Specialist Nursing Practice with Integrated Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (V300)

Entry requirements

APPLICANTS TO POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SPECIALIST NURSING PRACTICE WITH INTEGRATED INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBING (V300) MUST PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

• Registered nurse (level 1) on the live NMC Register
• BSc Hons/ BSc degree or successful completion of academic study at level 6
• Registered with the NMC for a minimum of one year prior to application for entry on to the programme
• In the application form the applicant must confirm that they are;
  • of Good Health and Character
  • not undergoing any live formal professional, criminal or internal investigation, disciplinary hearings or serving a live disciplinary warning or formal underperformance procedure (as at date of application)
• Have a current Access NI Enhanced Disclosure Certificate with a date of issue within the previous 2 years prior to commencing this course (as it must extend to the end of the course covering a 3-year period in total). You will not be permitted to commence your course at the University unless this is received. To apply for an Access NI Enhanced Disclosure log in to www.nidirect.gov.uk/accessni-applications with the details provided by your HSC Trust.
• Applicants to this programme are required to provide TWO references

Your employer must confirm they will allow attenance and completion of all elements of the programme, the necessary period of supervised prescribing following qualification as a prescriber and continuing professional development.

If you do not have a degree or other evidence of completion of level 6 study you can complete a level 6 module or portfolio to evidence achievement of level 6 study before applying to the course.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The PG Dip Specialist Nursing Practice with Integrated Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (V300) is aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Standards for prescribing programmes standards (NMC 2023b) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Competency Framework for all Prescribers (2021). The course will have two strands:-
• Community Specialist Practice Qualification (strand 1)
• Specialist Nurse (non-community) (strand 2).

This programme aims to provide students with the knowledge, critical understanding, skills, values and resilience to manage clinical complexity and risk, be autonomous practitioners and work across organisational boundaries. The programme embodies a person-centred approach to meet and lead the care needs of individuals, families and communities with a range of needs and from varying backgrounds and ethnicities. The integration of Independent and Supplementary prescribing into these community nursing specialist practice/ specialist nursing courses is forward thinking as it enables this group of healthcare professionals not only to prescribe, but also assess and use a wide variety of higher-level skills and reflects the effectiveness of this role in the context of a growing demand for specialist nurses and independent and supplementary prescribers in response to changes in workforce and people who use service representative demographics.

(The University regularly ‘refreshes’ courses to make sure they are as up-to-date as possible. In addition it undertakes formal periodic review of courses in a process called 'revalidation’ to ensure that they continue to meet standards and are current and relevant. This course will be revalidated in the near future and it is possible that there will be some changes to the course as described in this prospectus.)

Information for international students

The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 7.0 with no element below 7.0. Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.