Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Macclesfield Hospital
Town: Macclesfield
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata, per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
Band 5
Job overview
The University Hospital of North Midlands, Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts are working collaboratively to form a Pathology network in line with an NHSI directive.
(suitable for Biomedical Scientists, registered nurses and other registered professional healthcare roles)
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a laboratory-based role and the department is unable to support the IBMS certificate of competence (registration) portfolio or IBMS specialist portfolio.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and flexible person to join our anticoagulation team at Macclesfield Hospital as an Anticoagulation Practitioner (ACP).
The role involves providing a high-quality anticoagulation monitoring service to patients through scientific and technical activities. You will be required to attend community locations to undertake INR measurements for our patients. The ACP is responsible for providing warfarin dosing advice to patients based on their history, concurrent medications and target range using the DAWN AC software system. The role involves both team working and lone working; the ability to manage your time and prioritise tasks under pressure will be advantageous. You will also be required to provide supervision for non-registered Anticoagulation Support Workers (ASWs) working within the team.
The post holder will be expected to maintain competence to practice and to improve professional expertise through Continuous Professional Development (CPD) as well as departmental training and competency assessments. The main base will be at Macclesfield Hospital but with a substantial part of each week spent at community clinics serving Mid, East, South Cheshire and Vale Royal. The post holder may also be required to cover at Leighton Hospital on occasion.
The term ACP encompasses state registered staff such as Biomedical Scientists, Registered Nurses, and Pharmacy Technicians working in the Anticoagulation department.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level.
* Registration with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) or equivalent registered body.
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
* Professional training delivery qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
* Portfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas.
* Experience and/or qualifications in patient-facing roles.
* IBMS membership or membership of an equivalent body.
Knowledge, skills, training and experience
* Able to work to Standard Operating Procedures and contribute to their review and implementation.
* Able to communicate information accurately, both orally and in writing and with all service users.
* Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need.
* Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions.
* Ability to motivate and support others to achieve goals.
* Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service.
* Ability to work as part of the wider team.
* Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
* Excellent written and communication skills.
* Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.
* Ability to follow complex instructions and make the complex simple.
* Ability to contribute directly to the production of strategy and policy documentation.
* Ability to develop medium and long-term plans to meet service need and ensure sustainability.
* Ability to apply evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events and activities.
* Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse data and information.
* Full driving license and use of own vehicle.
* Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
* Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self-regulation.
* Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agreed objectives.
* Consistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.
* Works with patients and people at the fore – operates to a customer service ethos.
* Acts to support and enable effective teamwork.
* Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality.
* There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration.
* Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances.
* Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Lucy Vawdrey
Job title: Anticoagulation Manager (Leighton & Macclesfield)
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 01270 273285
Additional information: Mandy Pointon - 01782 674944 - [emailprotected]
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