Palliative Care PG Cert

The programme is aimed at providing inter-professional learning in the specialist area of palliative and end of life care to enable students to make a real difference to the lives of the communities they serve in their practice.

The palliative care PG Certificate will provide you with the specialist knowledge and skills to underpin the advancement of practice within palliative and end of life care.

This programme has been developed in response to both national and local drivers to enable NHS Trusts and other employing organisations to develop a workforce that can deliver effective care.

You may be already employed in a health, voluntary, pastoral or social care setting however, the knowledge and skills gained from this programme may enable you to further develop your career, for example, by moving into more advanced palliative care practice roles, appropriate to this award of PG Cert in Palliative Care.

Progression from the PG Certificate through to diploma and full Masters degree will be encouraged and supported by the academic team, focussing specifically on palliative care, or alternatively accessing other modules, should your career aspirations change. This PG Certificate therefore allows the opportunity for routes through the MSc Advanced Practice, and for those working outside of advanced practice the route through MSc Heath and Social Care Studies.

2:1 first degree or above, or equivalent providing the student with the academic and/or clinical competencies to work at the appropriate academic level
Evidence of support from employer
A background of working within palliative care or of aiming to be moving within/ developing palliative care in the workplace setting is required
Students must have a minimum overall International English Language Testing score (IELTS) of 7 or above.