Advanced Clinical Practice (Specialist Negotiated Practice) MSc

The programme will develop your knowledge and skills to work at an advanced level of clinical practice and has been designed around the NHS England (2025) Multi-professional framework for advanced practice in England.

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Specialist Negotiated Practice) provides access to structured and supported educational development to enable you to progress through your Masters Level study to meet the requirements set by Health Education England (2017) in their Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England.

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice has been designed to meet the needs of the health professional whose desire is to develop their clinical career to a higher level as an advanced practitioner. The course philosophy is to acknowledge your prior experience and knowledge as a health professional and subsequently enable you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight and advanced level academic and clinical skills. This course is open to practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

All applicants will be shortlisted and must attend an interview. Those wishing to join a September cohort must have had their interview prior to August, and those wishing to join a March cohort must have had their interview prior to February.

What's unique about this course?

The University of Wolverhampton is fully accredited with NHS England.

Practitioners who have completed accredited education programmes will be eligible to be listed on the Centre's Advanced Practice Directory. Programme accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice will bring a new level of consistency to the workforce and help showcase advanced practice within health and social care.

Programme accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice will bring a new level of consistency to the workforce and help showcase advanced practice within health and social care.

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Speciality Negotiated Practice) provides access to structured and supported educational development to enable you to progress through your Master's Level study to meet the requirements set by NHS England (2025) in their Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice in England.

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice has been designed to meet the needs of the health professional whose desire is to develop their clinical career to a higher level as an advanced practitioner. The course philosophy is to acknowledge your prior experience and knowledge as a health professional and subsequently enable you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight and advanced-level academic and clinical skills.
The course acknowledges your relevant prior experience and knowledge as a healthcare professional and subsequently enables you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight, and advanced-level academic and clinical skills.

This course is open to practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).