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Preparation for Independent and Supplementary Prescribing V300
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This module equips eligible registered health professionals with the required knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes to safely and effectively assess, prescribe and review medications as independent and supplementary prescribers.
Working in partnership with service users, supervisors and assessors, participants on the module will engage in reflective, competent, collaborative and person-centred prescribing practices in accordance with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Competency Framework for Prescribers.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module the participant will be able to:
- Undertake a comprehensive clinical history, including medications history and a review of current medications (including over the counter (OTC), complementary and alternative therapies) to inform diagnosis (RPS Competency 1, 5, 7).
- Recognise the wide range of contextual, legal, social and individual factors that must be considered when engaging in critical and clinical reasoning and decision-making as an accountable and responsible prescriber (RPS Competency 1, 2, 3, 7, 8).
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of pharmacological interventions and apply this knowledge systematically and critically in assessment, prescribing, dosage calculations, monitoring and medication reviewing practices (RPS 1, 2, 4, 6).
- Demonstrate a consistently safe, person-centred and ethical approach to prescribing practices and dosage calculations, critically reviewing organisational practices and systems related to prescribing (RPS 2, 4, 5, 6, 7).
- Critically analyse and critically evaluate own performance as independent and supplementary prescribers, and the performance of other practitioners, utilising and contributing to strategies that offer feedback and development, such as clinical supervision and critical reflective practice (RPS 8, 9, 10).
- Demonstrate collaborative practice and shared decision-making with service users and the interprofessional teams, clearly articulating the roles and responsibilities of others involved in prescribing, supplying and administering medications (RPS 3, 5, 9, 10).
Accreditation and professional recognition
The module has been fully co-produced with service users, students, practice partners and employers and reviewed following publication of NMC Standards for Prescribing programmes (2019) and HCPC Standards for prescribing (2019).
As with other NMC-approved programmes, the process of Supervision and Assessment has been fully aligned to the NMC Standards of Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) .
The co-production process and publication of external standards has led to modifications in learning outcomes and selected content, mapping to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) Competency Framework , as well as minor updates to the practice-based assessment strategy.
Entry Requirements
Nurses & scphns.
All nurses and SCPHNs wishing to apply for degree level 6 or master’s level 7 prescribing programme at the University of Essex must meet the following criteria:
- Registered nurse (level 1) or SCPHN
- Be able to provide an NMC pin number and expiry date
- Have the competence, experience and academic ability to study at least degree level and be able to provide evidence of this
- Be able to provide evidence of a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) enhanced certificate, issued within 3 years of applying to the course
- Have at least 1 year or equivalent relevant post-qualification experience
- Be competent in advanced practice skills such as Clinical/health assessment, Diagnostics/care management, planning and evaluation of care
- Have approved funding arrangements in place (see course application form for more details)
- Be employed by the NHS, self-funded or work for private organisations
- Have in place (or will have in place), an appropriate indemnity arrangement for the prospective role as a prescriber
- Be able to provide evidence of professional indemnity on application
- Have a clinical placement (e.g. ward, GP surgery) with an educational audit in place or have completed the ‘self-audit’ for practice learning prior to enrolment on the course (done through the application process)
- Have support from a manager, employing organisation or other appropriate authority
- Have agreement of supervision from a practice assessor to oversee 90 hours of supervised clinical practice
- In addition to the practice assessor, have agreement from a practice supervisor(s) (who will communicate with the practice assessor) to supervise 90 hours of prescribing practice
- Take responsibility for continuing professional development.
Physiotherapists, podiatrists, therapeutic radiographers and paramedics
Physiotherapists, podiatrists, therapeutic radiographers and paramedics wishing to apply for degree level 6 or master’s level 7 prescribing programme at the University of Essex must meet the following criteria:
- Entrants must be registered with the HCPC
- Be able to provide an HCPC pin number and expiry date
- Have at least 3 years post-qualification experience
- Entrants must be working at advanced practitioner or equivalent level
- Have a clinical placement (e.g. ward, GP surgery) with an educational audit in place or have completed the prescribing programme ‘self-audit’ for practice learning prior to enrolment on the course (done through the application process)
- Take responsibility for continuing professional development
Self-employed and non-NHS applicants
We welcome applications from those who are self-employed or work for non-NHS organisations. In addition to the entry criteria above, you will be required to demonstrate, through the application process, that you have adequate governance structures and private indemnity insurance in place.
In addition to this you will be required to provide two references from individuals who can validate your academic and professional suitability for the prescribing programme. We will also require the last CQC inspection report for your chosen practice area.
The programme team can advise you on providing the required documentation. Please email [email protected] for support.
Module Outline
The content of the module is drawn from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Competency Framework for Prescribers and the learning outcomes are closely mapped to these:
- Assess the patient - undertake a thorough history, including medication history and current medication (considering OTC, alternative and complementary therapy) to inform diagnosis.
- Consider the options - Understand the influence that can impact on prescribing.
- Reach a shared decision - Critically appraise, use sources information/advise and decision support systems in prescribing practice including clinical management plans where appropriate.
- Prescribe - Understand and apply knowledge of drug actions in prescribing practice and monitor response.
- Provide information - Assess, consult and communicate information to patients/clients, patents and carers.
- Monitor and review - Monitor and respond to drug actions and recognises unsafe practice/systems acting accordingly.
- Prescribe safely - Prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively.
- Prescribe professionally - Practice within a framework of professional accountability and responsibility in relation to the relevant legislation for the registered health care professional body.
- Improve prescribing in practice - Use clinical supervision and reflective practice to critically analyse and evaluate their ongoing performance as independent prescribers and continuing professional development.
- Prescribe as part of a team - Demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of others involved in prescribing, supplying and administering medicines and the need for inter-professional working and shared decision making.
In addition to the above, the module content includes:
- Anatomy and physiology.
- Person centred communication, information provision and shared decision making
- Legal, ethical and professional issues.
- Clinical pharmacology, including effects of co-morbidities
- Evidence based practice and issues of quality related to prescribing practice
- Professional accountability and responsibility
- Concordance strategies and overcoming clinical inertia
- Monitoring and reviewing strategies
- Prescribing in the team context
- Prescribing in the public health context including health promotion.
- Models of consultation and motivational interviewing
- Introductions to epidemiology
- Service user partnership and collaboration
- Consider prescribing options
- Prescribing safety
- Improving prescribing practice through reflection
Assessment strategy
- Portfolio of independent and supplementary prescribing cases (total 4500 words): One independent prescribing essay of 2250 words, consisting of a client-specific case study to demonstrate critical application of knowledge, skills and values as an independent prescriber, AND one supplementary prescribing essay of 2250 words, consisting of a client-specific case study that demonstrates critical application of knowledge, skills and values as a supplementary prescriber, which must include critical analysis and application of the clinical management plan (CMP).
