PGCert First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal) at University of Bradford

Entry requirements

Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Osteopathic Council (GOC). Usually, 3 years of post-registration experience, ideally in a musculoskeletal setting. Your Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) will inform suitability rather than years of practice. To be currently employed as a registered practitioner with the following regulatory bodies: Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Osteopathic Council (GOC), and you will either be operating in a First Contact role or planning to enter this field. To have your application supported by your employer, agreeing to release you to attend the taught content and practice placement. If you are self-employed, we are not able to offer reimbursement for lost earnings to attend the taught content and practice placement (taught route). To appropriately source and attend the 75-hour practice placement, regardless of your current working arrangement (taught route). To identify a suitable clinical supervisor (see below) for either of the routes of study, at the point of application. A suitable clinical supervisor must be: a GP trainer: a GP. a clinician who has a post-registration Master's degree (pre-registration Master's degrees do not qualify). a full MACP member: a first-contact practitioner who has completed the requirements of the Roadmap to Practice (either taught or portfolio). an advanced clinical practitioner who is recognised by the NHS England Centre for Advancing Practice (CfAP).