Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Organisations across Humber, Coast and Vale are keen to support the training of more advanced clinical practitioners than ever before. Health Education England agreed to support 113 trainee advanced clinical practitioners in the area during 2018/19.  We recruited 80 trainee advanced clinical practitioners in 2018/19 into hospitals, general practice, community and mental health services across the region. Almost half of the trainee advanced clinical practitioners have been recruited into general practice, which has helped to establish a consistent approach across the region and provide additional support to practices and trainees which require it.  Organisations recruit independently through the NHS Jobs website in partnership with universities, following which offers are made pending successful applications to university programmes.

Recruitment for 2019/20 is currently underway.

As a primary care workforce and training hub in Humber, Coast and Vale,  Haxby Group and Freshney Green are able to provide support for local practices and co-ordinate local schemes on behalf of Health Education England.

• Primary Care Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Secondary Care – Trauma and Orthopedics
• Secondary Care – Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Secondary Care – Intensive Care

In the Humber, Coast and Vale area, the University of Hull and the University of York offer MSc degrees in advanced practice. Beyond the Humber, Coast and Vale area, Huddersfield University, Bradford University, Leeds University, Sheffield University, Leeds Beckett University and Sheffield Hallam University offer MSc degrees in advanced practice.

Standards for Advanced Clinical Practitioner MSc Apprenticeship programmes have now been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships.  The Level 7 Apprenticeship programme will be delivered by higher educational institutions (HEIs) listed on the Register of Apprentice Training Providers (RoTAP) and the Register of End Point Assessment Organisations (RoEPAO).  The Apprenticeship programme will combine on-programme academic and work based learning and assessment, cumulating in an End Point Assessment (EPA) of the achievement of knowledge, skills and behaviours as outlined in the apprenticeship standard.

Please click here to see the Apprenticeship Standards.

For local guidance on how the Apprenticeship programme may impact your organisation, please see the Humber, Coast and Vale ACP Apprenticeship Guidelines for Employers.

The Faculty have developed a pipeline into Advanced Clinical Practice, showing all routes of access.  Click here to see the pipeline.

The School of General Practice are opening up their training sessions to trainee ACPs currently undertaking an MSc.  Sessions are currently available at the following organisations:

York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Education sessions

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – Programme 1, Programme 2, Programme 3 – Any trainee ACP on years 1-3 of their training can now attend these sessions. Please contact  [email protected] to book a place.

Some good feedback from those attending the sessions has been received:

• “The COPD training was good and relevant”
• “I have found both the sessions I attended very useful”
• “I did feel a little outnumbered by all the GP’s but they were very friendly”
• “Ive been attending most weeks in Hull. I have really enjoyed the sessions and have learnt a lot”
• “The sessions I attended were excellent and very informative”

• Emergency care
• Frailty
• General Practice/Primary Care
• Intensive care medicine
• Ophthalmology
• Sexual health and HIV specialist integrated curriculum