If you wish to take this as a standalone module then you can apply to be a postgraduate associate student using our online application portal. You will need to register for the portal prior to proceeding with an application.
Students must be from a respective healthcare background.
Access Criteria
Access to this course is available to chiropodists / podiatrists, physiotherapists, therapeutic radiographers or paramedics who meet the following criteria. You must:
- Be a Registered Chiropodist/Podiatrist, Physiotherapist, Therapeutic Radiographer or Paramedic whose name is held on the relevant part of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration record.
- Be working at an advanced practitioner or equivalent level and have at least 3 years relevant post-qualification experience in the clinical area in which they will be prescribing.
- Be professionally practising in an environment where there is an identified need for the individual to regularly use independent / supplementary prescribing.
- Be able to demonstrate how they reflect on their own performance and take responsibility for their own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including development of networks for support, reflection and learning.
- Have reached agreement with a Practice Educator, who meets the RPS (2020) Standards for Designated Prescribing Practitioners, to provide 80
hours of supervised practice.
- Have the support of your employer / sponsor who will confirm:
- that your post is one in which you will have the need and opportunity to act as an independent or supplementary prescriber
- The practitioner will have appropriate supervised practice in the clinical area in which they are expected to prescribe
- Appropriate medicines governance / clinical governance arrangements are in place to support safe and effective independent and supplementary prescribing.
- Have successfully completed a history-taking and assessment module or be deemed competent in practice to take a history and make a diagnosis for the conditions for which they will prescribe.
- Have a current satisfactory
full enhanced
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (within the last 3 years)
- Have the confirmed agreement from the Trust’s Non-Medical Prescribing lead in order to undertake the course.
If you meet these criteria, your next step is to submit an application form with all the required documents. If you are ready to apply then please make an application through the
online application service. You will need to register for the portal before proceeding with your application.
Admissions process (PDF)