PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practice (Specialism)

Code

034B75D

Start

September 2026 January 2027 (Start date determined based on selected module)

Fees

See 'Fees and funding'

Duration

1 to 2 years part-time

Course overview

Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA) provides outstanding paediatric healthcare education, training and development that drives improvements in paediatric care across the world.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions. This gives our candidates exposure to specialist cases that are hard to find anywhere else in the world.

Children deserve the best. This is why education has always underpinned everything we do.

The aim of the GLA is to ensure all healthcare professionals receive continual support, education and specialist training. This will enhance their skills at every stage of their career in the field of paediatric healthcare.

Our programme aims to support you develop the skills and knowledge required for enhanced level practice. The combination of an individually tailored pathway and a strong emphasis on work-based learning will allow you to demonstrate the academic qualification, competence and capabilities in your chosen field of expertise.

Due to the multi-professional, personalised and adaptable nature of the programme, it is appropriate for healthcare professionals from a wide and diverse range of paediatric and child health professions and settings.

By completing the programme and transforming your role, you will work at an enhanced level of clinical practice.

You will manage a discrete aspect of a patient’s care in a defined area of practice. This can support you to deliver high-quality, safe, effective patient care and to initiate and implement innovative, person-centred improvements for patient and service outcomes.

Learn more about our programmes below, as well as our modules, some of which can also be taken as standalone CPD modules. You can also learn more about the .

Programme lead: Harry Bliss

Why study PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practice (Specialism) at GLA?

As an international centre of excellence in paediatric care, this programme uses the specialist educational expertise of our multidisciplinary team to support you in identifying areas for professional and personal development. It will enhance paediatric healthcare practice in organisations.

The core focus of the programme is combining workplace learning with existing knowledge and skills. This is achieved through virtual, live and pre-recorded on-demand modules. Key to the programme is the relationship between the trainee, the clinical supervisor and the programme tutors.

You will benefit from our pre-programme consultation and advice, which continues throughout the programme. You'll also benefit from our unique personal tutoring system. This takes a proactive approach and echoes the values of ‘building success for all’, helping you to reach your potential as an enhanced clinical practitioner.

Course highlights

Teaching delivered by expert staff from Great Ormond Street Hospital, an international centre of excellence in paediatric care. The GLA provides world-class, multi-professional paediatric healthcare education, training and development
An individualised study pathway tailored to your current and future needs, supported by a pre-programme consultation with expert GLA staff
Recognition of previous learning (RPL) wherever that takes place
Focus on workplace learning
Tripartite reviews: clinical supervisor, practitioner and university tutor
Clinical supervisor preparation and ongoing support.

When will the programme run?

The programme starts each year in either September or January. Please visit the individual module pages to view module start dates.

There is some flexibility in the order in which modules are taken. You will need to discuss your options with the programme lead at a pre-entry meeting. To arrange this, please contact academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.

Applicants commencing this programme in the 2026/27 academic year will need to attend an in-person welcome session on 4 September 2026.

What will you gain?

As an Enhanced Level Practitioner, you will demonstrate capabilities in the four domains of Advancing Practice.

Successful practitioners will acquire a range of enhanced level skills that will offer you further career progression and/or progress to MSc level studies. You will develop skills required to share your advanced knowledge and expertise across the local, national and international arena and to supervise other enhanced practitioners.

You will build a reputation for yourself, act as a role model and be known as an expert in your professional field.

How can a PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practice (Specialism) support your career?

On successful completion of the programme, you will be entitled to the professional title of Enhanced Clinical Practitioner having demonstrated capabilities in the four domains of Enhanced Clinical practice in your specialism.

What will you study?

Module name	Module code	Credits	Module can be done standalone?	Module Description
Physical Examination and Assessment of Children and Young People	PCH4100	15	Yes	To develop and apply the required knowledge, skills and behaviours to independently undertake the physical examination and assessment of children and young people (up to the age of 18 years) holistically, safely and effectively.
Applied Clinical Physiology of Children and Young People	PCH4101	15	No	To develop and apply the foundations of medical sciences to describe and explain normal, altered and extremes of physiological states, enabling the interpretation of clinical findings signifying disease and/or illness in children and young people.
Diagnostics and Clinical Management in Children and Young People	PCH4102	15	Yes	To build on previously acquired knowledge, skills and behaviours in holistic assessment, anatomy and physiology to develop an evidence-based approach to diagnostic and clinical management processes, recognising their increasing levels of independent practice and accountability.
Service Development and Quality Improvement	NSA4200	15	Yes	This module will develop your leadership, knowledge and skills in your area of expertise. It will give you the expertise to take the lead in developing services and enhancing quality in a particular service.