- Pharmacology examination: One 90 minute examination, consisting of 10 MCQs and 10 short answer questions. Students need to score 80% in order to pass.
- Portfolio of Practice Evidence: Record of practice-based assessment and achievement of the NMC/HCPC proficiencies and the RPS practice competencies including supplementary prescribing.
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Following the impact of the pandemic, we made changes to our teaching and assessment to ensure our current students could continue with their studies uninterrupted and safely. These changes included courses being taught through blended delivery, normally including some face-to-face teaching, online provision, or a combination of both across the year.
The teaching and assessment methods listed show what is currently planned for 2021 entry; changes may be necessary if, by the beginning of this course, we need to adapt the way we’re delivering them due to the external environment, and to allow you to continue to receive the best education possible safely and seamlessly.
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Advanced Non-Medical Prescribing (V300)
Continuing Professional Development (short course)
Online and Chelmsford , Online and Cambridge
Module level: 7
Module credits: 30 credits
Prepare to prescribe medicines from the British National Formulary (BNF) in your area of competence. With our Non-Medical Prescribing course, you’ll learn to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively as both an independent and supplementary prescriber.
Full description
Our CPD course is taught by blended learning, with some online and some campus teaching. You can choose to join us on campus in Chelmsford or Cambridge.
You'll already be a registered nurse, midwife, pharmacist, physiotherapist, paramedic, chiropodist, podiatrist, dietician, diagnostic or therapeutic radiographer, and this course may interest you because there is a recognised need for you to prescribe within your clinical practice.
On successful completion of this course, you can be annotated/registered with your Professional Body as an independent and supplementary prescriber* and you'll be qualified to prescribe medications within your field of competence.
Independent prescribers are practitioners responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with previously undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for decisions about the clinical management required, including prescribing.” BNF, 2020 ( https://bnf.nice.org.uk/guidance/non-medical-prescribing.html )
Supplementary prescribing is a partnership between an independent prescriber (a doctor or a dentist) and a supplementary prescriber to implement an agreed Clinical Management Plan for an individual patient with that patient’s agreement.” BNF, 2020 ( https://bnf.nice.org.uk/guidance/non-medical-prescribing.html )
Important notes
- * Passing this module does not automatically qualify you to prescribe. The University is authorised to run this preparatory module and recommend appropriate practitioners for the qualification. Your professional body (NMC, HCPC or GPhC) retains the right to approve or refuse this recommendation.
- Diagnostic Radiographers and Dieticians can only prescribe as a Supplementary Prescriber.
- You must ensure that you check which medications you can prescribe according to UK legislation and your own professional registration ( https://bnf.nice.org.uk/guidance/non-medical-prescribing.html )
How you'll learn
This module takes place over two trimesters, including 25 six-hour academic study days (26 days for pharmacists).
- Eighteen of the study days will be delivered through a blend of online and on campus teaching, self-directed activities, short video lectures, and active learning exercises.
- Pharmacists will also have one day of clinical skills training supported by activities to be completed in the practice setting.
- One day for exams at the end of the first trimester.
- The remaining six days will be taken towards the end of the second trimester and will give you the opportunity for self-directed research into your area of specialist practice.
- These 25 (or 26) days are mandated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), and the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). You will be expected to provide evidence that they have been taken.
Core content
The core teaching will involve an introduction to pharmacology and the generic aspects of prescribing. Although we don’t cover therapeutic indications, we’ll refer to common drugs throughout the module to demonstrate key pharmacological principals. The taught content will include:
- application of consultation and clinical assessment within the prescribing context
- critical application of knowledge of Pharmacology – pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics
- prescribing for special risk groups including children, the elderly, pregnancy and breastfeeding
- drug interactions and adverse events
- holistic approach to prescribing including the biopsychosocial aspects of prescribing
- effective medicines management
- prescribing within the inter-professional team
- legal and ethical issues, including professional accountability and impact on prescribing.
In addition to the generic taught content you’ll have the opportunity to learn about medications specific to your specialist area of practice; through your clinical practice hours and six days of self-directed academic research.
Practice assessment
In partnership with your employer, you must identify a suitable Practice Assessor.
A Practice Assessor is a registered healthcare professional with a prescribing qualification and a minimum of three years’ recent prescribing experience in this role; eg a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or other professionally registered, V300 trained independent prescriber.
Nursing and midwifery applicants
- In conjunction with your Practice Assessor, you must identify suitable Practice Supervisor(s) to support your practice learning.
- Practice Supervisors should also be registered V300 independent/supplementary prescribers (or equivalent) with at least one year of experience in this role.
- In exceptional circumstances (for example, where there is limited access to non-medical prescribers) nurses/midwives can request from the module lead that the same person acts as both Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor ( https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/standards-for-post-registration/standards-for-prescribers ).
Pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals:
- The Practice Assessor role is referred to as the “Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP)” by the GPhC and HCPC.
- The DPP can undertake the role of both Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor. However, students are encouraged to seek one or more Practice Supervisors for a more diverse learning experience. ( https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/sites/default/files/document/standards-for-the-education-and-training-of-pharmacist-independent-prescribers-january-19.pdf ) ( https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/standards-relevant-to-education-and-training/standards-for-prescribing/ )
As an NMC or HCPC registrant you will need to demonstrate a minimum of 72 hours of supervised clinical practice, at least 22 hours of which must be with your Practice Assessor.
As a GPhC registrant you will need to demonstrate a minimum of 90 hours of supervised clinical practice, at least 28 hours of which must be with your Practice Assessor.
The remaining clinical hours must be spent with a Practice Supervisor (see above).
Your Practice Assessor, along with your Academic Assessor (module tutor or module lead) is responsible for signing you off as a competent and safe prescriber. As such you will need to make sure you keep accurate records of your clinical placement hours.
Your success on this programme will be determined on the basis of:
1. A practice assessment document consisting of:
- a practice log demonstrating the minimum required practice clinical supervision hours
- an assessment of competency against the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Competency Framework for all Prescribers (2021) which has been adopted as the common standard for all independent prescribing programs (NMC, 2018; HCPC, 2019; GPhC, 2022)
- completion of a Clinical Management Plan (CMP) to demonstrate an understanding of supplementary prescribing
- all students must also undertake a Summative Clinical Assessment of a patient under supervision of their Practice Assessor. For pharmacists this must be moderated by the Academic Assessor in person or by live video link
2. A calculations examination:
- 30-minute unseen examination
- 100% pass mark
3. A pharmacology examination:
- 90-minute unseen examination
- 80% pass mark
4. A critical case study:
- 2,000-word critical analysis essay based on a patient prescribing episode. This can be either an Independent Prescribing Episode or a Supplementary Prescribing Episode (depending on how your health care professional body allows you to prescribe)
Please note that demonstration of unsafe practice in any of the assessments will result in a referral (second attempt required) for NMC and HCPC students or automatic failure (no second attempt allowed) for GPhC students.
