Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Practice Certificate at Robert Gordon University

Entry requirements

All candidates must meet the requirements: Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or, in Northern Ireland, with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Are in good standing with the GPhC and/or PSNI and any other healthcare regulator with which they are registered. 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. Have identified an area of clinical or therapeutic practice on which to base their learning. Have a designated prescribing practitioner (DPP) who has agreed to supervise their learning in practice. The Designated Prescribing Practitioner As part of the course, the pharmacist’s period of learning in practice must be supervised by a Designated Prescribing Practitioner who may be a medical or a non-medical independent prescriber. The Designated Prescribing Practitioner must meet and be able to demonstrate the requirements: A registered healthcare professional in Great Britain or Northern Ireland with legal independent prescribing rights, Are in good standing with their profession’s regulator and work in line with legal, regulatory, professional and organisational standards in a patient facing role. Are an active prescriber with competence applicable to the area in which they will be supervising. Have appropriate patient facing clinical and diagnostic skill. Have appropriate knowledge and experience relevant to the trainee’s area of practice. Have experience of supporting or supervising healthcare professionals. Have the ability to assess patient-facing clinical and diagnostic skills.