Non-Medical Prescribing Lead

Job responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertake prescribing in roles determined by service need; develop and maintain clinical assessment skills to support prescribing.
• Provide highly specialised advice to medical and other clinical staff on all aspects of NMP areas.
• Ensure NMP practice complies with national legislation, professional regulatory standards, and organisational medicines management.
• Maintain robust clinical governance arrangements for NMP.
• Assist in the management of prescribing across the primary / secondary care interface to promote a unified and coordinated approach.
• Assist in the development of guidance and policies to ensure safe efficient practice.
• Contribute to the planning, and delivery of patient events and educational sessions.
• Supported by the Senior Administrator maintain a database of all registered non-medical prescribers, coordinating registration / de-registration of non-medical prescribers with the NHS Business Services Authority.
• Develop robust processes for ensuring ongoing eligibility to prescribe,
• Support workforce planning and service development involving NMP roles.
• Provide clinical supervision for non-medical prescribers, and work closely with the Clinical Service Managers to evaluate prescribing data, assessment of competence in line with national frameworks, and provision of / signposting to relevant professional development resources.
• With reference to national guidance ensure that the Non-Medical Prescribing Policy meets the needs of all services across the organisation.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures relating to non-medical prescribing, alongside the recognised competency framework.
• Co-ordinate the development and provision of an evidence-based programme of education and clinical supervision for non-medical prescribers and assist in training NMPs.
• Contribute to and support local ICB processes and polices which directly influence gtd healthcare.
• Work closely with the Clinical Service Managers in the various localities to support the delivery of NMP policy and procedures.
• Ensure service and individual non-medical prescribing audits are taking place across the organisation and are reported via the governance audit schedule.

Communication

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Maintain effective communication within the organisation and with key stakeholders.

Delivering a Quality Service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC/HPC etc. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
• Contribute to the development of local NMP guidelines, protocols, and standards.
• Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Ensure professional revalidation requirements are met.
• Oversee approval processes for staff undertaking NMP training.
• Ensure prescribers meet competency, supervision, and assessment requirements.
• Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
• Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
• Along with the Lead Pharmacist and Clinical Service Managers develop and co-ordinate audits and protocols to monitor and analyse the effects of practice and impact of change within non-medical prescribing, ensure implementation of action plans according to the results.
• Review outcomes, trends, and learning from incidents.

Leadership Personal and People Development

• Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.
• Act as a professional and clinical resource for non-medical prescribers.
• Provide advice on scope of practice, prescribing decisions and escalation,
• Support staff development to maximise potential.
• Support audit, CPD and revalidation requirements for the NMP workforce.
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment and as a safe, effective, evidence based prescribing culture.
• Encourage everyone to learn from each other, share best practice and learn from external good practice.
• Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
• Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments related to medicines optimisation that are relevant to the area of work.
• Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes within clinical areas/service developments.
• Represent NMP interests at organisational committees where appropriate.

Responsibilities for Physical and Financial Resources

• In conjunction with the academy and line manager evaluate and approve applications for non-medical prescribing courses under appropriate funding arrangements.
• Ensure appropriate access to prescribing methods e.g., EPS, prescription pads (when appropriate).
• Implement a system of review, audit, and monitoring of prescribing data for non-medical prescribers according to current guidelines, formularies, and non-medical prescribers areas of competence.
• Support the Lead Pharmacist in the development, implementation and monitoring of guidelines, procedures, protocols, and standards to ensure safe and cost-effective use of medicines in line with local priorities, national directives, medicines legislation and professional ethics.

Corporate Responsibility

• Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
• Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
• Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management.
• Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon NMP care delivery.
• Work flexibly to meet NMP registration needs across the organisation.
• Discuss, highlight, and work with the senior leadership team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

Management of Risk

• Manage and assess risk related to NMP, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients.
• Accountable risk holder for the compliance/adherence and safety for non-medical prescribers
• Prescribing incidents, near misses, and errors are reported via the organisations reporting system.
• Incidents are reviewed to identify themes, learning and required actions, to prevent recurrence and improve practice.

Managing Information

• Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation, and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information.
• Maintain, develop, and implement systems and processes relating to non-medical prescribing.
• Maintain and update the NMP database in conjunction with governance and GDPR.
• Review and process data to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.

Learning and Development

• Undertake mentorship where appropriate.
• Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences).
• Ensure changes in legislation or guidance are incorporated and communicated promptly.
• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
• Co-ordinate the development and provision of an evidence-based programme of education/training and clinical supervision for non-medical prescribers.
• Support and participate in shared learning across the organisation.
• Where appropriate support direct requests from regional / national groups to participate in research, audits, clinical trials, and studies to relevant non-medical prescribers.

Other Duties

• Any other duties, as agreed with the line manager to meet the needs of the organisation. This may include travel to other sites.

Experience

Essential

• Health service management experience.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering change.
• Experience of delivering service improvement.

Experience

Essential

• Health service management experience.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering change.
• Experience of delivering service improvement.

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Be compassionate and caring.
• Be enthusiastic and motivated to improve the quality of healthcare.
• Be consistent.
• Demonstrate passionate quality patient care.
• Be enthusiastic and motivated to improve the quality of healthcare.
• Demonstrate personal & professional credibility/highly professional role model.
• Have excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and build effective relationships at all levels within and external to gtd healthcare.
• Trustworthy & Reliable.
• Calm manner with the ability to work independently and or as part of a team.
• Be an energetic and experienced professional.
• Strong outcome focused approach to work tasks.
• Demonstrable ability and experience in motivating and empowering others to change roles and leading practice development.
• Effective negotiator.
• Good IT skills.
• Innovative and creative approach to problem solving.
• Strong team working ethic.
• Comfortable working on own initiative.
• Ability to meet deadlines.

Desirable

• Information and data analysis skills.
• Report writing.

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Nursing/AHP qualification and current registration.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• MSc in Advanced Practice or other equivalent MSc.
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).