Anticoagulant Clinical Nurse Specialist

The Anticoagulant Clinical Nurse Specialist will be responsible for providing a Nurse/Pharmacist Led Anticoagulation Service offering advice and expertise within the area of Anticoagulation and also providing a dosing service for all oral anticoagulants for outpatients. It is expected that once competencies in anticoagulation have been gained that the post holder will undertake the NMP course.

Other duties will include: discharge planning, an outpatient DVT service, management of obstetric patients requiring anticoagulation, perioperative planning for anticoagulated patients and new patient clinics.

They will provide advice on all areas of anticoagulation therapy to colleagues and clients., 1. To provide a practitioner-led Anticoagulation Service working within the Integrated Care and Community Directorate team working autonomously making independent clinical decisions (a Training program to reflect the achievements required will be commenced with the expectation that all competencies are signed off within 6 months)
2. To work within and promote Trust protocols for Anticoagulation
3. To run daily weekday outpatient anticoagulant clinics utilising point of care testing device
4. Counselling and education of new anticoagulant patients
5. To provide a telephone advisory service to answer patients', medical staff and primary healthcare providers' enquiries regarding anticoagulation
6. To assist in the running of daily weekday outpatient postal clinics accurately adjusting warfarin doses according to protocol with the support of the specialised computer database (this requires working independently and also requires a high level of IT competency)
7. To assist in the treatment of over-anticoagulated patients in line with established protocols
8. To work to relevant PGDs relating to anticoagulation until NMP course achieved

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.