Practice Certificate in Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

Entry requirements

Normally a minimum 2.2 Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. A personal statement, detailing your reasons for seeking to undertake this subject, will be required.

Entry requirements vary by regulator. Please check you meet the specific requirements below:

GPhC/PSNI

GPhC/PSNI registered pharmacist with at least two years of appropriate patient-orientated experience in a UK hospital, community or primary care setting following qualification

NMC

Registered nurse (level 1), midwife or SCPHN with at least one years’ appropriate patient-orientated experience in a UK hospital, community or primary care setting following qualification

HCPC

HCPC registered physiotherapist, therapeutic/diagnostic radiographer, podiatrist or dietitian, with at least three years post-qualification experience in the area in which you will be prescribing

HCPC (Paramedics)

Registered paramedic with at least five years since qualification, practising in your area of expertise for at least 12 months

Have completed post-qualification study at level 7 (Master’s level)

All applicants must:

• Have the agreement of a designated prescribing practitioner (DPP), practice assessor (PA) or Practice Educator (PE) who is willing to supervise your training
• Demonstrate experience and reflective professional practice
• Have identified an intended area of prescribing practice
• Have support from a line manager, employer or service commissioner
• Be fit to practice in accordance with the requirements of your regulator

Months of entry

September

Course content

• Designed to help you achieve accreditation for annotation as an Independent or Supplementary Prescriber on the GPhC, NMC or HCPC registers*
• Blend of online learning supported by minimal face-to-face contact days with communication and clinical skills training within our Clinical Skills Resource Centre
• Problem Based Learning (PBL) scenarios allow students to tailor their learning to their own needs and develop personal learning objectives.
• Expert tutors and guest lecturers will be invited from a range of clinical and research backgrounds
• Can be taken as a standalone module or the credit can be used towards the MSc Clinical Pharmacy programme, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme or the Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship
• Acquiring this qualification and Independent or Supplementary prescriber status will enable you to seek extended roles in clinical practice as a non-medical prescribing practitioner

* Successful completion of an accredited Independent and Supplementary Prescribing course is not a guarantee of annotation on the GPhC, NMC or HCPC registers or of future employment as an Independent or Supplementary Prescriber

Information for international students

Please visit our international equivalency pages to enable you to see if your existing academic qualifications meet our entry requirements.

Fees and funding