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PG Cert in Urgent Care for Healthcare Professionals
KEY FACTS
Faculty:
School of Health Sciences
Study Options:
Part Time
Start Date:
September 2026
Level:
Postgraduate
Course Length:
1 Year
Qualification:
PGCert
Placement Option:
No
The PG Cert aims to provide high-quality educational opportunities that enable practitioners to advance their clinical knowledge and professional competence in urgent care. A specialist course that produces autonomous practitioners capable of providing high-quality, person-centred care for service-users and carers across a range of healthcare settings. The PG Cert aims to promote clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and evidence-based decision-making. Individuals will develop the relevant critical-analysis, communication and decision-making skills needed to confidently address a range of urgent care needs.
Modules
Assessment and management of Minor Illness
This module is designed to equip registered professionals from a variety of settings with the underlying principles required to facilitate integrated, autonomous assessment and management of minor illness.
In consideration with the principles of Safeguarding, this module will address the physical and psychological assessment of the patient with a minor illness following a systematic process and working within the competencies required of the Urgent Care Practitioner role.
On completion of the module, practitioners will be able to assess, treat and manage (or refer appropriately) patients who present to a point of first contact with a minor illness.
Assessment and management of Minor Injury
This module develops healthcare registrants in the assessment, diagnosis and management of minor injuries to deliver autonomous, evidence-based care for service users across the age spectrum presenting with undiagnosed minor injuries.
In consideration with the principles of Safeguarding, the module will address the physical and psychological assessment of the patient with a minor injury following a systematic process and working within the limits of the individual’s competence.
This module is Ideal for nurses, paramedics, and allied health professionals seeking to enhance scope of practice or work in urgent and unscheduled care settings. On completion of the modules, individuals will be able to assess, treat and manage (or refer appropriately) patients who present to a point of first contact with a minor injury.
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QAA Global Accreditation
The University is delighted to have achieved global accreditation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the UK’s independent quality body and a global leader in quality assurance for higher education.
“In achieving QAA’s global accreditation, the University has displayed its compatibility with international best practice.”
Vicki Stott, UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Chief Executive.
WHY UNIGIB?
Entry Requirements
Typically, all applicants will have:
- A good first degree (i.e. a minimum of a 2.1) in a health-related degree awarded by a UK university or overseas equivalent.
- If an applicant does not have an undergraduate degree, then applicants with evidence of level 6 equivalent professional development or academic proficiency may be considered on an individual basis. The level 6 modules previously studied must be awarded within the last five years.
- Current and active registration with a professional body is essential. For example, HCPC or GNMHVRB.
- A minimum of five-years employment as a registered healthcare professional in an appropriate clinical setting.
English Language Requirements:
- An overall IELTS test result of 6.5, including a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-tests. Equivalent awards will be considered (e.g. Pearson’s Test of English, Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English, Duolingo English Test, City & Guilds International ESOL 8984, or the TOEFL- IBT test of English proficiency). If you do not meet our entry requirements, you can still apply as we will consider your application.
Bursaries and Scholarships
The University of Gibraltar hosts or directly offers a limited number of scholarship programmes to support your studies. These scholarships are highly competitive; they are available to support undergraduate, Master’s degree and PhD programmes and are made available to students based on certain criteria.
Student Accommodation
Accommodation is available at the purpose built Europa Suites. Located just a two-minute walk from our Europa Point Campus, the rooms have been designed as spaces in which to relax and study. Each self-contained studio apartment features a compact kitchen, en-suite bathroom and large desk.
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