PGCert Independent Prescribing Practice at Solent University

Programme overview

Health care professionals can further develop their clinical competencies and gain additional skills to become NMC accredited as an independent and supplementary prescriber. This programme is for healthcare professionals who wish to expand their competencies. You can gain a qualification stating you have concluded a history taking and physical assessment course and a certificate of conclusion of our independent and supplementary prescribing programme, which will grant you accreditation with the NMC with Independent Prescriber (V300) annotation.

Faculty: Health and medical sciences | Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Full-time September start; Full-time January start (2027 entry) | Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include History Taking and Physical Assessment, Independent and Supplementary Prescribing.

Career pathways

You'll develop skills needed to make safe clinical decisions when assessing service users with diverse health needs across all healthcare settings. Suitable roles for graduates include: Independent prescriber.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Subjects required: nursing or paramedic science. Registered Nurse (level 1) and have minimum of 1 year experience post registration (or part time equivalent) prior to course entry with no restrictions to practice. Appropriate enhanced DBS disclosure in place with nothing to declare. Acknowledgment of the programme rules whilst undertaking training (stated in the application form). English language: IELTS minimum 6.5 overall with no component score below 5.5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 3,320 for the whole programme (2027/28). UK and Channel Island full-time fee; period not stated (amount shown without a per-year basis) Source

Intake: Full-time September start; Full-time January start (2027 entry)

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.solent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/independent-prescribing-practice-pgcert

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