VTE/Anticoagulation Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary
We are looking for flexible, dynamic and enthusiastic Band 6 with an interest in anticoagulation / DVT to join our team. This is a well-established team, lead by our band 7 and band 8 ACP, alongside Lead Haematology Nurse & Operational Managers for Haematology and Oncology.

You are required to have previous experience in looking after this patient group & a passion for specialist area.

You will work collaboratively with multi disciplinary teams on site to deliver patient centred care.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide expert advice and interventions within the anticoagulation service, that maintains and improves standards of care and promotes a seamless service within a multi-professional framework. This will be achieved through clinical practice, management, education, research and audit of professional activities taking into account objectives of the clinical service group, corporate objectives and within the Clinical Governance Framework.

The successful candidate will have excellent IT skills, sound problem solving skills and be able to work autonomously. They will also act as a clinical expert to provide professional expertise to the Trust and primary care colleagues, the multi-professional team and patients and carers within the anticoagulation service.

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.

About us
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.

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Job responsibilities
Expertise & Excellence in Clinical Practice
Contributes to the delivery of evidence-based personalised and compassionate care which places quality at the heart of specialist practice. Care will responsive to individual needs and reflect current local and national guidelines.Acts as an accessible professional for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) supporting the management of the VTE & anticoagulation clinical caseload. This will necessitate autonomy and advocacy to ensure the delivery of timely and appropriate care to meet patient and service needs.Participates in the ongoing development and delivery of nurse led clinics in line with local service need covering newly diagnosed VTEs, vitamin K antagonists and Direct Oral Anti-Coagulation therapies. Clinics may be face to face or telephone and will incorporate ethe use of agreed protocols and clinical and professional guidelines.Assesses patients together with their medical and drug history to determine suitability for anticoagulant therapy.Uses knowledge of the speciality and treatment to support the safe, appropriate, effective and timely assessment, implementation, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based practice.Organises their own workload and adjust priorities in response to changes or issues arising within the workplace.Proficient in phlebotomy. Undertakes both venous and capillary blood testing and analysis of blood results. Calculates doses of anticoagulant treatments within the service under the guidance of local protocols.As a non medical prescriber, prescribes relevant anticoagulant therapy to patients from a limited formulary (only for practitioners registered as non medical prescribers on the NMC register).Acts as a patient advocate to facilitate the process of shared decision making in respect to health, choice of treatment and care. Uses interpersonal and communication skills where there may be significant barriers in order to build confidence. Ensures that patients individual needs are expressed and valued and individual care plans are understood.

Advises non specialist clinicians on the management for patients within the speciality in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Evaluates response to interventions and cascades to relevant colleagues.

Supports patients to self-manage their condition, where deemed appropriate. Provides education for those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will need ongoing face to face support.Act as a resource providing specialist advice and support across service boundaries to ensure optimum liaison and co-ordination of care.Undertake and achieves clinical competencies relevant to this specialist service to demonstrate expertise in extended nursing roles with annual evaluation. Management & Leadership Acts as a role model including a specialist resource for clinical staff, patients and carers and relevant external agencies.Provides support to ensure public and patient involvement is embedded within the sphere of practice.Assists in setting measurable outcomes for the service and continuous evaluation of practice supporting changes where necessary.Contributes to the clinical governance agenda.Participates in operational and strategic planning for the development and delivery of the specialist service. Support service improvement activities.Represents the Trust by contributing to and participating in meetings locally, regional and nationally relating to the speciality.Contributes to an annual service review, gathering information to support the annual report.

Communication Takes personal responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers.Acts as a role model for excellent communication skills. Demonstrate empathetic interpersonal and communication skills in supporting, informing, educating and advising patients and carers through their journeyAs a core member of the MDT, provides professional advice to the VTE and anticoagulation team.Refers to other health professionals and outside agencies to ensure optimum care and ongoing support for individual patients/carers, and to ensure the seamless transition from primary to secondary care appropriate to patients individual needs and circumstance.Maintain links with local and national organisations, which support the care of patients within this speciality.EducationSupports and participates in the development of VTE and anticoagulation training programmes and seminars.Participates in the development of patient focused education including training to support self-management and health promotion activities.Assists in the development of other professionals by contributing to Trust wide specialist education and training.Supports the delivery of formal and informal teaching initiatives as part of the Trusts education strategy as agreed with the appropriate senior nurse to ensure practice development, staff empowerment and improved care for patients.Ensures staff and where appropriate patients and carers are fully trained on anticoagulation equipment and consumable productsActs as a mentor/clinical supervisor as appropriate.Takes personal responsibility for life-long learning and personal development through clinical supervision and appraisal. Actively engages with learning and development opportunities needed to work as an advancing practitioner and take appropriate action to ensure these needs are met.Contributes to promoting educational links with local providers of higher education and deliver lectures on a range of courses. Quality, Audit, Innovation and ResearchAssists in the development and evaluation of written patient information and use existing appropriate resources to inform users, according to individually assessed needs.Works within the NMC The Code.Contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of policies and clinical guidelines to support the specialist service.Collaborates with other MDT members to develop and update multi-professional Trust operational policies and guidelines. Maintains patient records and ensure an effective documentation system to reflect the activity and delivery of specialist nursing care.Promotes the service across all adult wards and departments.Uses creative reasoning, experience and vision to support advancement of care.Develops new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques.Supports management of change as required.Maintains membership and attendance at national and local forums to network and debate issues to inform the specialist nursing role and service delivery where applicable.Assists with the collation of data to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality through audit and research.Assists in the development of links and system to seek the views of patient and carers to ensure service development is in line with user needs.Additional ResponsibilitiesTo undertake health assessment training.To undertake phlebotomy.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered General Nurse Level 1, NMC registered
• Degree level qualification or equivelent experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Health assessment qualification or willing to work towards

Desirable

• Advanced communication skills training
• Mentors & Assessors/SLAiP

Experience
Essential

• Two years post registration experience in an acute environment
• Experience in working autonomously
• Clinical experience in VTE and anticoagulation

Skills
Essential

• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Competent in phlebotomy
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Demonstates sound decision making abilities etc
• Evidence of negotiation skills, informing, enquiring, persuading and directing as appropriate.
• Understanding of the change management process.
• Proficient IT skills
• Knowledge of quality standards and relevant national and local guidance e.g. NICE, BSH

Personal
Essential

• Recognition of own development needs
• Team player
• Creative thinker
• Diplomatic

Other
Essential

• Flexible and positive approach to work, ability to work at various hospital and service delivery locations.
• Access to transport

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.

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Employer details
Employer name
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Warwickshire
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW
United Kingdom

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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical lead VTE/Anticoagulation
Lesley Petre
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Details
Date posted
12 August 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 6

Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Per Annum

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Part-time

Reference number
203-EL1216

Job locations
Warwickshire
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW
United Kingdom

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