Prescribing nurse practitioner
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £33.29 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £33.29 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 December 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, RG31 5PR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5727-25-0015 |
Summary
The Prescribing Nurse Practitioner will play a key role within our multidisciplinary team, delivering clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing for patients in a primary care setting. This role includes home visits, support with QOF chronic disease reviews, undertaking clinical same day assessments, and ongoing continuity of care. The post holder will work autonomously within their scope of practice, helping to increase appointment capacity and improve access for patients. Key Responsibilities Undertake triage and clinical assessment of patients, including same day, and routine patients. Independently manage a wide range of conditions, providing evidence-based treatment and prescribing in line with local guidelines. Conduct home visits, providing high-quality care outside the practice setting which may include frailty checks, wound care, and medication reviews. Deliver QOF aligned chronic disease management. Provide medication reviews, reconciliation, and support safe medicines optimisation. Offer lifestyle advice and signpost patients to community or social prescribing services. Work closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and the wider MDT. Attend clinical meetings, safeguarding reviews, and case discussions. Provide clear, compassionate communication to patients and carers, including handling complex or sensitive information. Adhere to confidentiality, safeguarding, infection control, and information governance standards. Participate in quality improvement and audits where appropriate. Maintain accurate clinical records and complete all required documentation.