Non-Medical Prescribing (Master’s-level programme)

The applicant must:

• be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (nurses and midwives), or the General Pharmaceutical Council (pharmacists), or the Health and Care Professions Council (relevant allied health professionals)
• be professionally practising in an environment where there is an identified need for the individual to regularly prescribe
• be able to demonstrate support from their employer/sponsor/designated medical practitioner
• have at least three years’ relevant post-qualification experience
• have up-to-date clinical, pharmacological knowledge relevant to area of prescribing
• have a valid Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure – proof of which will be required prior to course entry.

Prior to submitting your application/admission to this course, you will be required to undertake a mandatory numeracy assessment. For further information on how to apply for this course, please contact Health and Social Care Admissions.

Please note: Transcripts of the most recent and highest level academic study to be submitted to the University with the completed application form.

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All students are nominated onto the programme and as such have a clearly defined prescribing role on qualifying.

Qualified non medical prescribers are competent to the standards laid down by their own professional bodies and the National Prescribing Centre competencies.

Non-medical prescribers need to be able to safely assess, diagnose, treat and review all patients within their scope of professional practice.

They require the ability to maintain adequate records and work within a team. They are required to critique clinical and pharmacological evidence to ensure best practice.

Programme Structure

Level 7 (Master’s level)

• This 40-credit programme consists of two 20-credit modules
• The modules employ shared learning by nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals
• Both modules must be taken contemporaneously and successfully completed in order to register as a non-medical prescriber

There is no University academic award associated with this programme: however, the professional bodies award their own certificate of non-medical prescribing as appropriate. A blended approach to learning has been developed to support all modules, to include supporting materials located on the University intranet.