Non-Medical Prescribing (V300)

To access this course, you must be either:

• A first-level nurse, midwife and/or specialist community public health nurse, registered with the NMC
• A pharmacist registered with the GPhC, or
• A chiropodist, podiatrist, physiotherapist or paramedic with the HCPC

To study at level 7, you must have an undergraduate degree.

Additionally, you may be required to write a reflective account of 500-1000 words, giving a clear rationale for your need to prescribe within your role. This serves to demonstrate your ability to study at academic level 7.

For both levels, you must:

• Have at least three years’ post-registration experience (two years for pharmacists)
• Be seen by your employer as competent to do this programme and have written confirmation of their support
• Have been working in the same clinical field in which you intend to prescribe during the year immediately prior to applying
• Have a designated and agreed medical practitioner who will supervise you, support you and provide opportunities for you to develop competence in prescribing practice (including shadowing opportunities)
• If a nurse, be assessed as competent to take a history, undertake a clinical assessment and diagnose, or be willing to do preparation to be able to undertake physical assessment and diagnosis alongside the non-medical prescribing module.

Paramedic applicants must:

• Take this module at level 7 only
• Be registered with the HCPC for at least three years
• Have been working in the field they intend to prescribe in for a year prior to applying and this cannot be ambulance-based
• Have a DMP to support them
• Evidence recent study at the appropriate level
• Write a rationale demonstrating the clinical need for prescribing in their area of practice