What will I learn?

About the course

Are you a healthcare professional working in hazardous area response, keen to develop your professional and academic knowledge? This course was developed in conjunction with hazardous area response team paramedics. It takes into account previous practical learning and experience, and will expand the knowledge and non-technical skills required to manage incidents within the hazardous area response context.

Key features

- This course is unique within the UK and designed for healthcare professionals currently working within hazardous area response.
- Our curriculum has been developed through collaboration with ambulance service hazardous area response team operatives.
- Balance your commitments over three years with distance learning.
- Engage in quality improvement, knowledge creation and dissemination of best practice through presentation and publication.
- Seize the opportunity to develop and apply advanced knowledge and skills to your area of clinical practice , improving service delivery for patients.
- Unfortunately we are unable to accept applications from non-EU overseas students for this programme as it does not comply with the current Tier 4 visa requirements.

Which department am I in?

School of Health Professions

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees

Unfortunately we are unable to accept applications from non-EU overseas students for this programme as it does not comply with the current Tier 4 visa requirements.

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

Plymouth University

Drake Circus,

Plymouth,

PL4 8AA, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Achievement of the University鈥檚 entry requirements for study at postgraduate level. Employed as a healthcare professional, be registered with a relevant professional body (HCPC; GMC; NMC) and have access to the pre-hospital practice environment with existing, contemporary experience and qualification in hazardous area response. Candidates should normally have a first degree, BSc (Hons) at 2.2 or above or European first cycle equivalent. In the absence of a degree, appropriate experience related to the programme, may leave you eligible to apply, provided you can demonstrate a successful qualification at level 6 learning. Applicants whose first language is not English, must also provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English of IELTS minimum of 7 in each part. If you need to improve your English language to get onto a degree course at Plymouth University, you can book a pre-sessional academic English course. TOEFL score 90; Component scores of listening 17, reading 18, speaking 20, writing 18.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.