Non Medical Prescriber

Job overview

Access & Assessment Team

Non Medical Prescriber

Are you an experienced nurse looking to join a forward-thinking team? Do you want to support the local community in transformation by being part of the development of a service?

Our Great Yarmouth and Waveney Access and Assessment Team (AAT) are seeking a Band 7 Prescriber to join their collaborative team.

AAT is the front door to all our adult mental health services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The team provides a community-based service to Great Yarmouth and Waveney market towns for adults over the age of 25. We screen, triage, and assess all referrals into secondary care via a blend of face to face, online and telephone appointments.

It is an exciting time to join as we’re embarking on a new venture with our partners; working towards a truly integrated service model and being led by motivating and supportive leadership.

We’re based at Oaktree, Northgate Hospital Great Yarmouth and work across the Waveney patch, you’ll have a varied workload and will be supported by the wider MDT.

We are looking for professionals who are caring, supportive and reflective in their practice. If this sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Complete holistic mental health assessments with Medication review and prescribing.

• Undertake the assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• Communicate decisions about mental health care services, referrals and future support arrangements to people with a mental health care need.
• Be responsible for accurate recording of all patients support, including assessments, reviews, day to day contact and discharges.

The successful candidate will join a service with a positive team culture, focused on learning, developing, improving, and supporting each other as well as our service users.

General responsibilities include:

- Having a good understanding of community adult mental health

- Development of robust relationships with partner agencies and services.

- You will be expected to be able to work autonomously and manage your time well.

-You must be able to be able to travel to various locations across Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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