Senior Nurse Practitioner with Non-Medical Prescribing responsibility

We are looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

As a Trust, we are committed to making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don’t forget to ask us during the interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Hastings and Rother Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) for an experienced Registered Nurse looking to advance their career or a registered Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) seeking a new opportunity. Our NMHTs will bring together the existing Primary Care and VCSE service for mental health and create a new multidisciplinary service.

You will have opportunities to work alongside and be part of a varied multidisciplinary (MDT) and multiagency team. The NMP role will be central in ensuring evidence-based treatments for service users who may have multiple and enduring mental health needs.

Main duties of the job include:

• Providing specialist clinical interventions to service users.
• Undertaking the assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care at an advanced level with minimal supervision.
• Medication review and prescribing and the provision of up to date and accurate prescribing advice.
• Providing clinical leadership and oversight of referrals, assessment and caseload management.
• Management and mentorship of clinical staff as required.
• Ensuring that systems are in place to co-ordinate information about the take up of the services/treatment pathways.
• Responding to and effectively managing complaints and incidents within the team.

As a Non-Medical Nurse Prescriber in our service, you will work as an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team, where you will have support through an allocated Psychiatrist as your clinical supervisor and training opportunities to enable your own professional development.

We place an emphasis on the wellbeing of our staff. As a Non-Medical Nurse Prescriber with Sussex Partnership, you will have access to:

• Numerous wellbeing and support programmes.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Reimbursed parking.
• Child care vouchers.
• A host of NHS discount schemes.
• A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring.
• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays.
• NHS Pension contributions.

Essential qualifications include:

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) educated to degree, Masters level or equivalent experience.
• Post Graduate Certificate in prescribing practice with qualification to be a Non-Medical Prescriber.
• Evidence of post registration qualification as Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber.

Essential skills and experience include:

• Post registration experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Experience of working confidently as an independent prescriber.
• Knowledge of national standards that inform practice.
• Ability to communicate complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. We welcome applications from under-represented communities.