Prescribing nurse practitioner

Job Title: Prescribing Nurse Practitioner

Location: Westwood Road Surgery, Reading
Salary: Up to £64,907 (FTE), depending on experience
Working hours: Part time, up to 25 hours per week
Job type: Permanent

About Us

We are a rapidly growing GP led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary care system. We appreciate that our whole primary care system is struggling, which is causing a negative effect on patient care and staff happiness. We believe that we can turn this around by reimagining how primary care is delivered from the ground up by placing a focus on data insights, technology and clinical innovation. Ultimately, we want to improve patient access, patient experience, and health outcomes to significantly increase the quality of care for our patients. However, we can only build the best primary care service there is if our colleagues are happy, empowered, and supported within an excellent working environment. If you believe that there are ways to drastically improve the way primary care is delivered for both patients and staff alike and you want to be a part of this; then we would love to meet you and tell you more about our plans.

Job Purpose

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.

Person Specification Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC)
• Independent Prescribing Qualification (V300)
• Experience working in primary care
• Strong IT and digital clinical system skills
• Understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, and information governance
• Ability to work autonomously within scope of practice

Desirable

• Experience undertaking home visits

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave (pro rata) plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Enhanced family leave
• Mileage paid for home visits

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check for any previous convictions.

UK right to work documentation

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.