Anticoagulation Nurse Practitioner

Job summary
The Anti-Coagulation Service is currently seeking to recruit 1.0 WTE practitioner. This post is suitable for a registered nurse who has experience in the management of anticoagulation treatment.The applicant must be committed to providing a patient centred service. Experience of autonomous working is essential and applicants with experience in anticoagulation are sought. Essential skills include a good level of accuracy, literacy, and communication. We also expect the applicant to be compassionate and caring. The applicant must be a good team player and have a keen eye for detail. You will need to have great communication skills, be well organised and have the ability to remain calm and deal with a busy (but rewarding) workplace.

The anticoagulation department delivers a service to patients at all sites across Barts Health and supports primary care practitioners in all regions running their anticoagulation clinics. We have a home visit service operating out of the Whipps Cross and Royal London sites. With the drive being to ensure AF patients are anticoagulated effectively, safely and in a timely way at a suitable location.VTE patients are monitored and supported carefully especially given the large increase in thrombosis following COVID infection. The successful applicant will join a multi-disciplinary team and play an active role in providing exceptional care to our patients. A flexible approach to working will be required.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and capable anticoagulation practitioner to join our anticoagulation and thrombosis service at Barts Health NHS Trust. We offer this opportunity to gain a specialist interest in the anticoagulant management of atrial fibrillation, venous, arterial and cardiac thrombosis within a supportive multidisciplinary team that comprises consultant haematologists, nurses, pharmacists, biomedical scientists, phlebotomists and clinical administrators. The practitioner would:

• engage in Practitioner and Consultant-led clinics including warfarin dosing
• educate and counsel patients in all aspects of all anticoagulants, including monitoring, side effects, drug interactions, peri-operative bridging, travel, pregnancy and hormonal therapy
• provide an expert resource for healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care
• engage in on-the-job and self-directed training in this field with a view to providing optimal quality care and disseminating best practice locally
• contribute to departmental clinical research and audit
• have a role in shaping the team and the service through our advanced quality improvement programme that is shared with anticoagulation and thrombosis services across the Barts Health network

Cross-site working at Barts Health within the anticoagulation and thrombosis network is required as part of the role. The team are open and encouraging of hybrid working on-site and from home.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified Adult Nurse registered with the NMC
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Post Basic Qualification relevant to area of practice

Desirable

• Leadership course/Development Programme
• Good understanding of issues within Barts Health, East London and Haematology in the UK
• Independent prescriber or willingness to undertake

Experience
Essential

• Recent clinical experience in the relevant area of practice
• Experience of collaborating with a multi-professional team
• Experience of reflective practice
• Professional leadership.
• Post qualification experience

Desirable

• Experience at Band 6
• Proven effective budgetary management
• Research experience

Knowledge
Essential

• Working knowledge of the different types of anticoagulant treatments
• Demonstrates an awareness of the indications and contraindications of anticoagulant therapy

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

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