Who should attend?
Please read the entry requirements in the section below very carefully.
Important note about applications for this module: Applications for May 2023: Full , unable to accept any more applications. Applications for September 2023 will open on 9 May 2023 Applications for January 2024 will open on 11 September 2023
May 2023 - blended delivery with campus sessions held in Chelmsford and Cambridge (both fully booked) – teaching days Tuesdays
Face to face on campus: 16, 30 May 2023 6, 20 June 4, 18 July 12, 26 September 10, 24 October 7, 21 November 5 December
Clinical skills - on campus in Chelmsford (pharmacists only): 25 July 2023
Online Mock Exam: 11 July 2023
Exam - on campus: 1 August 2023
Online: 23 May 2023 13, 27 June 11 July 31 October
Independent study days: 19 September 2023 3, 17 October 14, 28 November 12 December
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Contact details
Eleanor Hawley [email protected]
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For entry to this course, you must meet the following requirements.
- Registered for 12 months with the NMC (nurses/midwives).
- Registered with the HCPC (allied health professionals - with appropriate experience; paramedics must be working in an advanced practice, non-ambulance setting and must take this module at level 7.
- Registered for 24 months with the GPhC (pharmacists). Additionally, pharmacist applicants must have at least 24 months experience in the specialist role in which they will prescribe and must take this module at level 7.
- Have the appropriate background knowledge of anatomy and physiology (this is an intensive module which assumes a basic knowledge of these subjects; equivalent to Year 3 nursing student degree).
- Have completed an Advanced Clinical Assessment Skills, or similar 30-credit module, at level 6 or 7 (if you are already working at this advanced level and do not have a qualification you will need to provide evidence supported by a statement from your trust's educational lead).
Your employer will need to provide supportive evidence that you have:
- at least one year's experience working in a role with an identified clinical need for prescribing (two years years for pharmacists
- the appropriate knowledge and experience in the area in which you intend to prescribe
- protected time for the 72 hours (90 hours for pharmacists) of clinical practice
- protected time for the 25 days (26 days for pharmacists) of academic study time
- the appropriate clinical supervision, clinical governance and indemnity insurance to cover your future prescribing practice
- a current Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check.
Self-funding applicants
We will consider self-funding applicants but you must be working for an organisation that will support you in this role. Your employer will still need to provide all the information above. If you are currently working in a role that will not allow you to prescribe, you cannot apply for this module.
Self-employed and aesthetic practitioner applicants
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept self-employed applicants* or those who work exclusively in aesthetic practice.
*We will consider applications from pharmacists with their own pharmacy who work in partnership with a general practice. You will need to provide evidence of appropriate GPhC/CQC governance.
All applicants must complete the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) as part of the admission process, to provide evidence that they meet all of the above criteria.
Please ensure that all elements are completed or your application may be rejected.
Your Trust educational lead must approve your application.
For additional information, please contact Eleanor Hawley: [email protected]
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Independent Prescribing (Short Course) / Course details
Year of entry: 2023
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Course description
Our Independent Prescribing course enables pharmacists and NMC registrants to take on the role of an independent prescriber in their area of practice.
Pharmacists, nurses and midwives are taught together to facilitate multidisciplinary learning and working. This 30-credit course is available for study at level 7 (master's level).
The course runs over four months and usually has two intakes each year (September and March). A large proportion of the learning will be delivered online, providing a flexible approach to learning by allowing you to study at times convenient to you.
The course includes a series of mandatory workshops and you must undertake 90 hours of learning in practice with your Designated Prescribing Practitioner or Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor. Please see Appendix A/B of the nomination pack (PDF, 996KB) for details of roles and responsibilities.
Please check the course details section for course dates, which are usually published four months before the start of a course, ie, June for the September cohort and October for the March cohort. If there are no dates for your preferred cohort after this time, please email [email protected] Attendance at all workshops and assessments is mandatory, so you must confirm that you are able to attend them all before you apply.
Successful completion of an accredited course is not a guarantee of annotation or of future employment as an independent prescriber.
You can view accreditation reports on the General Pharmaceutical Council website and the Nursing & Midwifery Council website , although in this accreditation year, these may not be the current versions.
Please check online for details of fees, which may be subject to change and apply only to the dates given.
The course aims to build on your experiences and encourage the development and application of new knowledge and skills in practice. We aim to:
- enable you to successfully meet the standards set out by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)/Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), allowing you to request annotation as an independent prescriber;
- produce competent prescribers who can provide safe, effective and evidence-based prescribing to address the needs of patients in practice;
- enable pharmacists, nurses and midwives to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for safe and effective prescribing practice;
- help you to develop a systematic, evidence-based and reflective approach to prescribing practice;
- support you to identify your own learning needs, develop as a critically reflective practitioner and advance your own learning to sustain continuing professional development, and work at the forefront of your profession.
Special features
Pharmacists can undertake the Independent Prescribing course as part of the PGDip/MSc Clinical Pharmacy .
NMC registrants may be able to use Independent Prescribing credits towards a larger award such as the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice .
Additional course information
Teaching and learning.
A range of teaching methods is used to develop the knowledge and understanding, practical skills, intellectual skills and personal qualities required to become a competent prescriber.
Our blended approach to learning and assessment involves a series of mandatory study days on campus, self-directed learning via the Blackboard virtual learning environment and supervised practice.
Online materials can be studied in your own time, and will involve directed reading, online discussion and directed activities during supervised practice. As such, you must be self-motivated to learn in your own time and have a good level of IT skills to navigate Blackboard and the electronic portfolio.
Pre-workshop tasks help you to prepare for the study days, which are interactive and focus on practical skills or topics that benefit from discussion with peers from a broad range of backgrounds.
You must spend a minimum of 90 hours learning in practice under the supervision of a Designated Prescribing Practitioner or Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor during the four-month course. During this time, you will complete a reflective practice portfolio to document and reflect on your learning, and to evidence your development of the prescribing competencies.
This is an accelerated course that covers a large amount of learning in a very short space of time. You will need to engage fully with the course and commit to 14 hours of self-directed study and one full day of learning in practice each week of the course.
