PgCert Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
University of Plymouth
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Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert

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Plymouth Campus

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Full Time

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SEP-26

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1 Year

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Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert

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Plymouth Campus

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SEP-26

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Enhance, and develop mastery in a range of advanced clinical skills and knowledge at the cutting edge of clinical care. This programme has been developed by the University of Plymouth with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust to meet identified specific workforce needs in the advancement and delivery of a high quality patient led service, and is delivered using a blended learning approach. This is an exciting and innovative full-time programme of study at masters level, where trainee practitioners are ...Read more

Enhance, and develop mastery in a range of advanced clinical skills and knowledge at the cutting edge of clinical care. This programme has been developed by the University of Plymouth with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust to meet identified specific workforce needs in the advancement and delivery of a high quality patient led service, and is delivered using a blended learning approach. This is an exciting and innovative full-time programme of study at masters level, where trainee practitioners are embedded in their own intensive care units and will exit, after completion of the programme, with 60 masters level credits. The programme is based on the National Curriculum and Syllabus for ACCPs published by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM).

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50/279
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10th
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75th

Modules

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Entry requirements

You will normally have a first degree, BSc (Hons) at 2:1 or above, in exceptional circumstances a candidate's experience may be taken into consideration. You will have completed a minimum of a PGCert in Clinical Practice / Professional Practice and will be a registered Non-medical Prescriber with at least two years of critical care experience post primary registration.

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£7,000 per year

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University of Plymouth
University of Plymouth , Plymouth

The University of Plymouth’s campus is centrally located within Britain’s Ocean City, perched on the south western coast of Devon...

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University of Plymouth
Drake Circus Plymouth Devon PL4 8AA United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Plymouth  0.2 miles away

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