Main area Obesity Specialist Nurse (Independent Prescriber) Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract 12 months (1 year fixed term) Hours
* Part time
* Job share
22.5 hours per week Job ref 318-25-T0506
Employer Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Town Gloucester Salary £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/07/2025 23:59
Obesity Specialist Nurse (Independent Prescriber), Band 7
NHS AfC: Band 7
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
We wish to appoint new Obesity Specialist Nurse (Independent Prescriber) colleague to join our Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT), to work alongside a doctor to develop a pathway to prescribe weight management drugs alongside the SWMS offer to appropriate patients.
The Obesity Specialist Nurse in the Specialist Weight Management Service will provide evidence based, comprehensive, person centred and individualised medical care for people living with obesity referred to SWMS, working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
In this role, you will conduct consultations, assess patient histories, prescribe medications weight loss medication, and provide ongoing support to ensure safe and effective treatment. The post holder will work with people with complex needs, practising with a high level of autonomy and clinical expertise in non-medical independent prescribing, assessment and treatment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
* Support with the planning and mobilisation of a GLP-1 medication pathway
· Conduct face to face and remote patient consultations
· Review patient histories, including Summary Care Records, self-reported information, and current medications.
· Prescribe medications in line with service treatment plans and national guidelines.
· Provide individual and group advice and support to help patients manage their medication safely and effectively.
· Monitor patient progress through regular check-ins and planned follow-ups.
· Work in collaboration with the Psychology and Dietetic Leads who oversee the wraparound care.
· Contribute to service development and the refinement of treatment plans.
· Attend MDT meetings to support collaborative decision-making.
· Provide specialist pharmaceutical care and advice on medicines management for patients accessing the service
· Offer personalised recommendations to optimise co-morbidity management, improving healthcare outcomes and promoting best care for people living with obesity
· Participate in the training and development of other members of the MDT and wider healthcare community.
Working for our organisation
At Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.
As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We expect the post-holder to support the development of a robust service in order to provide high quality medication pathway for patients referred to the specialist weight management service. This will include:
1. Clinical Responsibilities/Key Responsibilities
• Adheres to theRoyal Pharmaceutical Society’s Prescribing Competency FrameworkandGeneral Medical Council’s Good Practice in Prescribing and Managing Medicines and Devices.
• Contributing to complex case assessment alongside other colleagues from the MDT
• Support review of referral information to triage suitability for service, level of urgency and complexity (with the EOSS and SWMS Traffic Light Triage)
• Responding to medication queries, e scalating any clinical risks or concerns to the Clinical Lead
• Reviewing current co-morbidity management and making recommendations for further management/optimisation or opportunities to support weight loss/prevent further gain
• Flagging/raising potential risk with colleagues overseeing relevant care and making onward referral where indicated
• Support more efficient decision making and faster throughput to treatment via robust Triage and screening
2. Professional Development, Education and Training
• Training within team and wider healthcare community
• Opportunity to promote Obesity Best Care Protocol and improved outcomes for a highly stigmatised patient group
• Opportunity to contribute to wider evidence base in Tier 3 services through audit and evaluation
3. Planning and Organisation
• Supporting the development of guidance and protocols around the prescription of GLP-1 medication
• Supporting the introduction of a safe pathway for the provision of GLP-1 medication
4. Communications and Working Relationships
• Service promotion within wider Integrated Care System
• Liaison with internal colleagues (e.g., Tier 4, Diabetes, Cardiology, etc.), primary care and commissioners (ICB) where appropriate
• Advocacy for patient group within primary and secondary care
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
* Appropriate experience as a Nurse Independent Prescriber
* Appropriate experience working in a weight management or diabetes
* Non-Medical independent Prescribing Qualification
* Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
* Experience in prescribing and titrating GLP-1 receptor agonist medications for weight management or other indications (e.g. diabetes).
* Additional qualifications in obesity care, such as SCOPE certification
* Multi morbidity/long term conditions experience
* Able to work co-operatively as a team member
* Highly motivated, autonomous and independent practitioner.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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