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Develop Enhanced Clinical Practitioner competencies aligned to the knowledge, skills and behaviours identified in the occupational standard. Gain the skills and knowledge needed to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Work within an area of enhanced practice.
The Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) programme allows you to develop ECP competencies aligned to the knowledge, skills and behaviours identified in the apprenticeship occupational standards, within your scope of practice. The programme aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to elevate your skills and knowledge to an enhanced level of practice within a multi-disciplinary team.
The development of this programme is driven by national and local NHS strategic workforce development and in response to the availability of a new apprenticeship standard for this role within health and social care. This includes non-NHS settings such as forensic, social, and prison services.
The apprenticeship standard is not profession specific and is generic in nature, reflecting the diverse requirement of enhanced practice. You will normally already be employed within a particular area of clinical practice, and this course aims to equip you with enhanced skills to effectively contribute to a discrete part of the patient’s journey. ECP’s will work across a range of specialisms and the competency framework employed in the programme allows the apprentice, the university, and the employer to set appropriate work-based competencies that will mirror the enhanced role within the practice environment, and to provide a sound knowledge base on which to do this.
The course covers aspects that are particular to all ECP (such as service improvement and health literacy) and aspects that are specific to a particular clinical role such as clinical risk management.
The course content includes:
Assessment during the programme consists of ongoing (or continuous) assessment in skill development in clinical practice, developing a learning plan for other staff, and a knowledge portfolio. This apprenticeship will run for 13 months with an additional three months allocated for the completion of an End-point Assessment.
There will be a range of learning strategies employed throughout the modules, which will include flipped classroom, keynote lectures, seminars, problem-based/case-based learning, simulation, involvement of Patient, Carer and Public partnerships within the programme providing the learner with opportunities for engagement and success.
There is a range of assessments that include a portfolio, work-based competency assessment and professional development plan. These directly feed into your final End-Point Assessment as required by the apprenticeship occupational standard.
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For this course, you will need to provide evidence of level 2 (e.g., GCSE) English and Maths. You should also hold a first degree (e.g., BSc (Hons) or equivalent. However, applicants without this are welcome to discuss their application with the programme leader.
You should also be registered with the appropriate professional and/or regulatory body (e.g., NMC, HCPC, etc.), and employed within a trainee ECP role.
Your employer should provide a job role/description prior to enrolment (or develop one in tandem with the programme team), and employers must support the applicant.
This programme is suitable for students to enter with advanced standing (eg APL).
Larger organisations can use their apprenticeship levy and government top-up to pay tuition and professional fees of higher apprenticeships. For smaller employers, the government pays 95%, with the remainder co-invested by the business.
For a discussion around your specific requirements please call 0191 515 3361 or email apprenticeships@sunderland.ac.uk.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
Enhanced Clinical Practice (ECP) will work alongside Advanced Clinical Practice. It is a destination role in its own right, offering services and patients a consistent level of expertise, working in discrete areas of patient pathways.