Developing your career

The aim of this programme is to support the development of your prescribing-related skills, knowledge and competence to extend your scope of prescribing practice.

The programme will give you the key principles to consider when extending your scope of prescribing practice. We will focus on using the activities of reflection, peer review, assurance of competence and prescribing governance to support your approach to the learning and development of new clinical skills and expertise. We will use the RPS Prescribing Competency Framework for all Prescribers throughout the programme.

The programme is made up of the following components:

• An online workshop
• Pre-work in the form of a self-directed e-course

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

• reflect on your current scope of prescribing practice to identify existing areas of competence, and consider potential areas for expanding and developing your scope of practice
• develop an action plan to extend your scope of prescribing within a defined clinical area of competence using the RPS Competency Framework for all Prescribers
• create a portfolio of evidence under appropriate supervision to demonstrate competence within a defined area of prescribing
• demonstrate the ability to work within appropriate governance arrangements related to your current and extended scope of prescribing practice
• create a plan for monitoring and evaluating your performance in your extended scope of practice.

Pharmacists who are already working as independent prescribers and are looking to extend their prescribing practice.

To enrol onto the programme you will need to book onto one of the upcoming online workshops. Once booked, you will need to activate your e-course booking by going to the e-course section of your Learning record and click ‘Course access information’.

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