healthcare (30 credits, Optional)
- Principles of Cancer Care (30 credits, Optional)
- Improving Practice through Application of Learning (30 credits, Optional)
- Professional Advocate (30 credits, Optional)
WHY SUFFOLK
1st University of the Year
2nd Teaching Satisfaction
2nd Student Experience
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
Career Opportunities
Completing the PgC Enhanced Clinical Practice course can open up a variety of career opportunities in healthcare, including but not limited to:
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)
- Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
- Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Healthcare Manager/Administrator
- Clinical Educator
- Researcher
- Quality Improvement Specialist
- Health Policy Analyst
- Consultant
- Healthcare Innovator/Entrepreneur
- Allied Health Professional Specialist
- Clinical Liaison Officer
Our Careers, Employability and Enterprise Team are here to support you, not only whilst you complete your studies, but after you graduate and beyond.
To find out more about our range of services and support, please visit our Careers, Employability and Enterprise page.
Facilities and Resources
The Health and Wellbeing building provides students with a variety of state-of-the-art clinical simulation facilities, including two simulated hospital wards, a midwifery birthing unit, physiotherapy teaching spaces, a sports and exercise facility and a working radiography imaging suite. The building also hosts the Institute of Health and Wellbeing Research and the Integrated Care Academy.