Clare Cooper
Senior Lecturer in Nursing (Advanced Practitioner)
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Postgraduate Certificate in Urgent Care
Key Facts
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Level
PostgraduatePG PGCert
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Starting
September, January
SEP, JAN
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Part-time: £2,915 (per 60 credits).
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Waterside
Updated 19/03/2026
Overview
This course aims to develop and equip healthcare professionals with the key knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to autonomously deliver and manage defined episodes of clinical care whilst demonstrating expertise within their scope of practice in an urgent care environment. Registrants will be supported to develop as critically reflective thinkers using an active blended learning approach and work-based learning strategies.
Highlights
- Inter-professional learning in an interactive and clinically focused academic environment.
- Taught sessions facilitated by experienced advanced practice staff.
- Work-based learning assessments are undertaken with clinical supervision.
- Can be later transferred into a full MSc Advanced Clinical Practice course.
Entry Requirements
Applicants are required to:
- Be a UK registered healthcare professionals (NMC/ HCPC/ GhPC) who have a minimum of 3 years post-registration experience.
- Hold an appropriate healthcare or bachelor’s degree with honours.
- Be employed in a suitable UK healthcare setting to support work-based learning development and assessments of same-day ill-health and injury presentations.
- Meet the minimum English language requirements (see our IELTS page).
Applicants may be invited to an interview with the admissions tutor if all entry requirements are not clearly met via the submitted application form.
During the admissions process, applicants may wish to apply for accreditation of prior certified learning (APCL) and/or accreditation of prior learning (APL) and/ or credit transfer, details of which are found in APL and Credit Transfer Policy. The maximum APL credit for a Postgraduate Certificate is 30 credits.
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What You'll Learn
This is a 60-credit, level 7 postgraduate certificate in Urgent Care, studied over 1 year, part-time. The course is made up of three 20-credit modules and utilises an active blended learning approach. It is taught one day a week at university, with each module comprising 6 taught days and 1 face-to-face assessment day.
Outside of taught sessions, students will be provided with guided learning activities and a work-based learning portfolio to support their development within the urgent care clinical setting. Students will need an appropriately qualified clinical supervisor* to undertake supervision and sign off work-based learning portfolio assessments to complete each module within the award.
Assessments: work-based learning portfolio, written assignment, case-based exam
*Clinical supervisors will need to be either medical staff working at registrar level or above, or a Nurse/AHP/ACP who has completed related level 7 modules at least 3 years ago, and who is using this as part of their job role.
If you have any admissions queries, please contact healthcpd@northampton.ac.uk.
If you have any questions about this course, please contact advancedpractice@northampton.ac.uk
Compulsory Modules
Assessment and Management of Minor Injury
Code: NURM078
Assessment and Management of Minor Illness
Code: NURM089
Advanced Assessment and Consultation Skills
Code: NURM145
Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 25/26. The modules relating to the academic year 26/27 will be available from June 2026.
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Fees and Funding
2026/27 Tuition Fees
- Part-time: £2,915 (per 60 credits)
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 2026/27 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
When assessing an applicant’s eligibility to pay home fees, we use the guidance provided by the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) which sets out the regulations that have been decided by the UK Government Department of Education.
Additional Information
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 25/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
- UK Part-time: £2,830 (60 credits, 1 year).
Staff
Jonathan Mounsey
Senior Lecturer in Nursing
Anne Butterworth
Senior Lecturer in Practice Development (Advanced Practice)
