The Advanced Clinical Practice programme is designed to support healthcare professionals who wish to develop the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver autonomous, complex decision-making in practice.
The programme is accredited by the NHS England Centre for Advancing Practice, and is mapped to the NHS multi-professional framework for advanced practice in England (2017).
The programme builds on experienced practitioners’ existing knowledge and skills to develop capability in advanced patient assessment, diagnostic reasoning, leadership, education and research through a bespoke selection of optional modules that suit your professional development within your clinical specialism. Practice-based learning and assessment under the supervision of an experienced advanced level practitioner will support your development of competence in core capabilities and specialist practice.
On completion of the full masters programme, eligible students will be able to apply for an Advanced Digital Badge from NHSE.
The ACP course is an excellent program because it harnesses your experience, formalises it and make it recognisable at cooperate and practice level.
This course is suitable for applicants from any registered healthcare discipline, such as nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, pharmacists, paramedics and other allied healthcare professionals currently employed in clinical practice.
Applicants are normally expected to be:
Please note that there are a limited number of spaces available on each optional module. You will have the opportunity to discuss your preferences at interview.
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Classroom & Online
Study mode:
Part time
Duration:
MSc: three years (max of six years), PG Dip: two years (max of four years)
Credit value:
UK 180/ECTS 90
Application status:
Open
Start date:
January 2026
Reviewed, inspected and accredited by the Health Education England
King's College London and Affiliates
We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.
We will open applications for January 2026 after September entry has closed. The final application deadlines for this programme are:
We will open applications for September 2026 after January entry has closed.
Our first application deadline is on 9 March 2026 (23:59 UK time). The final application deadlines for this programme are:
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