Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 6 Anticoagulant/VTE specialist nurse to join our team. You will work within an established team to provide safe and effective care. Previous knowledge is desirable but not essential as on the job training can be provided.
The team provides specialist care for Anticoagulant patients and Venous thrombo embolic patients within varying settings in the hospital and community.
The Anticoagulant team provides both nearside and remote patient testing for around 1000 patients requiring oral Anti coagulation therapy. The team offers advice and dosage instruction in a variety of settings, such as hospital, community, postal service, and telephone consultations. The team initiates and manages warfarin treatment, as well as initiating direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC).
The VTE team liaise with GPs across the borough taking patient referrals to the VTE unit for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of lower limb DVTs ensuring that appropriate management is given in line with the NICE Guidance. The team also see patients who have been seen in the Emergency care centre, the wards outpatient clinics and the Same day Emergency Care for review and management of confirmed or suspected Deep vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism. The team act as a resource centre for advice from secondary and primary care and ongoing patient support.
The role is working between the two aspects of the service.
Main duties of the job
Assess patients and their medical history to determine suitability for anticoagulants.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills relevant to practice.
Provide specialist counselling and information for patients/carers in the hospital and community settings.
Undertake testing and analysis of blood results within the service, prescribe and calculate dosage of anticoagulant treatment within the boundaries of patient specific directives and national guidelines.
Phlebotomy skills
Non-Medical prescriber or working towards
Participate in service improvement.
Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and multi-disciplinary team.
Working with other members of the multidisciplinary team and supporting lead clinicians.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
The post holder will act as an autonomous practitioner within a nurse led service.
Ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the unit itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals.
Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace.
Recognise and respond appropriately to issues which require urgent or immediate attention, reporting to other members of the multidisciplinary management. team as necessary.
Deputise for the unit manager as requested at meetings and other events
Responsibility for Finance
Contribute to ensuring the effective use of all resources.
Bring any potential efficiency savings or anticipated budgetary pressures to the attention of the unit manager.
Research
Maintain an awareness of current identified best practice within the relevant sphere of nursing.
Participate in relevant research and audit to improve service delivery and clinical effectiveness.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
Facilitate a supportive learning environment for all levels of staff
Provide teaching and training for medical and nursing staff in primary and secondary care.
Deliver health education to patients and their families in accordance with their needs.
Professional
Maintain effective registration in accordance with NMC standards.
Act in accordance with the NMC professional code of conduct.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
The post holder will act as an autonomous practitioner within a nurse led service.
Ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the unit itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals.
Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace.
Recognise and respond appropriately to issues which require urgent or immediate attention, reporting to other members of the multidisciplinary management. team as necessary.
Deputise for the unit manager as requested at meetings and other events
Responsibility for Finance
Contribute to ensuring the effective use of all resources.
Bring any potential efficiency savings or anticipated budgetary pressures to the attention of the unit manager.
Research
Maintain an awareness of current identified best practice within the relevant sphere of nursing.
Participate in relevant research and audit to improve service delivery and clinical effectiveness.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
Facilitate a supportive learning environment for all levels of staff
Provide teaching and training for medical and nursing staff in primary and secondary care.
Deliver health education to patients and their families in accordance with their needs.
Professional
Maintain effective registration in accordance with NMC standards.
Act in accordance with the NMC professional code of conduct.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse (relevant branch)
- Evidence of continuing professional development since registration.
- Degree or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of acute nursing
- Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting
Skills
Essential
- Specialist nursing skills relevant to the unit.
- Leadership.
- Basic management skills.
- Good communication skills
- IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date clinical nursing knowledge relevant to the speciality.
additional
Essential
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Able to travel across Trust sites as required.
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse (relevant branch)
- Evidence of continuing professional development since registration.
- Degree or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of acute nursing
- Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting
Skills
Essential
- Specialist nursing skills relevant to the unit.
- Leadership.
- Basic management skills.
- Good communication skills
- IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date clinical nursing knowledge relevant to the speciality.
additional
Essential
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Able to travel across Trust sites as required.
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
