Advancing Non-medical Prescribing

Before submitting your application, you must read the entry requirements. This will guide your completion of the application form. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

This module provides nurses and allied health professionals (physiotherapists, radiographers, podiatrists, dietitians and paramedics who are working in advanced practice roles) with the knowledge and skills to prescribe safely and effectively. You must work within your own scope of practice and area of competence, and as such be in a position to complete the care cycle in a holistic manner for clients within your care.

The 18-week module begins with a one-week initial block followed by attendance once a week, then a final block week of study via hybrid teaching including online learning and some face to face contact via seminars. You are taught alongside students studying at level 6. You spend 12 negotiated days in supervised supernumerary practice with a medical designated prescribing practitioner (DPP) or NMP practice assessor (PA) who acts as your practice assessor. You should also spend time with other medical and non-medical prescribers; practice learning and assessment must be undertaken between weeks two and 17. To facilitate the integration of theory and practice these practice days should span the entirety of the module.

The award is suitable if you are a health or social care practitioner who has completed cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) training and are BABCP accredited or working towards this.

This multi-professional module prepares eligible nurses, midwives, specialist community public health nurses, physiotherapists, therapeutic radiographers, chiropodists/podiatrists and advanced paramedic practitioners to prescribe as independent/supplementary prescribers. It also prepares dietitians and diagnostic radiographers to prescribe as supplementary prescribers. This is within the professional standards stipulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)/Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

The teaching team includes nurses, pharmacists, and medical practitioners, which provides many opportunities for shared learning.

You learn through hybrid interactive lectures, seminars of which some will be classroom based, guided study and discussion groups, and experiential learning. Collaborative multi-professional working enables you to consider a whole systems approach to influencing and setting direction in the delivery of improvements in prescribing practice. The virtual learning environment is used to support your learning.

Assessment includes a portfolio of evidence, a structured clinical examination of practice, written examination and evidence of having passed a period of supervised supernumerary practice experience. Throughout you are supported and assessed by your DPP or PA. You should ensure that you have exposure to other prescribers during this practice period.

A bachelor degree with a minimum of 65%, 2.5/4.0 or good

Professional recorded V300 qualification to the NMC independent/supplementary prescribing (nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses).

Professional annotation to the HCPC independent/supplementary prescribing (physiotherapists, podiatrists, therapeutic radiographers and advanced paramedic practitioners).

Professional annotation to the HCPC supplementary prescribing (diagnostic radiographers and dietitians).

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- Disability
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