This course is designed for healthcare professionals working in acute paediatric and critical care environments, including High Dependency Unit and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and retrieval services. This course will enable the development of advanced skills, knowledge and understanding mapped to FICM ACCP curriculum 2015. The course prepares individuals to move into advanced roles as part of the wider national agenda to modernise the NHS workforce (Health Education England Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England 2017).
This is the only course in the United Kingdom and Europe delivering this level of teaching and training in the clinical setting to this group of trainees in collaboration with London South Bank University. The PgCert is open for international medical and healthcare applicants on a skilled worker visa.
LSBU Nursing & Midwifery graduates are the highest paid amongst all London Modern university graduates, and fifth highest in the UK one year after graduating (DfE LEO data 2022)
The course team at Evelina are experienced intensivists and clinicians with a track record of delivering high-quality postgraduate education.
ModePart-time | Duration3 years | Start dateSeptember | Application code5809 | Application method Direct to LSBU |
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The entry requirements have been set based upon the standard benchmarked by Health Education England (HEE) and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM). The scope and requirements to fulfil the role of an Advanced Paediatric Critical Care Practitioner includes a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making from the outset. It is necessary that the individual has the scope and ability to meet the demands of the course.
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Mode Part-time | Duration 3 years | Start date September | Application code 5809 | Application method Direct to LSBU |
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This course enables professionals to integrate their knowledge and skills as an autonomous Paediatric Critical Care Practitioner within retrieval services including taking the role as the retrieval lead. Students on successful completion of the MSc could continue to undertake further Doctoral PhD study at LSBU.
The impact of having a Paediatric Critical Care Practitioner within the team is evidenced by independent indicators such as the Picanet annual performance indicator which evidences the positive impact an Advanced Paediatric Critical Care Practitioners can make. This course provides a consolidation and completion pathway to enable clinicians to access different routes for career progression which support service delivery reducing length of stay and reducing mortality rates.
This course is a collaborative partnership between Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and LSBU.
We have applied to Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine be considered as a pilot site for accreditation.
The Evelina collaborative modules intend to be delivered as face-to-face teaching and practical study days with a mixture of lecturer and student- delivered lectures, high fidelity clinical simulation and case-based scenarios and discussion using state of the art facilities.
There will be practical workshops, face to face clinical skills, clinical seminars, and hybrid delivery of onsite and online material. Throughout the year of clinically supervised practice, students will need ongoing consultant evaluation, direction, critique, and support to further develop clinical learning. This will consist of taught study days delivered by both the Evelina and LSBU and will be a mixture of lectures, practical simulation, and tutorials.
The final year will consist of taught study days by both the Evelina and LSBU and consist of a mix of hybrid learning and work-based learning projects and or a dissertation route.