Enhanced Clinical Practitioner PgCert

The PGCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner course is designed to support you as an experienced health and care practitioner to develop skills in complex reasoning, critical thinking, and analysis. It will support you to begin a career as an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner, allowing you to further develop specific knowledge and skills in your field of expertise.<br/>The programme is multi-professional and aimed at registrants who aspire to work at an enhanced level of practice, independently and autonomously within multidisciplinary teams within a wide range of settings, including hospitals, community clinics, individual’s homes and in dental and general practices.<br/><br/><strong>Key features</strong><br/>• A highly blended learning approach combining on campus and work-based learning opportunities to build on existing knowledge and expertise to independently undertake holistic clinical assessments.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Online learning and independent study accessed through virtual learning platforms, to develop the required knowledge and skills for enhanced practice including pathophysiology, clinical reasoning, leadership, change and education.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Develop the skills to independently plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate complex care<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Use your workplace to focus on an area of interest and design a learning project to promote innovative, evidence-based, complex care<br/><br/><br/><br/>• An opportunity to learn alongside other professional groups and develop expertise within the multidisciplinary team.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Why the University of Worcester?</strong><br/>The University of Worcester is a campus university, meaning everything you need is on site. We’re based in a vibrant cathedral city just 40 mins south of Birmingham and an hour north of Bristol, and our beautiful green campuses have plenty of parking and quality on-site accommodation.<br/>For almost three decades, weve been educating professionals to work in the health and social care sectors, from Nurses and Midwives to Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Paramedics to Physician Associates. Each year, hundreds of professionals graduate from Worcester and go on to make a significant contribution to society. In 2023 our new Three Counties Medical School welcomed its first cohort of students.<br/>At the University of Worcester small class sizes, supportive tutors and professionally focussed courses mean you’ll be prepared for your dream career. These are just some of the reasons why we’re first in the UK for both graduate employment and quality education.<br/>• First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Join us at one of our regular Open Days: www.worcester.ac.uk/opendays