Advanced Practice
Are you a nurse, paramedic, pharmacist or physiotherapist working in General Practice in South East London? Are you looking to develop advanced clinical skills and take on a leadership role? The South East London Workforce Development Hub is offering fully supported training opportunities to become an NHS Advanced Practitioner (AP).
What is an Advanced Practitioner?
An AP is a highly skilled healthcare professional working at an advanced level across the four pillars of Advanced Practice:
- Clinical Practice – Deliver expert, patient-centred care.
- Leadership & Management – Drive service improvement and innovation.
- Education – Support workforce development and mentorship.
- Research & Evidence-Based Practice – Shape the future of healthcare through critical thinking and innovation.
Why become an Advanced Practitioner?
- Career Progression – Gain advanced skills and greater autonomy in clinical decision-making.
- Flexible Learning – Work-based training with university-led Master’s-level study.
- Collaborative Training Environment – Network with other professionals from nursing, paramedicine, pharmacy, and other allied health backgrounds.
- Funding Support Available – Opportunities for employer-funded training.
Be the future of advanced practice in South East London – train as an NHS Advanced Clinical Practitioner today!
Click here to view the SELWDH AP Handbook and learn more about the course and the support available throughout your training.
Resources
Find out more about AP on the NHS Englandu Workforce, training and education website
HEE have put together a handbook with advice for organisations looking to implement Advanced Practice. Please have a read through the handbook, which answers frequently asked questions.
HEE have also put together a wealth of other resourced about the Advanced Practice course that you may want to read through to decide if this course is right for you and your organisation.
- Advanced Practice London Overview Letter - Outlines HEE's intended approach to commission Advanced Practice programmes in 2025/26.
- Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Workforce - Health Education England (HEE) Centre for Advancing Practice and HEE National Critical Care programme are collaborating to provide an incentivised funding offer to NHS providers in all HEE regions.
- Advanced Practice in Cancer and Imaging Workforce - In the 23-24 academic year HEE Centre for Advancing Practice and HEE National Cancer and Diagnostic programme are collaborating to provide an incentivised funding offer to NHS providers in all HEE regions.
Digital Badges
Existing Advanced Practitioners may claim a digital badge from the NHSE website.
ePortfolio Route
The ePortfolio Route allows existing Advanced Practitioners to gain recognition with the Centre of Advancing Practice.
Supervisors
An identified supervisor is essential - and ideally they should have completed or be willing to complete the Multi-professional Supervisor's Course if they are new to supervision.
If the supervisor is a GP without any teaching qualification, again ideally they should have completed, or be willing to undertake the ISLA training.
This is a standard that needs to be put in place to ensure quality supervision for the AP programme.
Information for employers
NHSE Employer Readiness - a document to help employers gauge if they are ready to take on the Advanced Practice model
Employers should invoice SELWDH at the end of each academic year, at which point SELWDH will pay the supervision fees of £2,500 for the year.
FAQs
Apply for funding
Before completing the form, please make sure to read HEE's Advanced Practice Handbook.
This funding is available only for the courses outlined in HEE's HEI Prospectus for 2025-26. Funding is restricted to universities based in London.
Please only apply using the form below. If you apply in any other way (eg directly with the university or through the NHSE AP team), you may not be awarded funding.
Please complete the form fully and provide as much detail as possible.