Non-Medical Prescribing for Pharmacists, PGCert

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.

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

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