London South Bank University

Advanced Paediatric Critical Care Practice - PGCert (Evelina/LSBU Partnership)

London South Bank UniversitySouthwark Campus, United Kingdom

Course overview

Develop your skills, knowledge and expertise in delivering contemporary advanced paediatric critical care. This course is taught at both the Evelina Children's Hospital and LSBU Southwark Campus. 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.

Mode Duration Start date Application code Application method Part-time 1 year September 5806 Direct to LSBU Watch our video to see how you can make yourself at home studying at LSBU. Location Southwark Campus London South Bank University student union is located at 103 Borough Rd, London SE1 0AA. If you are visiting our Southwark Campus, you may wish to use our downloadable campus map (PNG File 466 KB).

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Key highlights

  • Taught at Evelina Children's Hospital and LSBU Southwark Campus
  • Mapped to the FICM ACCP curriculum 2015
  • Aligned with HEE Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice
  • Only UK and European course delivering this clinical-setting training
  • Taught by experienced intensivists and clinicians at Evelina
  • Designed for staff in HDU, PICU and paediatric retrieval services

Entry requirements

  • IELTS: 6.5 — 6.5 Academic IELTS (International English Language Testing Service 6.5 (with no component below 5.5), subject to course.
  • TOEFL iBT: 90 — 90 TOEFL iBT Overall score: 90 Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Writing: 17 Speaking: 20 Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) Overall score: 60 ( minimum score required in each skill area is 51) Cambridge English: First Advanced Proficiency Overall score: 180 (with no score below 162) LanguageCert (Reading 18, Writing 17, Listening 17, Speaking 20)
  • PTE Academic: 60 — 60 TOEFL iBT Overall score: 90 Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Writing: 17 Speaking: 20 Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) Overall score: 60 ( minimum score required in each skill area is 51) Cambridge English: First Advanced Proficiency Overall score: 180 (with no score below 162) LanguageCert (Reading 18, Writing 17, Listening 17, Speaking 20)
  • CAMBRIDGE_CAE: 180 — 180 TOEFL iBT Overall score: 90 Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Writing: 17 Speaking: 20 Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) Overall score: 60 ( minimum score required in each skill area is 51) Cambridge English: First Advanced Proficiency Overall score: 180 (with no score below 162) LanguageCert

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • LSBU Loyalty Award

    20% discount on the tuition fee.

    Up to 20% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Advanced Paediatric Critical Care Practitioner
  • Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Paediatrics)
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse
  • Paediatric Retrieval Practitioner
  • Paediatric High Dependency Unit Nurse

Admission

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