Clinical Nurse Specialist (Non-Medical Prescriber)

Are you a qualified non-medical prescriber looking for an opportunity within Community Mental Health Services?

You will be responsible for the facilitation of clozapine, depot and wellbeing clinics running in the Bridgwater Community Mental Health Team. You will undertake monitoring and follow-ups with patients and working within the CMHS, you will increase timely access to medications and allow for increased frequency of monitoring and medicines optimisation.

Working as an independent prescriber, you will develop and embed the NMP role within the CMHT. It is envisaged that this will include leading and prescribing in both clozapine and depot clinics as well as a stand-alone nurse prescribing clinic which may include initiation and ongoing monitoring of psychotropic medications (including annual reviews) and smoking cessation. Other nursing and support staff will continue to be involved in the clinics.

In addition, you would be regularly involved in CMHS assessments where there is a medication/diagnostic issue to allow for immediate prescribing at the point of assessment, or medication advice to the GP.

Clinical Pathways and safeguards for the role:

This is an autonomous role and it is expected that the NMP will work as an independent prescriber within their own competencies. It is expected that regular clinical supervision and support from senior psychiatrists will be available, and in addition peer supervision with other NMP's working in similar roles., You will be working within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in Bridgwater as part of the management team, providing leadership to the clinic staff and ensuring patients safety.

In this clinical leadership role, you will have direct clinical contact with people in our clinics and prescribing responsibilities. Part of the role is to liaise with GPs under the 'shared care agreement' to find the most appropriate place to deliver patient care.

You will have line management responsibility for clinic staff and offer support to the wider CMHT team.

Our team are friendly and warm with patient care at the heart of what drives us to deliver our diverse community services.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!