MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (with V300 Non-Medical Prescribing)

The University of Wolverhampton is fully accredited with NHS England.

 
Practitioners who have completed accredited education programmes will be eligible to be listed on the Centre's Advanced Practice Directory. Programme accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice will bring a new level of consistency to the workforce and help showcase advanced practice within health and social care. 

Programme accreditation from the Centre for Advancing Practice will bring a new level of consistency to the workforce and help showcase advanced practice within health and social care.

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (with V300 Non-Medical Prescribing) provides access to structured and supported educational development to enable you to progress through your Masters Level study to meet the requirements set by NHS England (2025) in their Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice in England.  

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice has been designed to meet the needs of the health professional whose desire is to develop their clinical career to a higher level as an advanced practitioner. The course philosophy is to acknowledge your prior experience and knowledge as a health professional and subsequently enable you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight and advanced-level academic and clinical skills.

The course acknowledges your relevant prior experience and knowledge as a healthcare professional and subsequently enables you to fulfil your potential as a postgraduate through the development of new understanding, critical insight, and advanced-level academic and clinical skills.

This course is open to practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).  

This course has a Hierarchy of Awards

• Year Three -Master of Science Advanced Clinical Practice (with V300 Non-Medical Prescribing)
• Year Two - Postgraduate Diploma Advanced Clinical Practice (with V300 Non-Medical Prescribing)
• Year One - Postgraduate Certificate Advanced Clinical Practice
  University Statement of Credit Advanced Clinical Practice (with V300 Non-Medical Prescribing)

Critical to the implementation of the MSc. Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) acceptance and sustainability of this role is that ACPs are widely recognised as being consistently competent and capable in fulfilling the requirement of the role in its entirety (NHS England, 2025). Given that the ACP is expected to have a level of advanced clinical knowledge and skills which distinctly differ from other academic studies, it is appropriate that assessment strategies are utilised to ensure that robust, valid and reliable assessments are undertaken, resulting in practitioners deemed fit for purpose.

Critical to the implementation of the MSc. Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) acceptance and sustainability of this role is that ACPs are widely recognised as being consistently competent and capable in fulfilling the requirements of the role in its entirety (NHS England, 2025). Given that the ACP is expected to have a level of advanced clinical knowledge and skills which distinctly differ from other academic studies, it is appropriate that assessment strategies are utilised to ensure that robust, valid and reliable assessments are undertaken, resulting in practitioners deemed fit for purpose.

It is expected that on completion of this course, you will be a recognised Advanced Clinical Practitioner (NHS England, 2025) with an expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and clinical capabilities for an expanded, autonomous scope of practice, the characteristics of which are shaped by the context in which the individual practices. This requires that health and care professionals working at the level of advanced clinical practice will exercise autonomy and decision-making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions made.

Accreditation and Professional Regulation

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

To access the Master of Science (MSc) Advanced Clinical Practice (with V300 Non-Medical Prescribing) you must be a practitioners registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) who are working in a clinical area with identified support from an appropriate clinical supervisor.

To become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, the following points should normally be met and the applicant must be in a role that has employer support for clinical placement and time to attend the course with a clinical supervisor/mentor in practice:

• Hold current first level Professional Registration with a relevant regulatory body.

Applicants without a first degree

We have a separate policy for applicants who do not hold a first degree at 2:2 but have substantial and relevant clinical or prior study experience. Please discuss with the course leader in the first instance. Applicants may be offered a place to study a single module of the programme as a stand-alone module student and, if successful, upgrade your university registration to a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or M.Sc. and use your stand-alone module towards the course to which you have upgraded.

Existing Practitioners

Existing practitioners who are currently working in an Advanced Clinical Practice role and do not have a M.Sc. level of education have options to either complete the Masters or continue in the role and update in-line with their CPD requirements.

There are ‘Top Up’ arrangements or Recognition of Prior learning (RPL) for existing practitioners who do not have a full Master’s degree. They have the option to complete the degree and to do this they would need to be in a relevant Advanced Clinical Practice post and supported by their organisation.

For students who do not currently hold a V300 Non-medical Prescribing qualification, your year two pathway must include the completion of 7NH094 Non-medical Prescribing for Nurse, Midwives and Allied health Professionals (40 credits) and 7HW126 Advanced Inquiry (20 credits) as core modules. Any student who does hold a V300 Non-medical Prescribing qualification you will undertake an RPL process to include your V300 for a total of 40 credits and then complete 7HW126 Advanced Inquiry as your core module for year two of the MSC Advanced Clinical Practice.

This includes Pharmacists who have completed a level 7 Post Graduate Certificate in Independent prescribing will be profiled and will be advised on the appropriate entry level to the course, and practitioners have successfully completed the V300 Non-Medical Prescribing at level 6 or 7, they would be eligible to claim RPL towards the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

Those applicants who meet all of the requirements of the Post Graduate Diploma will be required to complete a research module and dissertation along with evidence of achievement of the advanced clinical capabilities.

"I would like to thank you both and all the tutors for your help and input during the course. You are very knowledgeable and got that knowledge across to us and made it interesting."

"I would like to thank the university staff for all their sincere moral support and flexible approach in supporting students to do well.
The university staff have accomplished in guiding students through a difficult journey due to their own understanding of what the course entails.
All theory has been beneficial and helped in clinical practice. The staff members due to their own busy workload, have made time for students and my experience no doubt has been memorable and an enjoyable one."

"I am grateful for the consistent support and patience in guiding me throughout this course. Under your guidance my knowledge and understanding of the four pillars of advanced clinical practice have greatly improved."

"I feel fortunate to be well supported academically at the University of Wolverhampton, ACP course lead and lecturers."

"A heartful thank you for your sincere support and dedication in teaching and I am proud to say that I am privileged  to have such a wonderful course lead and amazing  module tutors."

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.

Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.

Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts. Please contact Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Aid. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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