Midlands Faculty for Advancing Practice
Regional Faculties for Advancing Practice (AP) have been developed and established to drive forward change in advanced practice as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) and People Plan 2020/21.
The aims are to increase return on advanced practice investments, drive modernised transformed pathways of care, and support improvements in both access to and the quality of patient care. These will help to drive workforce transformation and modernising agenda for advanced practice roles across the system.
Through stakeholder engagement processes one of the key aims in the Midlands is to guide organisations on the implementation of advanced practice where organisations might be in a developmental phase of activity.
Further information can be found on the Midlands Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice website.
Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England
In 2017, Health Education England and NHS England and NHS Improvement worked in partnership to develop a national framework for advanced clinical practice, which ensures that there is national consistency and understanding about advanced level practice.
This is the first time that a national framework has existed in England and has established a shared understanding of the advanced level practitioners and how they can be deployed to deliver better patient care.
Further information can be found on the Centre for Advancing Practice website.
Essential requirements to be considered for MSc level training
- Hold a first level Professional Registration relevant to the professional background of your area of employment [NMC/HCPC/GPhC]
- At least 3 years working as a qualified practitioner, gaining relevant experience in clinical practice
- Have a first level degree in a subject relevant to the professional background of your area of employment
- Have an understanding of advanced practice roles
- Good self-motivation, enthusiasm, and engagement to develop role as an advanced practitioner
- Ability to plan own professional development and maintain a high level of clinical practice to meet the core capabilities and the 4 pillars of Advanced Practice
- Trainee has the full support from the organisation for the duration of the programme
Pathways to train
Nationally recognised speciality/bespoke routes to train:
Apprenticeship (MSc) national procurement framework
Apprenticeships may be available in some Higher Education Institutes (HEI). For further information, please contact us directly at traininghub@gpfirst.net
Employer/NHSE/Self-funded route (Modular master’s level)
Advanced Clinical Practice – Staffordshire University (staffs.ac.uk)
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice – University of Wolverhampton (wlv.ac.uk)
Advanced Clinical Practice – Keele University
Staffordshire Training Hub Offers
If you would like further information about funded places through the Staffordshire Training Hub, then please email traininghub@gpfirst.net