Entry requirementsRelevant first degree or equivalent. If English is not your first language you'll need IELTS 6.0 (Academic) or above.
Academic titlePG Dip
Course descriptionThis part-time course will support you in developing advanced practice competencies, across the four pillars of Advanced Practice and in line with nationally recognised advanced level nursing criteria. You'll gain knowledge and skills that will help you develop in an advanced nurse practitioner role, professionally and academically at Master's level.
It will extend your analytical and reflective skills, and allow you to integrate new and existing clinical skills within your practice setting to provide high-quality healthcare as an autonomous practitioner in a multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
Once you've completed this course, you’ll be able to further progress the service and practice development and clinical leadership aspects of your role by undertaking the MA Advanced Practice course. The Master's element will provide you with the opportunity to complete a service improvement project, which can support the development of new patient and client services and the enhance practice within your own organisation.
In order to take advantage of new approaches to learning and teaching, as well as developments in industry to benefit our students we regularly review all of our courses. This course is currently going through this process and we will update this page in December 2016 to give you full information about what we will be offering once the review process has concluded. The September 2016 and January 2017 intakes will undertake the existing course structure.