Choosing a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma, MSc or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) option will help improve your professional status, developing your career prospects.

This course has two intakes a year, in April and October.

Course features

• Choice of awards reflecting your area of professional interest
• Excellent support and learner networks with a user-friendly virtual learning environment
• Increased professional expertise and status with enhanced career prospects
• Support in meeting CPD requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council and professional development in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society faculty frameworks

Workshop dates: April 2023 start

• Induction Workshop: 25 and 26 April 2023

We have successfully moved our teaching online in response to Covid-19. We will be reviewing our face-to-face offerings for 2023 onwards - it is likely to be a blend of remote, face-to-face and live stream opportunities. We will keep you informed with as much notice as possible.

We are confident that the quality of tuition you receive has not been compromised, and in some cases the move to remote delivery has allowed us to secure expert speakers who would not have been able to deliver sessions at an in-person workshop.

We would like to remind you that the workshops are a very valuable element of the course and attendance is compulsory, whether they are delivered in-person or remotely. Please check the dates of workshops carefully, well in advance, and share them with your workplace, to ensure you are able to attend. If you have any queries, including questions about the IT access required, please do contact a member of the team via the contact details at the bottom of this page and we can arrange a discussion to help resolve any issues.

• Apply now for a place on the April 2023 Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Secondary Care) course (with online induction starting from 12 April 2023)

The deadline for applications is 27 February 2023.

Download the guidance notes and forms

Please complete each form individually and upload through application tracker. Emailed forms will not be accepted.

Application process

We will review all applications and contact applicants with information about interviews, which may be face to face or via telephone.

After interviews, you will be notified of the decision of the University as soon as possible before the start of the course.

Please note that all elements of the application must be submitted on time for you to be considered for a place on the course. If the demand for places is greater than the number of places available then the admissions panel will review applications following agreed selection criteria.

Values Based Recruitment

If you are working in or plan to work in the NHS, we follow the NHS Values Based Recruitment Guidance. We strongly believe in the NHS values and will be looking for them in our applicants.

All applicants will be assessed on individual merit, as well as their understanding and practice of NHS values in pharmacy. This assessment may take a variety of forms, including an interview. We strongly encourage all applicants to read the NHS Constitution before attending the interview.

You must:

• be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (unless you wish to study a single unit as CPD)
• be supported by your employer
• have an allocated work-based mentor (normally a more senior pharmacist) who will support your learning in practice and provide feedback on assignments
• ensure that you have a UK practice base to work within and access to patient notes.

English language requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of at least 7.5 overall with no less than 7 in all components.