All you need to know about Nurse Advisor Jobs

To work a job as a nurse advisor you must be a registered nurse. It is also preferred if you are a member of the NMC and ENB 998 qualified. If you are currently nurse and want to work in a nurse advisor job you must be experienced and qualified in a specialist therapy area. The area doesn’t really matter so you can have experience in anything from wound care to diabetes. It is preferable that you have sales experience, but you must definitely possess a commercial awareness. Furthermore, communication, motivation and teamworking ability are characteristics you have to have to be successful in this game.

Nurse advisor jobs essentially exist to support the medical sales reps. They must actively seek to help the sales rep to achieve their market share. Another key role is that they must act in the best interest of the patient at all times and it is paramount that they behave ethically. It is perhaps easiest to think of the role as if they are independent advisors, who are ‘sponsored’ by a healthcare or pharmaceutical firm.

The work of a Nurse Advisor must assess, review and audit Hospitals and GP Practices and their approach to treatment in a particular therapy area such as Asthma. When the Medical Nurse Advisor identifies that it is of genuine benefit, they will transfer a patient to their Company’s product.

Many nurses have become frustrated with the working conditions provided by the NHS, and have found jobs as nurse advisors to be very pleasing. Many former nurses now working as nurse advisors have said they feel more needed and wanted by GPs and hospital managers. They have also stressed how they still enjoy being patient orientated, but are able to step away from the hustle and bustle of day to day hospital ward and instead review practices and implement new procedures. Perhaps the most significant part of being a nurse advisor is that they can provide a noticeable improvement in the treatment of patients, within their specialist field.

Those working in jobs as healthcare nurse advisors are quite ‘unrestricted’ in their practices compared to pharmaceutical nurse advisors, as the latter is governed by the ABPI. A healthcare nurse advisor is responsible for giving advice on matters related on how best to use tools like needles, whilst pharmaceutical nurse advisors are responsible for giving advice on which medicines are best to use.

Medicalnurse advisor jobs are credible alternatives to jobs as straightforward nurses. Advisor jobs offer an excellent chance for career progression which can be difficult in the NHS, and offers great incentives and a sizable remuneration package. Any nurse with a completive edge would be best advised to have a think about applying for nurse advisor jobs.