March 2023 cohort delivery (confirmed)
There are six mandatory study days that run from 9am to 5pm in the Stopford Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PT. The dates are:
22 and 23 March 2023
19 and 20 April 2023
18 May 2023
15 June 2023
September 2023 cohort delivery (provisional)
There are six manddatory study days that run from 9am to 5pm in the Stopford Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PT. The dates are:
27 and 28 September 2023
18 and 19 October 2023
16 Novemnber 2023
14 December 2023
Coursework and assessment
March 2023 cohort (confirmed)
- OSCE: 6 July 2023 in Stopford Building
- Exam: 6 July 2023 in Stopford Building
- Case presentation: week commencing 10 July 2023 online (day/time scheduled once the cohort has started)
- Portfolio deadline: midday on 18 July 2023
September 2023 cohort (provisional)
- OSCE: 17 January 2024 in Stopford Building
- Exam: 17t January 2024 in Stopford Building
- Case presentation: week commencing 22 January 2024 online (day/time scheduled once the cohort has started)
- Portfolio deadline: midday on 31 January 2024
Course unit details
The course will cover the competencies detailed in A competency framework for all prescribers and the GPhC Standards for the education and training for pharmacists independent prescribers .
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
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We encourage any student with a disability or long-term condition that might affect their ability to study or undertake assessments to register with DASS as soon as they have registered for the course.
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Non-medical independent and/or supplementary prescribing (v300), additional information, contact details.
This is an innovative multi-professional course accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC) and the Health Professions Council (HPC).
The supporting legislative framework enables practitioners, who meet the entry requirements, to undertake independent and/or supplementary prescribing. On successful completion of the course practitioners will have their prescribing qualification recorded with the appropriate professional regulator.
Students on this course will build on current practice to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies required to be able to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively as Independent and/ Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribers.
The course is based at the Ipswich waterfront campus and runs over two semesters, starting in September with the programme normally completed in 6 months. Campus based learning is organised over 26 days and there is also a requirement to complete 12 days of supervised practice working with a named medical supervisor (Doctor). In addition to the timetabled programme you will be expected to engage in related independent study activities.
The course can be accessed as a stand- alone course in its own right, undertaken at level 7 (masters). It is also an integrated component of longer degree/masters programmes such as the BSc Nurse Practitioner and the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.
Course Level
Students on this programme are typically funded by Health Education England, if you aren’t, please contact [email protected]
In order to apply for the Non-Medical Independent and/or Supplementary Prescribing (V300) course, please contact [email protected] to request an application pack. This is required in addition to the online application on our website, and without this your application will not be considered.
Non-Medical Prescribing - Course Dates for 2022-23 Academic Year
NMP DATES Academic year 2022-23 (1) PDF.pdf
V300 for Nurses and Allied Health Professions and V300P for Pharmacists
Dates and application pack for 2023/24 are TBC. For further queries please email: [email protected]
cpdhealth @uos.ac.uk
Carlos Gonzalez
Lecturer in non-medical prescribing.
Stacey-Anne Penny
Lecturer and course leader in adult nursing (district nursing).
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Independent/Supplementary Prescribing - PCert
Join our successful prescribing programme and qualify as a non-medical prescriber.
All other applicants please apply now for June 2023!
This is a well-established and successful independent/supplementary prescribing programme for pharmacists, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, podiatrists, radiographers and dietitians.
It is a part-time, blended learning programme which leads to you qualifying as an independent prescriber (community and primary care pharmacists, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, podiatrists, paramedics and therapeutic radiographers) or as a supplementary prescriber (diagnostic radiographers and dietitians). You develop the knowledge and skills to practise as prescribers and to meet the standards set by your respective professional/regulatory body. Available as eight or 12 months duration. Also available at Level 6 for nurses/midwives.
Is this programme right for me?
If you are a pharmacist, nurse, midwife, physiotherapist, podiatrist, radiographer or dietitian looking to become a prescriber this is the programme you are looking for.
We also run a 40-credit module as part of the University of Greenwich MSc Advanced Clinical Practice. If you are part of this Greenwich programme and have selected the Prescribing module then you do also need to complete our Prescribing Application form.
We are no longer recruiting for the Clinically Enhanced Prescribing Programme. If you are a pharmacist in the HEE LaSE area and want to improve your clinical skills and undertake a prescribing programme, we do offer a combination of one of our short course modules, Clinical Consultation Assessment and Diagnosis with our PGCert independent / Supplementary Prescribing. This is HEE funded for a limited time!
Entry points and application deadlines
We have two different programme lengths to choose from. You can study over the REGULAR eight months or choose the EXTENDED programme over 12 months. Priority for the regular length programme will be given to those with a clearly defined scope of practice. The extended programme is for all those who may prefer, or who will benefit from, a longer period of study. It is especially suitable for those studying at Level 6 and community pharmacists.
All application forms are to be emailed to [email protected]@ac.uk
Please do not post any application forms.
Cohorts for academic year (2022/2023):
- February 2023 (12 month version - deadline 25 November 2022
- April 2023 (08 month version) - deadline 20 January 2023
- June 2023 (12 month version) - deadline 25 March 2023
You can find upcoming cohort dates under Course Structure
All dates and deliveries subject to change.
HEE LaSE Pharmacists Appling for Clinical Consultation Assessment and Diagnosis with Independent / Supplementary Prescribing
Your applications deadlines are different as you are also applying for our Clinical Consultation Assessment and Diagnosis Module. Please check the application form.
The Prescribing Programme is delivered by distance learning with a total of nine in person study days at the University, plus 12 days clinical practice, overseen by a Practice Supervisor (nurses and midwives only)/designated prescribing practitioner (DPP).
About Medway School of Pharmacy
Medway School of Pharmacy is one of the few regional schools of pharmacy in the UK, a collaboration between the University of Kent and the University of Greenwich.
The impetus for the formation of the Medway School of Pharmacy came from the local community, who recognised the shortage of qualified pharmacists in all branches of the pharmacy profession in Kent.
The School is now recognised as an established school with accreditation from the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Graduates are employed in health disciplines in Kent and the south-east and more broadly across the UK.
GPhC, NMC, HCPC
Entry requirements
- Registration with the appropriate professional/regulatory body (NMC, GPhC, PSNI or HCPC)
- Appropriate experience in the area of practice in which they will be prescribing
- The ability to study at academic level 6 or level 7
- Nurses and Midwives: At least one year's post-registration clinical experience in the UK. This includes all nurse (level 1), midwife or SCPHN registrants (including NHS, self-employed or non-NHS employed registrants) at the point of application
- Pharmacists: At least two year's post-registration clinical experience in the UK at the point of applying
- Allied Health Professionals (excluding Paramedics) At least three years' post-registration clinical experience in the UK at the point of applying
- Advanced Paramedic Practitioners: College of Paramedics recommend that paramedics are registered and qualified for at least five years with at least three years' relevant post-qualification experience in the clinical area in which they will be prescribing
- Advanced Paramedic Practitioners will normally have evidence in their application that they have completed or are working towards a Master's qualification (level 7
- Appropriate numeracy skills, clinical/health assessment, diagnostics/care management and planning and evaluation of care in their intended area of prescribing practice.
