Independent Prescriber (Remote)
| Posting date: | 24 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,440.00 to £58,190.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40440.00 - £58190.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Location: | Bowburn, DH6 5PF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0061-VN5558 |
Summary
1. Clinical assessment with or without Prescribing a range of medications (including controlled drugs) to support recovery in line with national and organisational guidelines and policies. 2. Prescribe cost effectively and according to best practice and provide prescribing information and advice to Pharmacists, Shared Care GPs and hospital staff. 3. Undertake Service User centred assessments, care planning, monitoring, evaluation and reviews in practice and outreach settings. 4. Blood Borne Virus (BBV) management (risk assessment, pre and post-test counselling, testing and immunisation). Job Description Policy Name Version and date issued Page of 6 5. Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a client-centred manner (e.g. safer sex, contraception, nutrition and healthy living). 6. Promote and deliver immunisation against Hepatitis B in line with national guidance. 7. Contribute to the maintenance of client clinical database; co-ordinate data entry and retrieval searches and reports to meet the internal and external service requirements as appropriate and ensuring data security at all times. 8. Liaise with pharmacists regarding supervised dispensing and prescription queries. 9. Share care with GPs for Service Users in Primary Care Extended Services (PCES)/Primary Care Recovery Services (PCRS).