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Postgraduate Award in Professional Development Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

Postgraduate Award in Professional Development Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

6 months

Start date

SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

Professional Award

Subject areas

Drug Medicine Control (Nursing) Paramedical Services / Supplementary Medicine

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

What makes Independent and Supplementary Prescribing at Worcester special?

The Independent and Supplementary prescribing course at Worcester gives you the knowledge and skills to improve patients’ experiences by enabling timely and prompt access to treatment and medication.

Our six-month course meets the national agenda to widen non-medical prescribing and increase innovative roles to develop, transform and sustain new ways of working. By building on your existing knowledge base and health assessment skills, autonomous practice and professional development are enhanced whilst prescribing safely, appropriately and cost-effectively in line with your professional code of conduct.

Prescribing courses at Worcester are accredited by the NMC and HCPC and are suitable for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals who meet the professional requirement to independently and supplementary prescribe from the BNF, BNF(C) and the NPF.

Key features

  • Delivered by specialist lecturers, practitioners and tutors with extensive experience in prescribing in the acute and community sectors
  • Taught using a mix of face-to-face sessions, 1-to-1 tutorial support and online learning sessions, resources and virtual learning platforms. Enabling you to learn effectively at home or work as well as in University classrooms
  • Can be taken as a standalone course, as part Masters In Advanced Clinical Practice or the Advanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship (subject to approval)
  • Approved by the NMC and HCPC against the Standards for Prescribing

Where could it take you?

The Independent and Supplementary Prescribing courses opens up autonomous practice to the experienced clinician. The Advanced Practice role is at the heart of the modernisation agenda for the NHS to increase capacity, make effective use of the skilled clinicians working in the acute and community sectors and to improve patient outcomes.

Modules

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For MACP4007 (Level 7) MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice modules the 2022 fee for UK students is £1,240. This fees is for reference only.

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

To be confirmed

Entry requirements

We welcome applications from those who are: a registered Nurse (level 1) or Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Nursing registrant or Health and Care Professions Council registrant whose profession is legislated as being able to act as a prescriber; employed or self-employed as a registered Nurse or a registered Health Care Professional (including NHS and non-NHS settings); capable of safe and effective practice in clinical/health assessment, diagnostics/care management and planning and evaluation of care ; at least 1 year post registration, prior to application on to the course.

University information

Located in a historic cathedral city in the West Midlands and only 45 minutes from Birmingham, the University of Worcester is home to 10,000 students and 1,000 staff. It offers a broad choice of postgraduate degree courses alongside state-of-the-art research and study facilities. The university is spread across four sites. St John’s, City and Severn campuses are all located within Worcester and are a short walk from each other, meaning...more

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