- Support from the sponsoring organisation confirming service need, indicating the necessary governance structures are in place (including clinical support, access to protected learning time and employer support where appropriate) to enable the students to undertake and be adequately supported throughout the programme. Access to appropriate supervised practice, and a prescribing budget to meet the costs of prescriptions on completion of training
- A named practice supervisor (nurses and midwives); designated medical practitioner (pharmacists); practice educator (AHPs), who will facilitate, supervise and support the student during their clinical placement
Please note students need to be in active clinical practice to be on this programme of study. The longest period of time a student can be out of clinical practice while on the programme is 2 consecutive weeks . This means that if you are on maternity leave, secondment or sabbatical, you are not currently eligible to undertake the programme of study. Please apply when you return to work.
While we welcome applications with a focus on aesthetics, we recommend a broader scope than botulinum.
All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, professional qualifications and relevant experience may also be taken into account when considering applications.
International students
Please see our International Student website for entry requirements by country and other relevant information. Due to visa restrictions, students who require a student visa to study cannot study part-time unless undertaking a distance or blended-learning programme with no on-campus provision.
English language entry requirements
The University requires all non-native speakers of English to reach a minimum standard of proficiency in written and spoken English before beginning a postgraduate degree. Certain subjects require a higher level.
For detailed information see our English language requirements web pages.
Need help with English?
Please note that if you are required to meet an English language condition, we offer a number of pre-sessional courses in English for Academic Purposes through Kent International Pathways .
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Course structure.
Duration: 8 or 12 months part-time
Take the Independent / Supplementary Prescribing programme as a standalone qualification; OR continue on to Medicines Optimisation. The prescribing programme can be used as either the first or second year of the Medicines Optimisation qualification. You will need to apply for the Prescribing Programme separately to the Medicines Optimisation Programme. Acceptance onto one programme does not guarantee acceptance onto the other.
On successful completion, the School notifies the appropriate professional / regulatory body that you have qualified as an independent / supplementary prescriber.
The dates for the cohorts that are coming up are as follows:
2022/2023 entry
Cohort 65 (june 2023).
- Tuesday 06 June 2023
- Wednesday 07 June 2023
- Thursday 08 June 2023
- Tuesday 05 September 2023
- Wednesday 06 September 2023
- Tuesday 21 November 2023
- Wednesday 22 November 2023
- Tuesday 13 February 2024
- Wednesday 14 February 2024
- Assessment days: 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 March 2024 (students will be allocated one of these days once they commence on the programme)
Application deadline 25 March 2023
2023/2024 entry
If you are applying for the 40 credit module as part of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice with the university of Greenwich, you need to apply for Cohort 66. The deadlines and dates are below.
Cohort 66 (September 2023)
- Tuesday 19 th September 2023
- Wednesday 20 th September 2023
- Thursday 21 st September 2023
- Tuesday 31 st October 2023
- Wednesday 01 st November 2023
- Thursday 02 nd November 2023
- Tuesday 09 th January 2024
- Wednesday 10 th January 2024
- Thursday 11 th January 2024
Assessment days: 30 th April, 01 st , 02 nd , 06 th , 07 th , & 08 th May 2024 (students will be allocated one of these days once they commence on the programme).
Application deadline 02 nd June 2023
Cohort 67 (October 2023)
- Tuesday 10 th October 2023
- Wednesday 11 th October 2023
- Thursday 12 th October 2023
- Tuesday 05 th December 2023
- Wednesday 06 th December 2023
- Thursday 07 th December 2023
- Tuesday 06 th February 2024
- Wednesday 07 th February 2024
- Thursday 08 th February 2024
Assessment days 09 th 14 th , 15 th , 16 th & 17 th May 2024 (students will be allocated one of these days once they commence on the programme).
Application deadline 07 th July 2023
Cohort 68 (January 2024)
- Tuesday 16 th January 2024
- Wednesday 17 th January 2024
- Thursday 18 th January 2024
- Tuesday 05 th March 2024
- Wednesday 06 th March 2024
- Thursday 07 th March 2024
- Tuesday 21 st May 2024
- Wednesday 22 nd May 2024
- Thursday 23 rd May 2024
Assessment days: 09 th 10 th 11 th 16 th , 17 th July 2024(students will be allocated one of these days once they commence on the programme).
Application deadline 13 th October 2023
Cohort 69 (April 2024)
- Tuesday 16 th April 2024
- Wednesday 17 th April 2024
- Thursday 18 th April 2024
- Tuesday 25 th June 2024
- Wednesday 26 th June 2024
- Thursday 27 th June 2024
- Tuesday 10 th September 2024
- Wednesday 11 th September 2024
- Thursday 12 th September 2024
Assessment days: 29 th , 30 th , 31 st , October, 05 th & 06 th November 2024 (students will be allocated one of these days once they commence on the programme).
Application deadline 19 th January 2024
Cohort 70 (June 2024)
- Tuesday 04 th June 2024
- Wednesday 05 th June 2024
- Thursday 06 th June 2024
- Tuesday 03 rd September 2024
- Wednesday 04 th September 2024
- Tuesday 19 th November 2024
- Wednesday 20 th November 2024
- Tuesday 11 th February 2025
- Wednesday 12 th February 2025
Assessment days: 11 th , 12 th , 13 th , 18 th & 19 th March 2025(students will be allocated one of these days once they commence on the programme).
Application deadline 15 th March 2024
You need to be available to attend all of the study days. All Study days are delivered in person at our Medway Campus.
You will be allocated a PAPP date on one of the listed assessment days. Pharmacists will need to attend the Medway Campus for the PAPP assessment in person.
Please ensure you are available for all the study and assessment days before applying.
These dates are subject to change.
The programme consists of four compulsory modules at either level 7 or level 6.
- Non-medical Prescribing in Context (15 credits)- nurses and AHPs
- Non-medical Prescribing in Context for pharmacists (15 credits)- pharmacists only
- Safe and Effective Prescribing (15 credits)
- Consultation and Decision Making (15 credits)
- Putting Prescribing into Practice (15 credits)
- Background to Non-medical Prescribing (10 credits)
- Prescribing Safely and Effectively (10 credits)
- Embedding Prescribing in your Consultations (10 credits)
- The Practice of Prescribing (15 credits)
Teaching and assessment
Each module and its assessments are applied to your scope of practice. All of the assessments are different in focus and require different things from you. You are given feedback on your work before your next assignment is due to be submitted.
