This advanced clinical practice pathway in critical care, is designed to provide you with the solid academic foundation youll need to progress as an advanced clinician. On this course, youll develop advanced assessment and clinical reasoning skills for the acute management and rehabilitation of critically ill patients from intensive care units through to their discharge. Youll learn a comprehensive knowledge of critical care, which will enable you to work at an advanced level of practice. By studying the latest practices, policy and research, youll be able to apply the theory youll learn in practice to help your patients and improve their quality of care and health outcomes. The full masters course can be studied 1 year full-time or 3 years part-time starting in September. If you dont want to commit to full or part-time study of the entire masters, you can develop your educational portfolio over a longer period of time by undertaking staged study that leads to the award of Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) and MSc in separate stages. Each stage can be studied 1 year part-time starting in September.Careers and your futureFollowing successful completion of this programme, youll be prepared for senior clinical or leadership positions within critical care settings at Band 7 or 8a level in critical care.Youll graduate as a practitioner that makes a positive impact on patient care. Youll gain a deep understanding of a range of clinical skills and knowledge that will allow you to manage critically ill patients. Alternatively, you could advance to a PhD or research degree and enter into a clinical academic pathway.