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Critical Care PG Cert

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This Postgraduate Certificate provides experienced nurses with an opportunity to advance their practice, enhance their understanding and application of research evidence, and develop their role as a competent intensive care nurse. The course will allow you to demonstrate your achievement of the relevant Step 2 and 3 core clinical competencies in the CC3N’s National Standards for Adult Critical Care Nurse Education through a period of learning undertaken and assessed in a critical care unit in clinical practice.

Key benefits

  • You will be studying at the no.1 Nursing Faculty in the UK and 2nd in the world (2024 QS World University Rankings by subject).
  • The course follows the CC3N curriculum, to support your learning in the required clinical competencies.
  • Our courses are delivered by internationally renowned clinicians and academics with a strong focus on promoting evidence-based care and appreciation of translational research.
  • The course supports your career development and employability by allowing you to demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills you will need to gain more senior critical care roles.

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Employability

Completing this rigorous course will you give you a competitive edge in the job market by allowing you to demonstrate the clinical competencies that intensive care managers are looking for. This will support your career development by allowing you to go on to work in more senior critical care roles.

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Employability

Completing this rigorous course will you give you a competitive edge in the job market by allowing you to demonstrate the clinical competencies that intensive care managers are looking for. This will support your career development by allowing you to go on to work in more senior critical care roles.

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed and we may need to request further information from you during the application process.

 

Our first application deadline is on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time). The final application deadlines for this programme are:

  • Overseas (international) fee status: 25 July 2025 (23:59 UK time)
  • Home fee status: 25 August 2025 (23:59 UK time)

 

After the first application deadline in March:

  • if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above
  • if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications

 

Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline, and we are unable to process further offers because places are filled and we close the course before the final application deadline.

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