Advanced Practice in Mental Health Level 7 (Health CPD)

Key Details

Module Cost: £2,100
Further Information: fmh.cpd@uea.ac.uk

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Module Overview / Introduction

This module is for registered healthcare practitioners working directly with people with complex mental health presentations in a range of settings and roles. The module aims to advance knowledge and understanding of effective assessment, diagnosis and management of undifferentiated and undiagnosed mental health conditions, in addition to pre-diagnosed biological and psychological conditions in mental health. The course will be delivered in two parts, with Part 1 covering the context and care processes underpinning advanced mental health practice and Part 2 focussing on the application of advanced knowledge, understanding and skills through case-based learning. Themes running throughout the module include the patient’s voice, therapeutic alliance, safeguarding and risk assessment, partnership working, ethics and evidence-based practice.

This module is underpinned by and mapped against the Health Education England (2021) Advanced Practice Mental Health Curriculum and Capabilities Framework, which builds on the Health Education England (2017) Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England. Completion of this module within the context of the full MSc Advanced Professional Practice programme will provide the learner with the capabilities to become a Mental Health Advanced Practitioner. As a standalone module, this module will enable the learner to develop confidence and competence in navigating clinical practice within their mental health setting.

The module was co-developed with multiple stakeholders, including people with lived experience, mental health advanced practitioners, other mental health practitioners from multidisciplinary backgrounds, academics, healthcare organisations and NHS England networks. The diverse and multidisciplinary experience of the module creators have profoundly enriched the content with a marked representation of the voice of people with lived experience and contemporary issues in mental health.

Module Introduction: 08/01/2024

Online Block Release Dates:
08/01/2024, 22/01/2024, 05/02/2024, 19/02/2024, 04/03/2024, 18/03/2024, 15/04/2024, 29/04/2024, 13/05/2024, 27/05/2024, 10/06/2024, 24/06/2024

Live Online Tutorial:
08/01/2024, 22/01/2024, 05/02/2024, 19/02/2024, 04/03/2024, 18/03/2024, 15/04/2024, 29/04/2024, 13/05/2024, 28/05/2024, 10/06/2024, 24/06/2024

Live Online Webinar:
01/02/2024, 15/02/2024, 29/02/2024, 14/03/2024, 25/04/2024, 09/05/2024, 23/05/2024, 06/06/2024, 20/06/2024

Face to Face Days:
18/01/2024, 26/03/2024, 04/07/2024

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate and critically apply an understanding of a wide range of validated assessment and interventional theories related to your scope of practice. (A2, A4, B1)
Utilise advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to formulate appropriate, evidence-based judgements, diagnoses and individualised management plans,, informed by critical reflection on and evaluation of their own role in relation to challenging traditional practices, new ways of working and partnership working within and beyond the multidisciplinary team. (A2, A4, B2, C1, D1, D2)
Articulate comprehensive history, mental state examination, physical assessment, and overall formulation, verbally and in written form, working in partnership with the client, and other professions and agencies where appropriate, to ensure a collaborative and inclusive approach to care. (A1, A3, B1, C1, D1)
Demonstrate expertise in establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship in the presence of sensitive information, uncertainly, complexity, conflict, ethical/moral dilemmas and distress, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and an awareness of own scope of practice. (A1, A2, A4)
Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal empathic communication that respects the person, addresses any adaptation needs, barriers and inequalities, ensures partnership and shared decision making, and is collaborative, non-discriminatory and non-judgemental. (A1, A3, A5)
Critically apply knowledge of inequalities in health and the wider determinants of health to promote physical, social and attitudinal environments that promote mental health and wellbeing throughout the process of care (A3, A5, B1, B2, C1)
Explore, critically apply and evaluate a range of evidence-based pharmacological, psychological, social, environmental and occupational interventions in collaboration with the client and multidisciplinary team, prioritising and adjusting interventions as appropriate in the context of changing priorities, safety concerns and issues relating to concordance (E1, E2, E3)
Exercise professional judgement and leadership to advocate for vulnerable people and groups and effectively promote safety to reduce and manage risk, especially in the presence of inequality, multi-morbidity, complexity and/or unpredictability. (A2, A4, A5, C1, D2, E1, E2, E3)
Mapped against the Advanced Practice in Mental Health Curriculum and Capabilities Framework (HEE 2022), Domains A-E.

Teaching & Assessment

12 Online Blocks of learning over 24 weeks
Live online webinars and tutorials
Face to Face Study Days
Independent Study

40 credits = 400 effort hours
At least one study day per 2-week block of learning
Attendance expected at live (synchronous) tutorials and webinars

Assessment of Practice Portfolio
4000 word Case Study

Learners must be Registered Health Care Professional who must have access to a Practice Assessor. The practice assessor must be working as an Advanced Practitioner, Specialist Practitioner or equivalent and be identified and confirmed prior to commencing the module. The practice assessor must also have completed the Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor Preparation online course, HCPC Practice Education Course or equivalent. Practice assessor arrangements will vary depending on profession and clinical environment: learners are encouraged to contact the module organiser before applying if they have any queries relating to their individual situation. Support from employing organization is required.

This module includes work-based learning and assessment in practice, in addition to university-based learning. This means you will need to demonstrate some clinical skills in practice and have a suitably qualified colleague assess your competence. They will do this using a Practice Assessment Document which will be provided when you start the module.

Practice-based supervision and assessment is required by a suitably qualified and experienced practitioner who has completed UEA Practice Assessor Training or equivalent

How to Apply / Disclaimer

To apply for this as a single module as part of your Continuing Professional Development please enter the application system via our Professional Development section.

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