VTCT Skills (MA7D1) Level 7 Diploma In Clinical
Aesthetics Injectable Treatments

The qualification aims to equip learners with essential knowledge, understanding and clinical injectable skills for the delivery of non-surgical aesthetic/cosmetic injectable treatments including  botulinum toxin and dermal fillers for cosmetic purposes. 

Regulator: OFQUAL 

Awarding Organisation: VTCT- Click Here 

Qualification Delivery: MAP-IQ (VTCT-approved training provider) 

Approved by: Joint Council of Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) 

Qualification Title: Level 7 Diploma in Non-Surgical Cosmetic Injectable Treatments  

Vocational/Academic: Level 7 (Equivalent to postgraduate level) 

Route to Qualification: Full 7-level education and training programme. 

Qualification Credits: 60 level 7 RQF credits.  

Duration: Flexible – at your own pace. The qualification can be achieved within months or years. There is an expiry date set by the awarding organisation of 3 years. 

The MA7D1 Level 7 Diploma in Clinical Aesthetic Injectable Treatments involves evidencing competence through formative and summative written and practical skills assignments to meet the learning outcomes across the following units.  

The Total Qualification Time (TQT) for this qualification is 600 hours, combining both guided and self-directed learning. Of this total, 175 hours are allocated to guided learning facilitated by MAP-IQ, while 425 hours are designated for your own evidence-based, self-directed research, study and learning.  

Theoretical Knowledge and Understanding

The theoretical aspects of the education and training programme is delivered online by expert medical and healthcare professionals in carefully curated topic-related educational units.  

The MAP-IQ guided theoretical education and training will include: 

• History of cosmetic practice and its development to current-day practices 

• Legislation, professional, and ethical principles related to aesthetic/cosmetic practice 

• Mental health and its interconnection with cosmetic/aesthetic procedures  

• The clinical consultation process and treatment journey 

• Responsible prescribing in non-surgical cosmetic practice 

• Infection prevention and control (ANTT)  

• Facial anatomy 

• Skin and integumentary system 

• Key dermatological skin conditions 

• Morphology of facial ageing 

• Facial assessment for cosmetic purposes 

• Botulinum toxin theory and observational practice 

• Management of botulinum toxin treatment complications 

• Injectable skills training for the administration of botulinum toxin (Practice based)  

• Dermal filler theory and observational practice 

• Management of dermal filler treatment complications 

• Injectable skills training for the administration of dermal fillers (Practice-based)  

• Clinical governance in aesthetic practice 

• Safeguarding vulnerable individuals 

Clinical Skills Injectable Training

Clinical skills injectable training will include supervised injectable skill training for the application of botulinum toxin and dermal fillers for aesthetic/cosmetic purposes. Learners will complete 10 case studies (supervised treatments) for each treatment modality.

You can choose to complete your clinical injectable skills training at one of our approved clinical practice satellite centres.

UK Centres:  

• South Wales: Neath/Port Talbot 
• Scotland: Hamilton/Glasgow 
• Northern Ireland: Newry/Belfast 
• North England: Yorkshire/Harrogate 
• Midlands: (Coming Soon)
• South England: (Coming Soon)

International Centres:  

• Norway: Sandefjord 
• Ireland: (coming soon)

Entry is  open to the following regulated professionals. 

• General Medical Council (GMC): Registered medical practitioners and doctors.  

• General Dental Council (GDC): Registered dentists, dental hygienists, and dental therapists.  

• Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): Registered nurses and midwives.  

• General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC): Registered Pharmacists 

• Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI): Registered pharmacists 

• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): Physiotherapists, diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers, podiatrists/chiropodists, paramedics and operating department practitioners.  

• International Students: International medical, dental, healthcare and pharmacist practitioners must hold current registration with the respective regulatory body in their country of practice.  

Where English is not the practitioner’s first language, practitioners must hold an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent. 

N.B. Practitioners are not required to be independent prescribers, but their supervising prescriber must be present in the same building for their clinical skill assessments (OSCEs).

£7,995.00 

We accept most debit and credit cards.

MAP-IQ offers buy now, pay later finance options through our partner Payl8r. Conditions Apply!

You may be entitled to a discount on the above fees. You should check with your professional membership organisations to see if they collaborate with us for member discounts.

Current membership collaborations: British Association of Medical Aesthetic Nurses (BAMAN); The Nurse Network (TNN); The British Association of Cosmetic Dental Professionals (BACDP). You should contact admin@map-iq.org with evidence of membership to obtain a discount code prior to application.