Nurse Prescriber

Botesdale Health Centre are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective nurse prescriber to join our friendly team in Botesdale on a full-time basis, for 37.5 hours per week. The role involves assisting medical personnel in the care of practice patients, to include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. We are also recruiting for a part time position (7431): Nurse Prescriber in Diss - Primary Care Careers (eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk)

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Provide assessment, screening treatment, services and health education advice.


• Assist with the organisation and co-ordination of the provision of nursing services for the practice.


• Provide nursing treatment to patients in participation with general practitioners, using agreed protocols, including the taking of cervical smears.


• Provide general and specific health screening to the practice patients (within the agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.


• Be competent in administration of childhood immunisation and travel vaccination.


• Be competent and confident in managing people with long-term health conditions


• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.


• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).


• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug-and nondrug-based treatment methods into a management plan.


• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.


• Work with patients in order to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments.


• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, medication regimes, side-effects and interactions


• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.


• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.


• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment


• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC


• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.


• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.


• Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care


• Maintain and control injectable and oral drug stocks in the treatment room and doctors surgeries.


• Advise manager regarding health and safety aspects. Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures


• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens, including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears, etc.


• Oversee the duties undertaken by the HCA and assist with training and mentoring as and when required.


• Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.


• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded adequately on the computer.


• Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy.
  
  All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:


• Hold current NMC Registration.


• Hold a Prescribing Qualification.


• Have a Diploma in an area of Speciality.


• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.


• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.


• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
  
  We are a rural GMS 9900 patient surgery with 4 partners, 4 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.