University AwardIndependent/Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives (V300) - Level 6

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements

All entry criteria must be met in full prior to programme commencement. Entry requirements include:

• submission of a fully completed application form;
• current registration as a nurse (level 1) or midwife - this will be checked on receipt of the application form;
• registration with the NMC for a minimum of one year prior to application for entry to the programme;
• evidence of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure clearance (DBS) within three years of the programme start date. Responsibility for application to the DBS rests with the programme applicant and is applied for by his/her employer;
• the academic ability to study at the level required for the programme;
• the ability to practise safely and effectively at a level of proficiency appropriate to the programme and their intended area of prescribing practice in the following areas: clinical/health assessment, diagnostics/care management, planning and evaluation of care;
• identification of a Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor who meet the criteria for eligibility to undertake these roles;
• that appropriate clinical governance arrangements are in place for practice as a Nurse or Midwife Independent/Supplementary Prescriber (V300)

Please see the application form for further detail.

All entry criteria must be met in full prior to programme commencement. Entry requirements include:

• submission of a fully completed application form;
• current registration as a nurse (level 1) or midwife - this will be checked on receipt of the application form;
• registration with the NMC for a minimum of one year prior to applying for entry to the programme;
• evidence of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure clearance (DBS) within three years of the programme start date. Responsibility for application to the DBS rests with the programme applicant and is applied for by his/her employer;
• the academic ability to study at the level required for the programme;
• the ability to practise safely and effectively at a level of proficiency appropriate to the programme and their intended area of prescribing practice in the following areas: clinical/health assessment, diagnostics/care management, planning and evaluation of care;
• identification of a Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor who meet the criteria for eligibility to undertake these roles;
• that appropriate clinical governance arrangements are in place for practice as a Nurse or Midwife Independent/Supplementary Prescriber (V300)

Please see the application form for further detail.

All entry criteria must be met in full prior to programme commencement. Entry requirements include:

• submission of a fully completed application form;
• current registration as a nurse (level 1) or midwife - this will be checked on receipt of the application form;
• registration with the NMC for a minimum of one year prior to applying for entry to the programme;
• evidence of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure clearance (DBS) within three years of the programme start date. Responsibility for application to the DBS rests with the programme applicant and is applied for by his/her employer;
• the academic ability to study at the level required for the programme;
• the ability to practise safely and effectively at a level of proficiency appropriate to the programme and their intended area of prescribing practice in the following areas: clinical/health assessment, diagnostics/care management, planning and evaluation of care;
• identification of a Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor who meet the criteria for eligibility to undertake these roles;
• that appropriate clinical governance arrangements are in place for practice as a Nurse or Midwife Independent/Supplementary Prescriber (V300)
• Access to a computer with a good internet connection and IT skills allowing to use on-line learning platform - Blackboard, Turitin and PebblePad 
• The course is distance, not distant learning! You won’t be alone. You will have access to a tutor and a peer-support forum.

Please see the application form for further detail.

Application information

The application form is available for download below

  Independent Supplementary Prescribing Application Form

 Applications should be made as early as possible. We advise that completed applications are submitted at least eight weeks before the start of the programme, and we identify a final closing date approximately four weeks before the start of the programme.

The application process may take some time to complete as it requires the applicant's line manager, Practice Assessor, Practice Supervisor and their employing organisation's Non-Medical Prescribing Lead to confirm their support via the application form designed for this process.

Above all, early application should be made so that applicants and their clinical practice managers, Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors can commit to full support of the practice and theoretical learning time required for successful completion of this programme.

In addition, early application enables us to identify entry criteria that have not been met and to advise applicants so that, where possible, delays to the start of the chosen programme can be avoided.

All applications are subject to the availability of course places.

Please email the completed application form to PGadmissions@cumbria.ac.uk

If you require any further details or guidance with your application, please contact our course enquiry centre:

Email: enquirycentre@cumbria.ac.uk
https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/contact/
Telephone: 0845 606 1144