Independence and Autonomy in Advanced Clinical Practice

You must:

• Have a current, valid DBS. There must be signed declaration from the Trust to support that the DBS is up-to-date
• Be a registered first level nurse, midwife and/or specialist community public health nurse
• Have at least three years' experience as a practicing nurse, midwife or specialist community public health nurse and be deemed competent by the employer to undertake the programme. Of these three years, the year immediately preceding application to the programme must have been in the clinical field in which you intend to prescribe, eg neonates, mental health
• Provide evidence via the Accreditation of Prior and Experiential Learning (APEL) process of the ability to study at minimum academic Level 6 (degree)
• Have approval by the relevant Trust Prescribing Lead and Clinical Manager
• Have the ability to identify the benefits to practice of undertaking the course
• Have the ability to identify a DMP who has agreed to supervise and assess practice
• Be competent in diagnosis and physical assessment and provide confirming evidence of this from the employer. Alternatively, a registrant may undertake the prescribing programme alongside a programme of advanced practice, ie UWL module.

Part-time workers must have practised for a sufficient period to be deemed competent by their employer.