Non-Medical Prescribing Programme
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
Please note that our Non-Medical Prescribing Programme is extremely popular. Due to high demand, we are unable to guarantee that applicants will be given their chosen intake. Places are only guaranteed at the time of offer.
This 40-credit Non-Medical Prescribing course equips nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals to prescribe safely and effectively, within the boundaries of their professional scope of practice. On successful completion, you will gain both the academic accreditation and advanced skills needed to prescribe safely in accordance with current professional regulations and become eligible to register as an Independent & Supplementary Prescriber with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). This is a professional qualification (V300 prescribing course) and can be undertaken as a stand-alone module or as part of a package of modules which together can build to an MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or MSc Advancing Practice.
Key highlights
- Leads to eligibility as Independent and Supplementary Prescriber with NMC or HCPC
- Recognised V300 professional prescribing qualification
- 40-credit module open to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
- Develops advanced skills to prescribe safely within professional scope
- Can build towards MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or MSc Advancing Practice
Entry requirements
- Additional condition: professional_registration — …dependent on the following minimum criteria: The applicant must be an NMC registered nurse (level 1), midwife or a SCPHN for at least 12 months or HCPC registered for 3 years prior to applying to the prog…
Scholarships
Alumni PGCE Bursary Award
This will be a £500 cash payment that will not have to be repaid and does not affect the payment of a student’s maintenance loans.
Up to £500Chevening Scholarships
Sir John Lowther Scholarship
The Sir John Lowther Scholarship provides financial awards of up to £2,000 to a postgraduate student within the Arts.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescriber
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Midwife Prescriber
- Allied Health Professional Prescriber
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £1,934 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 University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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