Independent Prescriber - New Vision Bradford

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Waythrough’s New Vision Bradford hubs are seeking an Independent Prescriber to join a multidisciplinary team delivering clinical assessment and prescribing, including complex medications. The role involves outreach, shared care with GPs, and supervised CPD with clinical supervision built in.

The successful candidate must be a registered nurse or pharmacist with an Independent Prescriber qualification and will contribute to risk assessments, immunisation, and harm-reduction services across hubs

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse or pharmacist with Independent Prescriber qualification.
• Ability to assess clinical needs and prescribe in line with guidance.
• Experience with outreach work and data handling is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out clinical assessment and prescribe medicines, including controlled drugs.
• Prescribe cost-effectively and advise GPs and hospital staff on prescribing.
• Carry out service user‑centred assessment, care planning, monitoring and review.
• Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions as required.
• Maintain the clinical database and liaise with pharmacists on dispensing queries.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Prescribing medicines

Risk assessment

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Independent Prescriber qualification

Job description

This Independent Prescriber post sits within Waythrough's New Vision Bradford hubs, a complex integrated substance misuse treatment service run on a multidisciplinary model. The work centres on clinical assessment and prescribing of medicines, including controlled drugs, alongside blood-borne virus testing, immunisation and harm reduction support. Prescribing spans hubs and outreach settings and includes shared care with GPs and advice to pharmacists, with protected CPD and clinical supervision built in. Fit depends on being a registered nurse or pharmacist who holds an Independent Prescriber qualification.

What the job involves

• Carry out clinical assessment and prescribe medicines, including controlled drugs, in line with national and organisational guidance
• Prescribe cost-effectively and advise pharmacists, shared care GPs and hospital staff on prescribing
• Carry out service user-centred assessment, care planning, monitoring and review in practice and outreach settings
• Manage blood-borne virus services, including risk assessment, pre- and post-test counselling, testing and immunisation
• Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions such as safer sex, contraception, nutrition and healthy living
• Deliver hepatitis B immunisation in line with national guidance
• Maintain the clinical database, co-ordinating data entry, searches and reports while keeping data secure
• Liaise with pharmacists on supervised dispensing and prescription queries
• Share care with GPs for service users in primary care extended services and primary care recovery services
• Deliver clinical interventions across hubs and outreach as required