Overview
The Band 7 Nurse manager for the Anticoagulation Clinic will provide clinical and managerial leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centered anticoagulation service. The role requires effective working with the Lead nurse, 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. The post holder will act as the clinical expert in anticoagulation therapy, overseeing the care of patients prescribed warfarin, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), low molecular weight heparins, and bridging regimens within an outpatient clinic, and to provide support to community services and primary care. They will ensure patients receive appropriate initiation, monitoring, dose adjustment, education, and long-term management in line with national and local guidelines.
Responsibilities
* Provide clinical and managerial leadership to ensure delivery of a safe, effective, patient-centered anticoagulation service.
* Collaborate with the Lead nurse, consultants, pharmacists, haematology, cardiology, and primary care to ensure seamless patient care across the pathway.
* Contribute to clinical governance, service improvement, and training initiatives within the trust.
* Act as the clinical expert in anticoagulation therapy; oversee care of patients prescribed warfarin, DOACs, LMWHs, and bridging regimens within an outpatient clinic; provide support to community services and primary care.
* Ensure initiation, monitoring, dose adjustment, education, and long-term management in line with national and local guidelines.
* Maintain full managerial accountability for the anticoagulation service team, including workforce planning, rostering, recruitment, appraisals, training, and performance management.
* Run nurse-led outpatient clinics alongside the Lead nurse.
* Initiate and follow up patients with Warfarin and DOACs and discharge safely to GP care.
* Work independently in the absence of a Lead nurse within clinical competency.
* Undertake teaching of patients (carers if appropriate) in the treatment and management of anticoagulation therapy medicines.
* Ensure patient safety and a high standard of specialist care for all patients on anticoagulation therapy within the service.
* Liaise with specialist nurses and Lead nurse to ensure effective triage of referrals to enable patients to access the appropriate element of the anticoagulation service.
* Contribute to the specialty clinical governance group.
* Implement strategies to facilitate succession planning and retention of motivated staff.
* Set up clinics, maintain equipment, and be responsible for clients and staff as laid down by Health and Safety regulations.
* Act as a role model for junior members of staff.
* Involve in initiating DOACs and prevention of VTE (HAT).
* Operate within the anticoagulation therapy software Helicon and maintain accurate records of all patient encounters in line with trust record-keeping policy.
* Undertake research projects in line with research skills and knowledge with a view to presentation and publication.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jodie Edwards-Nurmi Job title: Lead Nurse Email address: jodieedwards@nhs.net Telephone number: 07715034223
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