University AwardIndependent / Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals 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 professional registration as an allied health professional - this will be checked on receipt of the application form;
• registration with the HCPC for a minimum of three years 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 Educator who meets the criteria for eligibility to undertake these roles;
• that appropriate clinical governance arrangements are in place for practice as a Paramedic, Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Therapeutic Radiographer

Please see the application form for further detail.

Selection criteria

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Application information

Application form: current registration with the Health and Care Professions Counci, in one of the relevant Allied Health Professions eligible to prescribe, with three years’ relevant post-qualification experience in the clinical area in which you will be prescribing and working at advanced practitioner or equivalent level. Applicants with current ‘fitness to practise’ issues (as defined by the HCPC) or health issues which may be impairing ‘fitness to practise’ will be managed in accordance with the conditions and sanctions of the regulatory body. 

To apply for this course

Please download and fill out the

Independent Supplementary Prescribing Application Form