CPD Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

This course is aimed at healthcare professionals registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This CPD enables you to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively as independent and/or supplementary prescribers, in accordance with both legal and professional requirements.

Please note: Even though an April intake is listed, we are currently not recruiting for April due to resources and staffing constraints.

The programme utilises a variety of teaching and learning approaches that are designed to engage and inspire students. These include lectures, seminars, group work activities, simulation and tutorials. The range of learning and teaching strategies that are applied across the programme seek to develop and foster independence in the acquisition of knowledge and facilitate the application of theoretical knowledge. Students will therefore:

• Be enabled in acquiring knowledge through supported independent learning. This will include being directed to scholarly activities that will prepare them for scheduled teaching activity that is provided directly by members of staff in real time, either face-to-face or synchronous online. This may take the form of lectures, seminars, tutorials and webcasts.
• Be supported in engaging in online asynchronous activity. Examples include asynchronous tutorial discussions, tutor-facilitated discussion boards, and tutor-facilitated collaborations. While they may not be present at the same times as the students, academic staff actively, iteratively and directly engage with students to facilitate and guide learning, and are visible, engaged and active in the virtual learning environment.

During this course, you will explore issues most relevant to prescribing, including:

• consultation, history taking and decision-making
• influences on and psychology of prescribing
• prescribing in a team context and sharing information
• evidence-based practice and clinical governance in relation to non medical prescribing
• legal, policy and ethical aspects
• professional accountability and responsibility
• prescribing in the public health context

This part-time programme is delivered over 15 weeks (70 hours) and includes 15 days of theory and 12 days of clinical practice. The number of intakes per year is determined by the number of places commissioned. Intakes are either September to January or January to May. 

The module will prepare you to:

• Complete an assessment of a patient/client/service users whilst developing a management plan in relation to their diagnosis/differential diagnosis. 
• Complete an episode of care through prescribing or deprescribing safety

Qualification requirements

• Undergraduate degree

  Students applying to complete the independent and supplementary prescribing qualification at level 7 should have evidence of previous degree level study. 

• Relevant work experience

  Students must be registered with either NMC as a Nurse (level 1)/Midwife/SCPHN, or HCPC with a minimum of 1 years post registration experience in the clinical field in which they are intending to prescribe.

Further information

• Extra Requirements

  Students who wish to undertake Independent & Supplementary Prescribing also known as V300 Non-Medical Prescribing will have to complete the 'North West Non-Medical Prescribing Application form' which will be approved by the prescribing programme team prior to commencement on the programme. Find more information here.

  Confirmation of satisfactory references and DBS checks are also required and recorded via completion of the NWNMPEG application form. 

To apply for this programme, you are required to complete an LJMU CPD application form. You will need to provide details of your qualifications and curent employment.

You will be assessed via:

• a reflective portfolio
• a written examination: multichoice and short answer questions
• achievement of practice-based competencies