Nurse Prescriber
| Posting date: | 19 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Burnham-on-crouch, CM0 8SJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5979-26-0000 |
Summary
Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients to determine their healthcare needs and develop appropriate treatment plans. Prescribe and review medications for therapeutic effectiveness, ensuring they align with evidence-based practices and national guidelines. Work closely with doctors, nurse practitioners and pharmacists to ensure coordinated and safe patient care. Manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating drug and non-drug treatment methods into care plans. Conduct health screening and preventative care measures for the enrolled patient population Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, documenting assessments, treatment plans and outcomes. Provide health education and advice to patients regarding their conditions, treatment options and medication management Complete management of episodes of care and high level complex clinical decision making. Provide clinical support to Practice Nurses, HCA and other colleagues as required. Provide clinical support for colleagues for the following: wound care advice, INR dosing, BP monitoring and titration, contraception advice (list is not exhaustive). Work within broader scope of the practice, able to lead in situations that are complex and unpredictable and offer supervision to others. Work with the clinical team to provide appropriate staffing on both a daily and longer-term basis. Support the Practice Manager to ensure Systm1 scheduled rota appointments align with QOF requirements. Attend monthly clinical meetings, provide clinical service updates as required. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice to patients. Evaluate and implement individual specialist treatment plans for chronic disease patients. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients' health. Run Minor illness clinics. Provide wound care. Provide specialist clinics delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required. To complete medication authorisations for patients. Prescription signing. Provide general clinical advice for queries for all members of the team. Take calls from outside members of the multi-disciplinary teams, work with external agencies. Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e. root cause analysis. Clinical Quality and Patient Experience Address the concerns of patients and services users and respond to their suggestions for local quality improvements in services. Work with the Practice Manager and clinical teams to ensure the effective resolution of complaints and any subsequent learning, undertaking risk management and reviewing patient experience as necessary. Act as a positive clinical role model. Lead by example to motivate others, ensuring the highest standard of care. To work with the clinical team to ensure the standards of cleanliness and hygiene in their areas comply with policies and procedures. Support the development of protocols, process and best practice to ensure the highest standard of care. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation. Support on CQC compliance for clinical best practice, ensuring process and policies align to CQC compliance standards. Support the Practice Manager with developing and maintaining robust CQC standards, reviewing current processes and policies. Work with the Practice Manager on Quality and compliance standards, issues and risk. Safeguarding To support the delivery of Safeguarding Adults and Children Governance framework and processes within the organisation. Encourage the clinical team to promptly escalate highly complex safeguarding cases to the Practice Manager. Equality & Diversity The postholder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is nonjudgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development The postholder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Training may need be undertaken outside of normal practice hours, and off site. Quality The postholder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Communication The postholder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members. Communicate effectively with patients and carers. Confidentiality: While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & Safety All employees are subject to the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act. The postholder is required to ensure, as an employee, that his/her work methods do not endanger other people or themselves. The postholder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards. Reporting potential risks identified. General Terms and Conditions All employees are employed on an initial assessment basis. All employees must comply with the practices opportunities policy, and must not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national grounds, sex, marital status, disability or any other grounds that cannot be shown to be justifiable. This Job Description may be reviewed in the light of changed service needs and developments. Any changes will be fully discussed with the postholder. The postholder may be required to carry out other duties appropriate to the grade of the post.