University Award - Independent / Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals Level 6

The overall aim of the programme is to provide a learning environment that supports registered allied health professionals to develop as competent prescribers who are then eligible to apply for annotation on the register of the Health and Care Professions Council as a AHP prescriber. The programme consists of 40 credits at Level 6. Students identify a Practice Educator with suitable equivalent qualifications for the programme to support the period of learning and assessment in clinical practice. 

Full details are available in the programme specification

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.