Job summary
To provide efficient and
safe near patient testing and monitoring of patients disease state and
anticoagulation status.
To provide specialist
advice and support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals
involved in the patients care.
To provide the therapeutic
adjustments of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant Protocol to ensure
patients are kept targeting INR.
To perform dose
adjustment and titration, by following the Anticoagulant Protocol.
To ensure maintenance of
anticoagulation kit and equipment.
Work as part of the Anticoagulant
team, in clinics and home visits
Main duties of the job
- Promote and monitor the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant
therapies within the service under the direction of the Contract Lead.
- Works under direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol.
- Performs near patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a
clinic setting.
- Receive, interpret and dose patients accordingly to maintain their
target INR, considering interacting medication, disease state and any other
factors.
- Initiate anticoagulant patients and manage transfer of their care
from a hospital setting.
- Administer vitamin K in-line with Patient Group Directions.
- Provide advice and support to patients and their relatives and
carers as appropriate.
- Maintain anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate
supplies to carry out the clinic and domiciliary visits.
- Participation in NEQAS scheme and other routine equipment
validation.
- Work as part of the anticoagulant team and wider team of health
care professionals, fielding queries and offering advice.
About us
IntraHealth
is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services.
We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general
practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation
monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.
We also
provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a
well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the company
was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse
Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care
Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised
back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis
support.
We operate
NHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide efficient
and safe near patient testing and monitoring of patients disease state and
anticoagulation status.
To provide specialist
advice and support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals involved
in the patients care.
To provide the
therapeutic adjustments of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant
Protocol to ensure patients are kept targeting INR.
To perform dose
adjustment and titration, by following the Anticoagulant Protocol.
To ensure maintenance
of anticoagulation kit and equipment.
Work as part of the
Anticoagulant team.
- Promote and monitor
the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant therapies within the service
under the direction of the Contract Lead.
- Works under
direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol.
- Performs near
patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a clinic or domiciliary
setting.
- Receive, interpret
and dose patients accordingly to maintain their target INR, considering
interacting medication, disease state and any other factors.
- Initiate
anticoagulant patients and manage transfer of their care from a hospital
setting.
- Provide advice and
support to patients and their relatives and carers as appropriate.
- Maintain
anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate supplies to carry out
the clinic and domiciliary visits.
- Participation in
NEQAS scheme.
- Work as part of
the anticoagulant team and wider team of health care professionals,
fielding queries and offering advice.
- Maintain
appropriate records.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide efficient
and safe near patient testing and monitoring of patients disease state and
anticoagulation status.
To provide specialist
advice and support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals involved
in the patients care.
To provide the
therapeutic adjustments of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant
Protocol to ensure patients are kept targeting INR.
To perform dose
adjustment and titration, by following the Anticoagulant Protocol.
To ensure maintenance
of anticoagulation kit and equipment.
Work as part of the
Anticoagulant team.
- Promote and monitor
the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant therapies within the service
under the direction of the Contract Lead.
- Works under
direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol.
- Performs near
patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a clinic or domiciliary
setting.
- Receive, interpret
and dose patients accordingly to maintain their target INR, considering
interacting medication, disease state and any other factors.
- Initiate
anticoagulant patients and manage transfer of their care from a hospital
setting.
- Provide advice and
support to patients and their relatives and carers as appropriate.
- Maintain
anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate supplies to carry out
the clinic and domiciliary visits.
- Participation in
NEQAS scheme.
- Work as part of
the anticoagulant team and wider team of health care professionals,
fielding queries and offering advice.
- Maintain
appropriate records.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- No previous experience essential
Desirable
- Previous anticoagulant clinic experience.
- Previous experience in a Peripatetic role
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with NMC
- Relevant nursing/health degree
- Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
Desirable
- Extended/independent nurse prescriber qualification
Attitudes/Skills/Qualities
Essential
- Work calmly under pressure and to deadlines
- Conscientious
- Attention to detail
- Self-starter
- Flexible and proactive attitude
- Enthusiasm for the role
- Flexible approach to work, in line with the needs of the service such as evening or weekend working as necessary
- Able to work as part of a team
- Ability to work both as a team member and independently
- Basic IT literacy i.e. use of e-mail, the internet and microsoft office applications
- Ability to plan own workload with priorities and objectives
- Demonstrate an understanding of the data protection act and patient confidentiality, clinical and information governance and Caldicott requirements
Desirable
- Knowledge of anticoagulant management in patients.
- Knowledge of SytemOne
- Knowledge of INRSstar
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- No previous experience essential
Desirable
- Previous anticoagulant clinic experience.
- Previous experience in a Peripatetic role
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with NMC
- Relevant nursing/health degree
- Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
Desirable
- Extended/independent nurse prescriber qualification
Attitudes/Skills/Qualities
Essential
- Work calmly under pressure and to deadlines
- Conscientious
- Attention to detail
- Self-starter
- Flexible and proactive attitude
- Enthusiasm for the role
- Flexible approach to work, in line with the needs of the service such as evening or weekend working as necessary
- Able to work as part of a team
- Ability to work both as a team member and independently
- Basic IT literacy i.e. use of e-mail, the internet and microsoft office applications
- Ability to plan own workload with priorities and objectives
- Demonstrate an understanding of the data protection act and patient confidentiality, clinical and information governance and Caldicott requirements
Desirable
- Knowledge of anticoagulant management in patients.
- Knowledge of SytemOne
- Knowledge of INRSstar
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
