Non-Medical Prescribing for Pharmacists, PGCert
Swansea UniversityCarmarthen (Nursing), United Kingdom
Course overview
The Non-Medical prescribing qualification at Swansea University is available through a stand alone 40 credit module - Non-Medical prescribing (GPhC) SHGM22 (approved by the GPhC) or by doing a Post Graduate Certificate in Non-Medical prescribing. The Post Graduate Certificate combines the stand-alone module (SHGM22) with an additional pharmacology module (20 credits) to comprise the Post Graduate Certificate. Some pharmacists might choose this option if they have not studied for some time or if they wish to gain an additional academic qualification.
From the Non-Medical Prescribing qualification you will gain the knowledge and skills needed to prescribe safely and appropriately within your area of practice. The standalone module or the PGCert will equip you with the competency to practise within current legislation as an independent Non-Medical prescriber.
Key highlights
- Prescribing module SHGM22 approved by the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Combines 40-credit prescribing module with 20-credit pharmacology module
- Builds skills to prescribe safely within your own area of practice
- Prepares you to practise legally as an independent prescriber
- Option to gain an additional academic qualification alongside prescribing
Entry requirements
You can apply for this standalone module or PGCert if you: In addition, and to meet the entry requirements for the stand-alone module, t he GPhC requires that pharmacist applicants: a. Applicants are registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or, in Northern Ireland, with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI). b. Applicants are in good standing with the GPhC and/or PSNI and any other healthcare regulator with which they are registered. c.
Applicants must have relevant experience in a UK pharmacy setting and be able to recognise, understand and articulate the skills and attributes required by a prescriber to act as the foundation of their prescribing practice whilst training. d. For the purposes of developing their independent prescribing practice applicants must identify an area of clinical or therapeutic practice on which to base their learning. e. Applicants must have a designated prescribing practitioner who has agreed to supervise their learning in practice.
The applicant’s designated prescribing practitioner must be a registered healthcare professional in Great Britain or Northern Ireland with legal independent prescribing rights, who is suitably experienced and qualified to carry out this supervisory role, and who has demonstrated CPD or revalidation relevant to this role. Although an applicant may be supervised by more than one person, only one prescriber must be the designated prescribing practitioner. The designated prescribing practitioner is the person who will certify that successful pharmacists are competent to practise as independent prescribers.
Applicants must have relevant experience in a UK pharmacy setting and will to be able to provide examples of relevant experience in a UK pharmacy setting. Whilst patient care will be central to every applicant’s experience, ‘relevance’ will look different from applicant to applicant. Examples of relevant experience may include: The above examples should not be see
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Community Pharmacist Prescriber
- GP Practice Pharmacist
- Hospital Pharmacist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £1,750 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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