Practice Certificate Pharmacist Independent Prescribing

What is needed for Practice Certificate Pharmacist Independent Prescribing?

All candidates must meet the following requirements:

• Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
• Demonstrate how they reflect on their own performance and take responsibility for their own Continuing Professional Development.
• Have a Designated Prescribing Practitioner who has agreed to supervise the period of learning in practice.
• Have at least two years appropriate patient orientated experience practising in a hospital, community or primary care setting following their pre-registration year.
• Have identified an area of clinical practice and need in which to develop their prescribing skills.
• Have up-to-date clinical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical knowledge relevant to their intended area of prescribing practice.
• Demonstrate how they will develop their own networks for support, reflection and learning, including prescribers from other professions. 

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