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Professional Healthcare Practitioner Advocate

This module prepares Registered Healthcare Practitioners to undertake the Professional Health Care Practitioner Advocate (PHCPA) role. The module enables HCP’s access to the Professional Nurse Advocacy (PNA) syllabus, whereby HCP’s will learn alongside nurses from across the nation who are accessing the PNA module virtually via the online platform MS Teams.

The modules syllabus aims to promote quality improvements in clinical practice, by advancing HCP’s clinical supervision and leadership skills so they are better equipped to support staff health, wellbeing, career development and building the clinical team’s resilience. The module will equip registered HCPs with the knowledge and skills to facilitate to colleagues and their teams a form of clinical supervision known as "restorative clinical supervision".

Evidence based attributes known to strengthen the restorative clinical supervision process and linked to a recognised model, the "A-EQUIP” model, will make up the course content. Learning will aim to advance students’ supervisory communication skills, their self-awareness, their proficiency in facilitating career conversations and their ability to recognise stress in the workplace. Module learning will also place an emphasis on promoting HCP’s skills in leading service improvement through the development of their decision-making capability, professional accountability, and compassionate leadership.

Entry criteria

• Effective registration with a relevant professional body (i.e NMC, HCPC). (Essential)
• Currently be employed in practice and have the support of their manager in undertaking the module. (Essential)
• Ideally have undertaken successful level 5 or 6 academic study.

If you don't quite meet this entry requirement, you might still be eligible through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Here's what to do in this instance:

• Contact us to discuss your qualifications and experience.
• Prove you've worked in your field with a UK professional body for at least a year.
• You might need to write a 1000-word essay to showcase your skills.

Want to discuss RPL so you can access the Professional Advocate Module? Contact: pna@dmu.ac.uk

How to apply

Online application forms and guidance for application process