Professional recognition
This course is validated and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
On successful completion of the course, you’ll be eligible to register your qualification as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber with the NMC.
- You must be registered with the appropriate professional body in the UK and practicing within the UK in order to be eligible to join the course. This means that we’re unable to consider most international applicants.
- You must be currently registered as a first level nurse, midwife or health visitor on the Professional Register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- You should also have a minimum of 3 years appropriate post registration experience, with the last 12 months specifically in the area of practice where there is an identified need for you to regularly use independent and supplementary prescribing.
- You’ll become part of a tripartite learning agreement – the other parties are the Trust Prescribing Lead and a Designated Medical Supervisor.
- You’ll need to arrange to have the support of a Designated Medical Supervisor in practice who’ll be able to provide guidance and supervision of your practice-based learning whilst you’re on the course. The mentor may be a doctor with whom you normally work and they must meet specific criteria as outlined on the Nomination Form. Your mentor will be supplied with full documentation in support of their role.
- You’ll also need to show 80% achievement via the online numeracy test arranged by Prescribing Lead and that you possess basic computer literacy skills.
- District nurses, health visitors and V150 Nurse Prescribers (from the Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary), and who, with local agreement, will extend their prescribing responsibilities under new arrangements from 2002, must complete this programme of preparation and meet the assessment requirements. There will be recognition of prior learning and experience. However, all assessment must be completed satisfactorily.
- This course involves regulated activity so you must gain an Enhanced Disclosure certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before starting your studies. Charges are payable to cover the cost of the DBS Enhanced Disclosure application and annual registration with the online (Normally your sponsoring organisation will organise this.) Please note that your DBS must have been completed within three years of the course start date.Update Service.
- You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
- If English isn't your first language, you'll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent).
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £1,600 for the academic year 2022/23.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2021-2022 academic year:
EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for ‘Home’ fee status.
If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for ‘Home’ fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement.
Please read the
student finance eligibility 2021-2022 policy on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student’s course of study will be set for the
normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in
March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
Bursaries
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Students on our independent and supplementary prescribing course are taught through a blended approach, combining classroom sessions, group work and e-learning via the virtual learning environment. You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in lectures, workshops, tutorials, role-play activities and discussions to further explore the issues relating to prescribing practice.
Working under a Trust-prescribing lead and a designated medical supervisor, you’ll be expected to complete 12 days of practice-based learning and demonstrate competence in prescribing within your area of clinical practice. Support will be provided throughout the course and students usually have at least two face-to-face sessions with their tutor each trimester, as well as being encouraged to develop resources for independent learning.
Assessment is conducted through both theoretical and practical exercises, including the creation of a portfolio and tests of module learning outcomes. You’ll be required to keep a reflective learning log relevant to prescribing practice within your own clinical setting, and undergo assessment in practice by your designated medical practitioner, taking into account issues of safe prescribing and patient confidentiality.
Modules
- Non-Medical Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives HE6 (26 weeks)
Assessment methods
| Level | Assesment method |
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| Level one | Coursework 50%, Written exams 50% |
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Learning activities
| Level | Learning activity |
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| Level one | Guided independent study 25%, Placement/study abroad 50%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 25% |
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Disclaimer
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
