Non-Prescribing Practice Nurse (Learning Disabilities Focus)

Norfolk Primary Care C.I.C.; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme discounts

NHS discounts

Discounted First Bus travel

Job summary

Norfolk Primary Care C.I.C. seeks a Non-Prescribing Practice Nurse to deliver high-quality, patient-centred nursing care across both practice and community settings.

This role requires autonomous clinical workload management, comprehensive assessments, and delivering evidence-based interventions within your scope of practice, including care to patients at home. You will work with the Home Visiting Team and multidisciplinary colleagues to support housebound, vulnerable and complex patients,

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle insured for business use.
• Ability and willingness to travel independently between practice sites, patient homes, care homes, and community settings.
• Regular home visiting is a core and essential component of this role and forms part of the routine workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, patient-centred nursing care across practice and community settings.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and deliver evidence-based interventions within your scope of practice.
• Support housebound, vulnerable and complex patients through autonomous clinical care.
• Collaborate with the Home Visiting Team and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver coordinated care closer to home.

Skills

Driving licence

Vehicle access

Home visiting

Clinical autonomy

Job description

The Non-Prescribing Practice Nurse will deliver high-quality, patient-centred nursing care across both practice and community settings. This is a highly autonomous role requiring the postholder to manage an independent clinical workload, undertake comprehensive assessments, and deliver evidence-based interventions within their scope of practice. A significant component of the role involves providing care to patients in their own homes, care homes, and other community settings. The postholder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team whilst exercising professional judgement and clinical autonomy to support housebound, vulnerable, and complex patients. The role is based within and professionally supported by the Home Visiting Team, working alongside GPs, nurses, paramedics, healthcare assistants, community services, and other healthcare professionals to provide coordinated care closer to home. The postholder will also play a key role in supporting patients with learning disabilities, helping to reduce health inequalities and improve access to healthcare services.

• Full UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle insured for business use.
• Ability and willingness to travel independently between practice sites, patient homes, care homes, and community settings.
• Regular home visiting is a core and essential component of this role and forms part of the routine workload.
  Norfolk Primary Care Ltd is a Community Interest Company. It was established to
  Support and strengthen primary care and to promote and assist practices to improve quality by working with and on behalf of primary care in Norfolk.
• Help with challenges identified by practices workload, GP recruitment, sharing best practice.
• Recognise the changing nature of primary care and assist to ensure that the right level of service is provided to address the needs of the local population.
• Provide benefit to patients of primary care, the clinicians and administrators who work in it and practice organisations in Norfolk.
• Work within health systems to provide patient care in innovative and solution-focused ways.
• We offer successful candidates a supportive working environment, competitive salary, excellent working conditions and the benefits of the NHS pension scheme. Other benefits include access to NHS discounts and discounted First Bus travel.

If you are interested in working in an organisation committed to a culture of professionalism, growth, integrity, positivity and kindness then we would love to hear from you.