Approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC).
Our Non-Medical Prescribing programme is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for Registered Nurses and Midwives and the Health Care Professions Council for Allied Health Professionals (dieticians, paramedics, physiotherapists, chiropodists/podiatrists and radiographers).
The programme prepares nurses, midwives, paramedics, podiatrists and physiotherapists to prescribe as independent and/or supplementary prescribers, and dieticians and radiographers as supplementary prescribers through achievement of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society standards.
Places on this programme are limited to those registrants who fulfil all the entry criteria defined by the Department of Health Sciences and the Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs).
Please note that attendance on this programme does not infer the right to prescribe. You may only prescribe once your prescribing qualification has been annotated on the relevant professional body register. When this has occurred, you may only prescribe from the formulary you are qualified to prescribe from and within your competence and scope of practice.
Access to the programme is by formal application, where we will be looking at whether you fulfil the requirements to access the programme set out here and the relevant Professional Regulatory Statutory Body.
Level 6 - Degree
If you successfully complete this programme at Level 6, you will be awarded 30 credit points by the University of York. For cost information, please visit www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/ssprd/funding/.
Level 7 - Masters
If you successfully complete this programme you will be awarded 30 credits at level 7 by the University of York. For cost information, please visit www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/ssprd/funding/.
To apply
To apply please contact dohs-ssprd@york.ac.uk for an application pack.
The programme is open to:
All applicants must:
Self-employed and non NHS applicants
Self-employed and non NHS applicants must be able to demonstrate appropriate governance arrangements to support the compulsory practice element. Therefore, when an application form is received by a self-employed applicant the programme team will look to ensure that the placement area is appropriate for student learning. This will be achieved in one of two ways.
Decisions will remain with the programme team and at all times the interests and safety of the public will be considered and are priority. An explanation will be given to you to explain the outcome and advice given.
Areas to be explored by the programme team in conjunction with the applicant are:
Before you start your application, you should ask yourself the following questions
If you answered no to any of the questions you may not be ready to apply and the programme team will be happy to answer any questions and offer support.
Applications for this cohort will open on or after Monday 24th April.
his cohort will run on a Thursday over the Autumn term & part of the Spring term.
Please ensure you have each Thursday allocated as a study day to enable you to fully engage will all learning activities.
In addition, on a separate day (to suit your own practice situation )you will need to organise practice time with your PS and PA, including other professionals related to prescribing practice, this will enable you to demonstrate achievement of the RPS competency framework for all prescribers within the e-portfolio, we recommend 90 hours of practice.
Teaching delivery is yet to be confirmed. Please give this due consideration if you are interested in enrolling on this programme, as the course may be delivered face to face as opposed to the blended approach used previously.
Information on key dates will follow nearer the start of the programme.
Please note there are extremely limited HEE funded places for this intake. Forms can be requested once the application period opens from dohs-ssprd@york.ac.uk.
Allied Health Professionals
Handbook for Designated Prescribing Practitioners, Practice Educators Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for
Non-Medical Prescribers (Allied Health Professionals only) V300
Registered Nurses and Midwives
Handbook for Designated Prescribing Practitioners, Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Non-Medical Prescribers (Registered Nurses & Midwives only) V300