Nurse Specialist VTE and Anticoagulation

Please note that the Job description and Person Specification are subject to job matching.We are seeking an experienced nurse to join our VTE and anticoagulation team.

In this role, you will work with a team of nurses to deliver expert clinical care, education, and support to our patients and carers.

There are 3 key roles within the team which the successful applicant will work within; acute DVT nurse, clinic nurse and service coordinator.

The successful applicant must have excellent IT skills and possess a qualification in clinical assessment (or be willing to undertake this within 18 months of starting).

We offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for professional growth and development and are committed to delivering innovative, patient-focused services and welcome applicants who share our passion for improving anticoagulation care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a clinically based practitioner who will take a key role in strengthening the nursing contribution to patients and service users within the speciality across the organisation.

In partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will assist develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist anticoagulation service.

Using specialist nursing skills; the post holder contributes to the management of a caseload of patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support taking on the roles of acute nurse, clinic nurse and service coordinator within the anticoagulation department.

The post holder will contribute to the ongoing development of innovative practice, standards of care and strategies to ensure practice development and education for other professionals caring for patients within this speciality.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

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