Advanced Critical Care Practice

Entry requirements

Applicants should:

• Be in a clinical post at Band 6 or above in a trainee ACCP post or similar
• Have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health Care Professionals Council or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Hold a BSc degree at 2nd class level, or evidence of Level 7 study
• Be 4 years post-qualification/ registration

Those without the academic qualifications will have a telephone interview with the course director for a special case request to be made.

Months of entry

October

Course content

This course is primarily aimed at clinicians caring for critically ill patients.

The MSc Advanced Critical Care Practice (ACCP) provides nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals who wish to extend their scope of clinical practice towards autonomous practice in the speciality of critical care in the pre-hospital or in-hospital setting, a structured education program.

Advanced Critical Care Practitioner roles have been developed as part of a larger NHS national workforce strategy. (NHS, Long Term Plan, 2019). The course is based on the National Curriculum and Syllabus for ACCPs published by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

FICM accreditation

We are proud to announce that the MSc Advanced Critical Care Practice (ACCP) programme at the University of Warwick has been awarded full accreditation by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) as of June 2025. This recognition affirms our commitment to excellence in ACCP education and training.

We are proud to be recognised as a FICM Accredited Higher Education Institution and remain committed to delivering high-quality training for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners.

This course is designed for healthcare professionals caring for critically ill patients and those working within acute, emergency or critical care environments such as ambulance services, intensive care units and emergency departments.

The course promotes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, and aims to help you develop the skills to undertake autonomous practice. Core modules focus on clinical examination and diagnostic skills, and independent and supplementary prescribing.

Skills from this degree

The structure of the course will enable the non-medical clinicians to:

• Undertake a full systems examination (child and adult)
• Develop the knowledge and skills to clinically and critically interpret results of tests and investigations.
• Manage an episode of care autonomously