Working Part time :
30 hours per week
Why Join Us
* Be part of a forward-thinking team committed to excellence in patient care.
* Opportunities for professional development and training.
* Supportive work environment within a respected NHS Foundation Trust.
Key responsibilities
* Running Anticoagulation clinics.
* Providing expert clinical assessments and anticoagulation dose adjustments.
* Educating patients and staff on anticoagulation therapy and safety.
* Managing audits, conducting risk assessments, and participation of incident reviews.
* Supporting the implementation of new guidelines and digital systems (INR monitoring tools).
* To participate and support the Anticoagulation nurse manager with all mandatory team training and compliances, referring timely to occupational health, human resources with appropriate senior escalation and involvement, with support.
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Anticoagulation Specialist Nurse to join our team at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is a pivotal clinical role focused on delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based care for patients requiring anticoagulation therapy.
The Anticoagulation specialist nurse plays a pivotal role within the hospital trust, managing the delivery of high quality, patient centred anticoagulation services.
This clinical role involves the assessment, initiation, monitoring and ongoing management of patients on anticoagulation therapy. They will be responsible for the complex case management of anticoagulation planning, bridging therapy, and management in cases of complexity in high-risk patients (e.g. renal impairment, cancer associated thrombosis, or atrial fibrillation).
The role requires effective working with consultants, pharmacists, haematology, cardiology, and primary care colleagues to ensure seamless patient care across the pathway. They will also contribute to clinical governance, service improvement, and training initiatives within the trust, ensuring compliance with local and national guidelines.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
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