Case Study: written assignment using a patient case to demonstrate a systematic understanding of relevant frameworks, including budgetary constraints at national and local level.
Legislative Essay: written assignment reviewing the changes in legislation in relation to prescribing and the impact in regards to accountability and responsibility.
Exam: includes sections on Numeracy, Using the BNF and Pharmacology pre-seen essay element to demonstrate the required knowledge, understanding and skills.
Evidence Based Medicine: written assignment analysing the primary evidence as it applies to a specific patient within your scope of practice.
Practical Assessment of Prescribing Practice: a high-fidelity clinical situation tailored to your individual scope of practice.
Narrative: written assignment used to explain how your portfolio demonstrates that you have met the requirements for the programme.
Portfolio of evidence: demonstrating how you have met the prescribing competencies, learning outcomes and professional requirements for your regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, GPhC)
The type of assessments are the same for each version of the modules (level 6 or level 7).
Programme aims
This programme aims to:
- prepare pharmacists to practice as independent/ supplementary prescribers
- prepare nurses and midwives to practice as independent/ supplementary prescribers
- develop the knowledge and skills required by an allied health professional to practice as a supplementary prescriber
- meet the standards set by the respective professional or regulatory body as required within the legislative framework.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding.
You will gain knowledge and understanding of:
- the legal and professional framework for non-medical prescribing
- local health service provision and systems
- national and local frameworks for medicines use
- national and local budgetary constraints on prescribing
- models of consultation
- principles of diagnosis
- applied advanced physiology
- pathophysiology, natural history and progression of defined conditions
- changes to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in certain patient groups
- principles of monitoring.
Intellectual skills
You develop intellectual skills in:
- reviewing and critically evaluating best available evidence relevant to a specified area of prescribing practice, synthesising information from key sources and databases
- integrating previous learning with professional skills and expertise to synthesise innovative approaches to implementing extended independent/supplementary prescribing in practice
- further developing the skills to review and critically analyse your own learning and apply this to enhance your role as a non-medical prescriber
- making sound judgements about prescribing issues in the absence of complete data and communicating conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Subject-specific skills
You gain subject-specific skills in:
- consultation and medical history taking
- physical examination of patients to aid diagnosis and monitoring
- interpretation of medical documentation with an understanding of risks and benefits of incomplete data
- monitoring patient response against objectives set within clinical management plans
- recording prescribing actions and outcomes and the evidence base behind them contemporaneously in patient records.
Transferable skills
You will gain the following transferable skills:
- critical self-reflection and the ability to enhance professional competence on the basis of feedback from self and others
- communicating with clarity in both the academic and professional setting to a range of audiences and using a variety of approaches
- effectively managing and presenting complex information using a comprehensive range of learning resources
- autonomous learning and accessing professional resources including others as appropriate.
Fees and Funding
Additional costs.
See the Medway School of Pharmacy website for postgraduate fees .
For more fee information, please email [email protected]
Search our scholarships finder for possible funding opportunities. You may find it helpful to look at both:
- University and external funds
- Scholarships specific to the academic school delivering this programme.
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This group has laboratories with dedicated state-ofthe art drug delivery, nanotechnology, spectroscopy, chromatography and organic synthesis facilities. It brings together researchers in medicinal chemistry and drug design, nanotechnology and materials science, drug delivery and pharmaceutics encouraging a multidisciplinary approach to research. Research covers synthesis and biological evaluation of potential anti-cancer agents, structurebased drug design, QSAR predication of ADMET properties, controlled release, particle engineering, powder technology, pharmaceutical technology, and novel drug delivery systems, with a focus on respiratory drug delivery.
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Pharmacy practice
This group conducts research in two areas: public health and medicines optimisation, with a particular focus on cardiovascular diseases and mental health. Work in public health includes studies in physical exercise, alcohol, cardiovascular screening and spirometry testing, plus pharmacovigilance. Studies in medicines optimisation include work in dementia, bipolar disorder and stroke, with an emphasis on the patient perspective.
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Full details of staff research interests can be found on the School's website .
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There is a high and rising demand for a range of healthcare professionals to qualify as non-medical prescribers. There are career opportunities for both non-medical prescribing nurse practitioners and pharmacists in GP surgeries or other primary care settings and enhanced options for radiographers, physiotherapists, podiatrists and dietitians with the prescribing qualification.
Professional recognition
Accreditation with the GPhC, HCPC or the NMC as a non-medical prescriber
Study support
Postgraduate resources.
Postgraduate students have access to all the facilities at the Medway School of Pharmacy, including clinical skills labs and a ‘simulation man’. As the School of Pharmacy is a joint venture between the two universities, students have access to facilities at Kent’s Medway and Canterbury campuses, and the University of Greenwich.
Distance learning
While on a distance learning programme you need to be able to organise your time carefully and negotiate with your workplace on how this programme will work for you and your employer. We will provide you with a comprehensive list of dates for submission to help you plan your placement time and to help you negotiate study leave so you can complete your assignments and portfolio.
You will already possess most, if not all, of the required skills such as navigating around a webpage or attaching a file and uploading this to a website or email. The academic skills required will depend on your level of study and how recently you last studied. The universities have good resources that you can access to help you rediscover or reinvigorate these skills as needed.
Getting to grips with the virtual learning environment (Moodle) early will be really useful to you. This is where the course is delivered. You will be able to get feedback at regular intervals to help you with your assignments, access practice quizzes and examples of the assessments, revisit lecture material when it suits you and download Course Study Guides & Workbooks for each of the four modules within the programme.
Please have a look at the following guides:
- Practice Supervisor Guide
- DMP Guide (PDF 490KB)
- Student Information Sheet (PDF 606KB)
Global Skills Award
All students registered for a taught Master's programme are eligible to apply for a place on our Global Skills Award Programme . The programme is designed to broaden your understanding of global issues and current affairs as well as to develop personal skills which will enhance your employability.
To apply please use the forms below:
Allied Health Professionals (AHP) application form
Pharmacists application form
Nurses, Midwives and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) application form
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Non-Medical Prescribing Module
The post graduate certificate in prescribing practice, and the graduate certificate in prescribing practice lead to the qualification of non-medical prescriber (V300) below. NSA3901/4902 lead to the qualification of Community Practitioner Nurse / Midwife Prescribing (V150).
Develop the skills and evidence-based knowledge to undertake safe, appropriate and cost-effective independent and supplementary prescribing roles in our course designed for nurses, midwives and SPHN where there is a clinical need.
