Jonathan Mounsey
Senior Lecturer in Nursing
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Advanced Assessment and Consultation Skills
Key Facts
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Level
PostgraduatePG
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Starting
October, February
OCT, FEB
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Waterside
Updated 03/11/2025
Updated 03/11/2025
Overview
This CPD course aims to support registrants to acquire an advanced knowledge base, decision-making skills and clinical competencies to support the holistic assessment and management of service users/ patients within the clinical setting. It uses a mixture of theory, problem-based learning, simulation and clinical experience to enable students to explore and develop these key knowledge, skills and behaviours. Assessment experience will be further enhanced through the continued development of clinical skills and role-specific knowledge within the student’s own clinical work environment.
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 to further support development.
- Can be later transferred into full MSc Advanced Clinical Practice course.
Entry Requirements
- UK registered healthcare professionals (NMC/ HCPC/ GhPC) who have a minimum of three years post-graduate experience.
- An appropriate healthcare or bachelor’s degree with honours/ have evidence of recent level 6 study.
- Employed in a suitable UK healthcare setting to support work-based development and assessments.
- Meet the minimum English language requirements (see our IELTS page)
What You'll Learn
This is a 20-credit, level 7 postgraduate module which supports registrants to develop their assessment skills. The module is studied part-time over one semester. It is taught one day a week at university, 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 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.
Core indicative content: history taking, consultation skills, general examination and core body systems assessment (cvs, resp, abdo, neuro), legal, professional and ethical implications.
Assessments: work-based learning portfolio, OSCE assessment, written critical reflection.
October 2025 session delivery dates (Wednesdays):
01 October, 15 October, 22 October, 05 November, 19 November, 26 November. Mock OSCE opportunity 03 December, and OSCE assessment 17 December.
February session delivery dates (Thursdays)
05 February, 26 February, 05 March, 19 March, 16 April, 23 April. Mock OSCE opportunity 30 April, and OSCE assessment 14 May
*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.
For admissions queries related to this course, please contact healthcpd@northampton.ac.uk.
For any course-related queries, please contact advancedpractice@northampton.ac.uk.
Fees and Funding
2025/26 Tuition Fees
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: £945 per 20 credit module
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