Non-medical Independent Prescriber for Specialist Weight Management

Job summary

We wish to appoint a non-medical Independent Prescriber (Nurse, Allied Health Professional or Pharmacist) to join our Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on a fixed-term basis, specifically to support the delivery of the weight management medication pathway.

The primary purpose of the role is to provide additional prescribing capacity for patients receiving weight management medication, including GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist therapies, as part of the Specialist Weight Management Service.

Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will undertake prescribing consultations for patients who have been assessed as suitable for pharmacological treatment, initiate and titrate medication in accordance with relevant NICE guidance, local policies and agreed treatment pathways, and provide ongoing medication review and monitoring.

The post holder will work autonomously as an Independent Prescriber and will be professionally accountable for their own prescribing decisions and actions. They will be expected to review relevant clinical information to ensure that prescribing remains safe and appropriate, including medical history, current medication, relevant investigation results and information provided through the patient's clinical record.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

- Undertake face-to-face and remote prescribing and medication review consultations.

- Initiate, prescribe and titrate weight management medication, including GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist therapies, in line with national guidance and agreed local pathways.

- Review relevant clinical information and investigation results to ensure safe and appropriate prescribing.

- Request appropriate blood tests and investigations for medication monitoring, and interpret and act on results within their scope of competence.

- Monitor treatment response, tolerability and adverse effects, making appropriate decisions regarding dose adjustment, continuation or discontinuation.

- Provide patients with medication advice and appropriate safety-netting, and respond to medication-related queries.

- Identify contraindications, clinical and medicines-related risks, and recognise when further assessment, specialist advice or escalation is required.

- Communicate and work collaboratively with the SWMS multidisciplinary team, GPs and other healthcare professionals to support safe, coordinated care.

- Contribute to prescribing pathways, protocols, audit, quality improvement and clinical governance activities as appropriate.

About us

The Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) is part of the Department of Dietetics, a dynamic and forward-thinking department operating across both hospital sites. The Department is structured across three key portfolios: Nutrition and Dietetics, including inpatient services, renal, oncology, nutrition support, education and adult diabetes; the Home Enteral Feeding Service, providing care for adults and children requiring enteral feeding across the county; and the Specialist Weight Management Service.

SWMS is a specialist service supporting adults living with obesity who meet the service eligibility criteria. We are a multidisciplinary team comprising dietitians, psychologists and non-medical prescribers, with access to medical advice and support where required. Strong multidisciplinary working is central to the service, bringing together expertise in nutrition, psychology and pharmacological management to provide evidence-based, person-centred and coordinated care.

The Department has an ambitious and evolving vision, striving to become a recognised centre of excellence for dietetics regionally and nationally. Staff are encouraged and supported to contribute to service development, evaluation, research, innovation and teaching, with opportunities to help shape and improve the services we provide.

Details

Date posted

18 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year (pa, pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

318-26-T0567

Job locations

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

United Kingdom

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