Taught by experienced practitioners and lecturers, this course will build on your existing knowledge base and physical assessment skills to further enhance autonomous practice.
The aim of this course is to successfully develop nurses who are safe non-medical prescribers who are competent to assess, manage and prescribe in their area of clinical expertise, working in conjunction with their patients, and multidisciplinary team to give holistic care. Expertise and awareness of limitations are key to accountability and safe prescribing. It is our role to provide the support, knowledge and development of professionalism which will achieve these nurses.
Armed with these contemporary insights and valuable skills you will not only enhance your practice and career prospects for the future but obtain 45 credits at Level 6 or 7 to put towards a BSc degree , BSc Midwifery (Top Up) , MSc Midwifery Studies , MSc Nursing Studies , or MSc Mental Health Studies if you wish.
This course has been accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Interviews for entry to the module will take place online, on Monday 27 November & Tuesday 28 November 2023.
Teaching dates
The module will run from 9.00am to 4.00pm (unless otherwise stated below) and will be taught 50% online and 50% face to face on Hendon Campus.
- Tuesday 10 January 2024 (induction)
- Tuesday 23 January 2024
- Wednesday 24 January 2024
- Tuesday 30 January 2024
- Wednesday 31 January 2024
- Tuesday 6 February 2024
- Wednesday 7 February 2024
- Tuesday 13 February 2024
- Tuesday 20 February 2024
- Wednesday 21 February 2024
- Tuesday 27 February 2024
- Wednesday 28 February 2024
- Tuesday 5 March 2024
- Wednesday 6 March 2024
- Wednesday 13 March 2024
- Wednesday 20 March 2024
- Wednesday 27 March 2024
- Exam Tues/Wed 23 or 24 April 2024
- Wednesday 8 May 2024
- Resit exam: Tuesday 11 June 2024
- Wednesday 12 June 2024
- Submission date: Wednesday 23 June 2024
- Assessment board: July 2024
Course content
The focus of the syllabus will address pharmacological principles including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the principles of prescribing with specialist groups, the elderly, children, pregnancy, liver and renal disease. Students will be encouraged to relate theory to practice, so that they fully understand pharmacological principles
The principles of ethical, legal and pharmaceutical influences will be discussed, along with safe prescribing and the reduction of risks, and the reasons for errors. Consultation skills and the causes of adverse incidents, yellow card reporting, social prescribing and clinical governance, along with how to utilise the British National Formulary and other online resources to ensure knowledge and prescribing safe. The importance of professionalism, accountability, supervision and professional development during and on completion of the course will be addressed.
On successful completion of this module you should be able to safely prescribe under Royal Pharmaceutical Society: A competency framework for all prescribers (2021):
- Able to assess of patients in specialist area of competency, investigating and interpreting the appropriate treatment and management, reviewing adherence and seeking guidance when needed
- Displays knowledge of non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches to modifying disease and promoting public health using evidence-based practice. Understands the pharmacokinetics of medicines and how these can be altered by age, genetics, pregnancy, renal and liver impairment
- Works effectively in partnership with patients respecting their values and beliefs about health, understanding reasons for adherence and non-adherence
- Demonstrates prescribing expertise and pharmacological knowledge using relevant frameworks such as formularies, care pathways and protocols and guidelines in prescribing practice. Accurately calculates relevant prescribing and dosing of medications
- Shows understanding of the psychological impact patient’s conditions in their area of expertise. How to inform, support and manage these conditions in partnership with patients
- Monitor and review patient’s treatment, awareness of adverse drug reactions and reporting mechanisms, adapting management in response to changing medical conditions and patients’ preferences
- Demonstrates prescribing governance, highlighting the importance of safe prescribing, near misses, errors and critical incidents
- Demonstrates professional prescribing, accountability and responsibility through critically analysing legal and ethical implications to prescribing practice
- Analyses and reflects on own and others prescribing practice and acts upon feedback, utilising available tools to improve prescribing. Using appropriate mechanisms acts upon unsafe prescribing practice
- Works effectively as a senior member of the clinical team establishing relationships, negotiating support and supervision; acting as support and role model for other prescribers.
You will be assessed through both an exam and an assignment, and clinical assessment. The final written examination comprises of twenty short answer and MCQ questions.
Entry requirements
- You must be a registered nurse with a minimum of one year post-registration experience (part time equivalent)
- You must provide evidence of ability to study at Level 6 with a good command of written and spoken English
- You must be able to demonstrate a good standard of numeracy skills
- You must hold a current DBS (within the last three years at the end of the course)
- You must have completed the physical assessment course or be doing this as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Prescribing or Graduate Certificate in Prescribing
- Your prescribing lead confirms that you have expertise in your clinical area
- You will be competent in clinical history-taking, undertaking clinical assessments and diagnosing in your area of practice
- There must be a clinical need to prescribe within the current role.
How to apply
To apply for this module, please download and complete the Entry Criteria Form then complete the Nursing CPD application form . The Entry Criteria form requires you to get signatures from your lead prescriber, your manager and supervisor. Please ensure to upload your completed Entry Criteria form when submitting the completed application form.
Note, both forms must be submitted together for your application to be considered. If you do not send an entry criteria, your application will not be processed without it.
Applications should be submitted before the end of September, for shortlisting for interview. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a 20-minute online interview via Zoom. You will be interviewed by a member of the teaching team and a service user. Applicants who are a successful at interview will be offered a place for the January intake.
The fees* below refer to the 2022/23 academic year unless otherwise stated.
£63 per credit £2,835 for 45 credits
*Course fees are subject to annual inflation.
There are several funding options available:
- receiving course fees via CPPD contracts between NHS trusts and Middlesex University
- paying your own fees
- sponsorship by your employer (but not under a CPPD contract).
For more information for any of these options, including fee rates for self-funding/employer-sponsored students, please visit our dedicated funding page.
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This programme is designed to prepare students to work as an independent/supplementary prescriber.
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This course is designed to prepare students to register as Independent/Supplementary Prescriber on completion of the programme.
One of the major changes promoted within the NHS 5 Year Forward plan is the changing roles of nurses/midwives and allied health professionals who with appropriate training can undertake some of the roles previously under taken by doctors. The Independent/Supplementary Prescribing (V300) programme addresses this by preparing nurses/midwives and allied health professionals to prescribe.
The programme has been validated by the NMC and HCPC and prepares students to prescribe from the BNF within their competency and professional bodies’ authorisation.
The curriculum has been designed with expert advice from a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and academics to address the academic and clinical demands of the role of a prescriber.
