Non-Medical Prescribing and Enhanced Clinical Skills PGCert

This course offers registered nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals (physiotherapists, podiatrists, paramedics and therapeutic radiographers) an opportunity to enhance their clinical skills and practice and become an independent non-medical prescriber. This increases your potential to access career opportunities and improves the service user/patient and carer experience by offering a timely and responsive access route to treatment.

Assessment methods include written examinations and a range of coursework assessments such as essays, portfolios, presentations. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark. You may choose to pursue further study, or use your enhanced clinical skills and non-medical prescribing qualification to progress in your chosen profession.

Applicants must have the equivalent of a grade C or above, GCSE Mathematics and GCSE English; A professional degree in nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry or paramedic or previous study at level 6 or 7; Current professional registration with GPhC, NMC or HCPC.