BSc Professional Practice in Healthcare (top-up)

Module: 6HW149

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus; University Telford Campus

The module is suitable for any healthcare professional with an interest in developing their leadership skills and the role that leadership has in the provision of high quality care. The aim of this module is to enhance your self-knowledge and understanding of your own leadership strengths and abilities. Through greater self-awareness you will be able to recognise your natural approach to leadership and develop and apply skills in leadership to your current role such as emotional intelligence, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

Module: 6NH081

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module explores contemporary mental health practice based on the bio-psychosocial determinants of mental health and illness. Participants will gain an understanding of mental health promotion and explore effective approaches in responding to individuals experiencing mental distress across the life continuum.

Module: 6NH047

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module is designed to enable you to focus on your clinical practice and to develop the appropriate underpinning knowledge, skill and aptitude to assess and examine the adult client.

Module: 6HW147

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

The module aims to critically discuss and reflect on the current challenges for people with a learning disability and/or autism in health care. It aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with a learning disability and/or autism and is suitable for all health care practitioners from any clinical setting. Alongside this, evidence-based interventions for enhancing health care for people with a learning disability and/or autism will be shared and disseminated more widely.

Module: 6HW148

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module aims to support the student to develop skills of academic inquiry in relation to the delivery of high quality care in the field of long term condition management. Contemporary systems and models of healthcare delivery will be explored and applied to enhance the experience of the patient and carer across a diverse range of long term conditions.

Module: 6NH079

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will enable you to develop your clinical skills to recognise, assess, commence early interventions and escalate appropriately the deteriorating/acutely ill adult patient e.g. patients with sepsis or chest pain. The module is suitable for all registered practitioners caring for acutely ill patients, in general ward areas, specialist wards and departments (e.g. respiratory, cardiology), Medical/Surgical Admissions Units and Emergency Departments. The module will focus on supporting your development of the underpinning theory to develop your knowledge and clinical skills, to care for the acutely ill patient. This will assist you to develop your competence, confidence and skills specifically in recognising and managing acutely ill adults.

Module: 6HW018

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module aims to enable and encourage youto work with others in the health and or social care setting in order to improve the quality of the service for the benefit of patient/clients.

Module: 6HW044

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module aims to develop and expand on your knowledge and understanding of UK health policy and its decision making process. It gives you the opportunity to identify, explore and analyse the health policies which are applicable to your area of practice and how they impact on patient/client care.

Module: 6HW019

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Distance Learning

This module aims to enable you as an experienced, registered health care professional to critically examine knowledge and theoretical principles that guide best tissue viability practice in order to enhance the quality of patient care.

• You must have current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
• For this BSc (Hons) you must have 120 credits at level 4 (Certificate) and 120 credits at level 5 Diploma) from a healthcare related programme of study./li>
• You must be employed in a healthcare setting in the United Kingdom (UK).
• Applicants should apply directly to the University and if seeking support from an employer should agree means of financial support (if applicable) and negotiated time to attend university in advance of an application.

Other Requirements

Applicants will need to demonstrate that on entry to the programme they have capability for digital and technological literacy to meet course outcomes. Evidence of digital literacy and technological literacy capability will therefore be aligned to the online application process.

Self-funding:

If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: see How to pay.

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Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Bursaries and Scholarships:

In addition the University also offers a range of Bursaries and Scholarships packages

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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