To find out more about this programme, please download the PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Practice (Specialism) course specification (PDF).

Teaching

You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team with a wide range of expertise and professional experience.

You will be taught using a candidate-centred approach. This is designed to support and develop mastery of knowledge and understanding of your area of professional practice. There are a variety of teaching and learning strategies used within this programme, all of which are designed to support you and to allow you to have equal and equitable opportunities to optimise your potential, support, independence, and autonomy of learning and facilitate your development as Enhanced Level Practitioner.

Stimulating and innovative learning opportunities will be available whether within the University, online or in your workplace. Learning will be supported and facilitated by the programme leader, module leaders, clinical supervisor and personal tutor.

Face-to-Face teaching will take place either on or around the Great Ormond Street Hospital campus or at the 探花社区 University West Stand at StoneX stadium. Exact locations for teaching days will be advised closer to the start date.

Assessment

Your skills and knowledge are assessed using a variety of methods, which are informed by the University and School Assessment Strategies together with the Health Education England/Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Enhanced Clinical Practice capabilities.

Assessment methods may vary according to the type and focus of the module which may include: reflection on practice, oral presentations of case studies, presentations, portfolios, Objective Structured Clinical Assessments (OSCAs), reports, clinical audits/evaluation, research/project proposal.

Entry requirements

Only UK candidates are eligible to apply for this course.

Professional requirements

You must have the following.

A 2:2 honours degree or above in a healthcare-related subject
Current registration as a healthcare professional with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
A minimum of three years full-time experience (or equivalent) in the relevant area of practice
You will need to upload a personal statement as part of your application, outlining your reasons for applying for this module.

Practice requirements

You must be in a role where a minimum of 70% of the role is dedicated to working with infants, children and young people up to the age of 18 years
You must have confirmation from the employing organisation that the development of the applicant is supported in the workplace to enable evolution of the scope of practice and responsibilities by:

- Enabling the applicant to fully attend university teaching, including virtual learning
- Enabling the applicant to dedicate a minimum of three hours per week as protected work-based learning time
- Enabling the applicant to work in a 'supernumerary capacity' to focus on their clinical/professional development as evidenced by the completion of a portfolio.

Supervision

Provision of a designated educational supervisor to supervise and support the applicant's overall educational and clinical development and facilitate completion of specified work-based learning activities and assessments
Provision of day-to-day supervision and support by an experienced clinical team to enable the development of knowledge, skills, behaviours, competence and confidence.
You will need to upload a completed with your application.

Eligibility

Only UK students are eligible to apply for this course
If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, academic credit may be awarded towards your 探花社区 University programme of study. For further information please visit the Recognition of Previous Learning page
You will be expected to attend a pre-programme planning discussion with a member of the course team.

How to apply

Applications must be submitted at least four weeks before the start date of the first module. It is highly recommended that candidates submit their application as early as possible, as applications may close early if the module reaches capacity.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure they have arranged the necessary study leave to attend the programme.

Sponsorship

Candidates whose fees are being paid by their organisation will need to obtain a purchase order from their organisation for their fees and upload this as part of their application. You will not be able to save your application form once you begin, so please have the purchase order ready.

If you are unable to obtain a purchase order prior to the application deadline, candidates can upload a sponsor letter. You may wish to use the sponsor letter template.

Information for sponsor organisations

When raising a purchase order for module fees, the supplier is 探花社区 University. If 探花社区 University is not set up as a supplier on your procurement system, contact CPDFinance@mdx.ac.uk to obtain the required information for set-up.

If you have any questions about how to pay the module fees, please contact CPDFinance@mdx.ac.uk.

Fees and funding

UK students¹

The fees are for the 2026/27 academic year.

¹Part-time students: £69 per credit*

For more information and to answer your frequently asked questions, please visit our postgraduate funding page.

*Programme fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part-time study are shown here as a guide.

Programme costs

The following course-related costs are included in the fees at 探花社区 University.

A free electronic textbook for every module
All printing and copying required for your study
Self-service laptops available for loan for a maximum of 24 hours
Audio-visual equipment available for loan, including digital stills cameras, digital video recorders and digital audio recorders.

Fees disclaimers

1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase undergraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.

Contact us

For further information about the programme content, or to set up a programme planning meeting, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA): academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.

We’ll carefully manage any future changes to courses, or the support and other services available to you, if these are necessary because of things like changes to government health and safety advice, or any changes to the law.

Any decisions will be taken in line with both external advice and the University’s Regulations which include information on this.

Our priority will always be to maintain academic standards and quality so that your learning outcomes are not affected by any adjustments that we may have to make.

At all times we’ll aim to keep you well informed of how we may need to respond to changing circumstances, and about support that we’ll provide to you.

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