About the course and qualification
Your employees will be able to study our Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Degree Apprenticeship at either our Colchester or Southend campus. We’ve carefully planned this apprenticeship to work flexibly around their professional needs and commitments to maximise the benefits to you both.
This apprenticeship is suitable for health care professionals from a range of backgrounds, including nursing and midwifery, as well as allied health professions such as pharmacy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. Your staff may already be working in an advanced role but require professional qualifications, or you may be looking to develop their skills set to enable progression to an ACP role.
Time away from their normal clinical role to study will need to be given as part of the apprenticeship to fulfil the 20% off the job training hours.
Although ‘Advanced Clinical Practitioner’ is not currently a regulated title, it is expected to be in the near future using the national Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice as the criteria to be able to register on a data base of ACPs.
The apprenticeship is underpinned by the national framework for advanced clinical practice which means that as well as gaining the MSc Advanced Clinical Practitioner qualification, on completion, your employee/s will also be eligible to apply for ACP roles. Depending on the modules chosen they will gain skills in leadership, critical thinking and clinical decision-making, as well as enhanced knowledge of specific areas of specialist clinical practice.
See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.
Costs
£12,000 in total (80% divided monthly during the practical training period and 20% paid on completion of the End Point Assessment).
To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk