Staff Nurse - Anticoagulation service

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Community Anticoagulation Service. Do you have an interest or previous experience working with patients who require anticoagulant medication? or previous experience within Anticoagulation?

Whilst community nursing/ anticoagulation experience is not required as we are committed to supporting your development during your induction and beyond. It is advantageous if you have experience in cardiology or renal nursing, although not essential.

We are a specialized service working towards enhancing care provision for people on an anticoagulant medication and our current role is around education, monitoring, dosing and supporting patients whilst on anticoagulant treatment. We also offer VTE/ in reach support at New cross, West Park and Cannock Hospitals. As part of the service we offer admission avoidance with administration of essential medications within the community to prevent hospital attendance/ admission for patients.

There are exciting opportunities within the service to be involved with our self testing project and switching project which aims to maintain patient safety and offers a better experience for them, this is one of our quality initiatives.

There are also progression opportunities within the service to support professional and personal development, which include but are not limited to completion of the health assessment course and development into a band 6 role and opportunities to complete V300 course.

Within this role, you will independently run a variety of clinics, completing new patient education and reviews, monitor patients on Warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants to maintain the correct doses/ treatment for their condition.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities. Candidates must have a driving licence and own a car they can use for work purposes

• NMC Registered Nurse

• Post Graduate Degree

• Community Experience
• Anticoagulation experience
• Cardiology/renal experience

• Uk driving licence
• Car access

• Anticoagulation knowledge and/or experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.