Nurse Prescriber

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.