The programme is designed to have a 50:50 split between theory and practice. You will be taught general principles in class, but will need to relate these to your own practice area with the support of your practice supervisor and practice assessor. You must complete 12 days (84 hours) in a supernumerary capacity observing a variety of prescribing decisions. The student will be allocated time for these practice days but is responsible for organising suitable experiences to enhance their knowledge.
The V300 course must be studied as a total of 45 credits (one 15c Module and x1 30c Module) to be able to achieve the V300 NMC award and students must enrol onto the modules as part of the BSc/BSc(Hons) Professional Clinical Practice Programme.
On successful completion the student will be awarded 45 credits at level 6 in addition to the professional qualification.
Pharmacists wishing to undertake the prescribing programme should visit the practice certificate in Prescribing for Pharmacists page.
How to apply
Please contact the course lead Hilary Field in the first instance [email protected] to check your eligibility as initially contact your education and prescribing lead will need to be involved in approving your application and interviewing with the university.
You will then need to apply through the BSc/BSc (Hons) Professional Clinical Practice Programme
You will then need to complete the online application form.
The modules you will need to study are:
PRES 3005 - Applied Prescribing
PRES 3006 - Pharmacology for Prescribers
For further information please contact
Hilary Field Senior Lecturer T: 0116 201 3892 E: [email protected]
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Start date: February 2023 through to August 2023
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Duration: This is a part-time course. Attendance is one day per week.
There is an induction day at the beginning of the course
Fees and funding: Those working in the NHS may be eligible for funding from the Education Commission Unit of the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority.
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Additional costs : You may incur additional costs for this programme, including the cost of travelling to and from project/placement locations.
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This course is not currently available to international students.
Entry criteria
Candidates should:
- physiotherapist
- therapeutic radiographer
- diagnostic radiographer
(all registered with the HCPC)
- Possess 120 credits at level 5 (or equivalent)
- Have been on the relevant professional register for a minimum of one year
Ideally you should possess a course such as a "Consultation and Physical Examination skills" module or equivalent before you apply for the V300
Alternatively, you can present your portfolio of evidence of how you have developed these skills to the programme leader [email protected] or the module leader [email protected]
- Have the support of a suitably qualified practice supervisor and practice assessor
- If English is not the applicant’s first language they must complete the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The applicant must provide an IELTS certificate to confirm a minimum score of 7.0, in reading, listening and speaking as well as a level 6.5 in writing
- Have the support of a prescriber willing to take on the role of continuing professional development facilitator on qualification
- Have, if applicable, managerial and non-medical prescribing lead support (for self-employed candidates this is not required but a professional reference is required instead.)
- Complete a placement audit for their practice area
- Complete a good health good character form
- Have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check within 3 years of start of the programme
- Be interviewed by the prescribing team/practice staff
See information about the requirements for the role of practice supervisor and practice assessor.
Course modules
Teaching and assessments, academic expertise.
In order to achieve the professional qualification of Independent/Supplementary (V300) Prescriber students must pass 2 modules:
PRES 3005 Applied Prescribing
PRES 3006 Pharmacology for Prescribers.
PRES 3005 Applied Prescribing Module
This is a 30 credit module taught over 2 semesters.
PRES 3006 Pharmacology for Prescribers Module
This is a 15 credit module and is assessed by:
- 30 minute numeracy exam (pass mark 100%)
- 2 hour pharmacology exam (pass mark 80%)
- 2000 word assignment (pass mark 40%)
Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.
As you are studying at undergraduate level you are expected to take responsibility for your own learning and contextualising the information given in class to your own specific practice area.
You will be taught alongside students studying at post graduate level and will benefit from inter-professional learning as students from a variety of specialities and professional background are taught together. The teaching is a mix of lectures, tutorials, action learning sets and self-directed study. The timetable will vary but you can expect approximately 4 hours taught information per week and approximately 4 hours private study a week. Students can find the pharmacology challenging particularly if it is a new subject, so you will need to re-visit these lecture notes to consolidate your learning
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Our academic team comprises a wide range of nurse prescribers from a variety of practice backgrounds this is further strengthened by our pharmacy lecturers form our school of pharmacy, some of whom are also prescribers.
This provides a wealth of experience and knowledge to support a stimulating and challenging learning experience. We also access visiting speakers for certain specialist expertise from practice settings.
Health and Life Sciences facilities
Substantial investment in Health and Life Sciences has developed our teaching and learning facilities to help you develop your practical experience and theoretical knowledge beyond the classroom.
The 19th century Hawthorn Building has facilities designed to replicate current practice in health and life sciences, including contemporary analytical chemistry and formulation laboratories, audiology booths and nursing and midwifery clinical skills suites.
Purpose-built clinical skills areas allow you to apply theory to practice in a safe environment. You will receive guidance and support from staff, to ensure that your practical ability in the clinical skills suites is accurate.
We have 1,500 study places and 650 computer workstations across four sites on campus.
During term time the main Kimberlin Library is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, giving access to more than half a million publications and a wide range of DVDs, as well as e-resources and thousands of electronic journals. Award-winning staff are on hand to help and there is a café for study breaks.
We offer a range of workshops, drop-ins and one-to-one sessions, plus our Just Ask service provides email or telephone support.
Learning zones
Our comfortable and well-equipped study areas provide a range of environments to suit your needs.
Originally set up in our main Kimberlin Library, the learning zones proved so popular that more were created in the Eric Wood building and Greenhouse. These flexible spaces are ideal whether you are working as a group, practising a presentation or working quietly on your own.
They feature workstations with power supplies for laptops, plus bookable syndicate rooms with interactive whiteboards and DVD players. Eduroam wi-fi is available across all campus locations.
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Initially contact your education and prescribing lead as they will need to involved in approving your application and interviewing with the university.
Download the generic application form and combined enrolment form and then appendix that relates to Independent/Supplementary Prescribing
Once all sections are completed then contact the programme leader to arrange an interview and bring the application form to this interview.
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This recordable qualification for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals will be a valuable asset in your professional toolkit. It is designed to prepare advanced and specialist practitioners with the critical thinking skills to practice as safe and effective prescribers to enhance the patient journey and contribute effectively to the prescribing team.
From a professional development perspective you may wish to undertake this programme as part of an honours route and will need to discuss this at interview to ensure you enrol on the Health and Professional Practice BSc (Hons) where these 60 credits can be used.
International experiences can help you differentiate yourself in an increasingly competitive graduate jobs market. We offer fantastic opportunities throughout Europe and further afield which will help you gain invaluable educational, work-related and cultural experiences through our DMU Global and Erasmus schemes.
Recent global experiences have included summer schools in Turkey, Japan and South Korea, giving students the opportunity to learn alongside students from around the world, study unique modules and explore the cities of Istanbul, Fukuoka and Seoul.
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