Critical Care Nursing PGCert at Coventry University

Programme overview

Designed for nurses currently working in critical care settings, the Critical Care Nursing PGCert provides an opportunity for you to enhance your clinical skills in this specialist field of practice. The aim of the course is to enable you to develop your knowledge and skills of clinical decision-making in health assessment, treatments and therapies within the critical care environment. It is designed to support you to independently lead and manage specialist care provision alongside other healthcare professionals.

Faculty: Health and Care | Duration: 1 year part-time | Study mode: part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Coventry, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules: Advanced Health Assessment Practice, Fundamental Principles of Critical Care Nursing, Applied Practice of Critical Care Nursing.

Career pathways

Expand your knowledge and therapeutic skills in critical care nursing to postgraduate level, beyond initial nurse registration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must be currently employed within a UK critical care environment and remain in that employment throughout the duration of the course. Applicants can only do this course with the permission and support of their employers. Applicants must hold a professional registration in nursing and be active on the NMC register. Applicants will normally have 18 months critical care experience. Applicants with a minimum of 12 months experience will be considered if appropriate evidence of professional development is provided (e.g. completion of CC3N Step Competencies). Students will be required to attend 150 hours of placements in clinical practice and undertake clinical competency assessments. The Course Director will use discretion to accept applications based on previous experience. Please refer to the full requirements in the disclaimer section.

Domestic applicants: GBP 3,900 for the whole programme (2027/28). Part-time tuition as listed for the course for 2026/27. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.coventry.ac.uk/course-structure/pg/shc/critical-care-nursing-pg-cert/

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