Specialist Anticoagulation Nurse

Job overview

This is a really exciting time to join us in Haematology services at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. A supported, diverse, and clinically enabled workforce will be central to our main objectives.  We have therefore created several new roles and are remodelling how we provide nursing support to the delivery of high quality, person-centred care. We are investing in our people, and we value strong front-line clinical leadership.

As an organisation our CARE values are at the heart of everything we do, and in Haematology services it is vital you are compassionate, committed to high quality care and have the skills and abilities to contribute to generating and delivering the latest in evidence-based practice.

If you are enthusiastic, highly motivated and want to work with a long established, supportive, and caring team then we want to hear from you.

This particular role provides an opportunity to work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide nurse led anticoagulation clinics across Buckinghamshire with experience of anticoagulation management.

Full training is provided. This is a fixed term 12 month contract unable to over a secondment.

The postholder will be required to work across Buckinghamshire.

Main duties of the job

• Uses specialist knowledge and skills for assessing patients and their families and interpreting complex problems and provide the appropriate level of intervention.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Complex decision-making, regarding anticoagulant dosage changes.
• Monitor investigations results, initiating further assessment/review of treatment pathway as required.
• Have expertise in managing patients with complications and queries related to anticoagulation.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to on-going care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.
• Act at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• In conjunction with the Haematology Team initiate research projects.
• Ensure safe and high standards of nursing care are maintained in accordance with hospital policies and procedures and national guidelines.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.