Nurse Prescriber – Care Home Team
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | Brierley Hill, DY5 1RU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9253-25-0425 |
Summary
Delivery of care in line with NICE guidelines and evidence-based care. Identify patients who are entering the final months of life utilising the Gold Standard Framework (GSF) pro active identification guidance. Have an awareness and understanding of EOL stages/care including the need for advanced care planning or ReSPECT documentation implementation. Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate. Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved. Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice. Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan. Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc. Assess, diagnose and treat patients/residents within care homes who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency if/as required. Refers patients to practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary. Responsible for associated admin aligned to the role such as EMIS updates.