PGcert Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

Advanced critical care practitioners (ACCP) are now a recognised and embedded role within the critical care workforce. The development of this role is a response to the modern NHS and the changing complexities of patients who are admitted to critical care along with the ongoing demands of recruitment and retention in the medical workforce.The module will focus on full systems anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, investigations, interpretation of investigations, management and treatment of common conditions. This will be achieved through face to face teaching, enquiry based learning, simulation and guided learning alongside an expectation of self directed study for each individual to achieve the necessary assessments.

Program Module

NUR-40046 – The Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

Employability:

• Apply advanced knowledge in the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology of critical illness.
• Critically appraise clinical governance, policies, and procedures of independent practice in relation to the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in critical care and provide a direct contribution to the assessment, treatment, and planning of care, and evaluation of patients with a critical illness.
• Function as part of the critical care team and work within a defined scope of practice and to clinical standards agreed nationally and applied within the local clinical setting
• Prescribe elements of care and treatment that will be delivered by another member of the healthcare team; refer for diagnostic tests and specialist opinion as required.
• Critically appraise and audit current practice in line with current evidence base; demonstrate participation within the peer-review and appraisal processes.
• Demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and authority to make clinical decisions, supervised by a medical consultant in critical care medicine.
• Participate in the training and supervision of others.