Anticoagulation - Clinical Nurse Specialist
Job Title: Anticoagulation Clinical Nurse Specialist
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Closing Date: 4th October 2024
Interview Date: 14th October 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a multi-professional team to deliver enhanced clinical practice to a specific client group and participate in education, audit and application of evidence-based practice within the specialty.
* Manage daily anticoagulation nurse led clinics
* Receive direct referrals from General Practitioners and Consultants
* Manage and co-ordinate all investigations and treatment for DVT patients from referral to diagnosis according to the DVT protocol
* Participate in approved Patient Group directions by the Trust appropriate to our sphere of practice, to maintain safe anticoagulation for patients.
* Co-ordinate patient discharge liaising with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that safe delivery of anticoagulation continues as an outpatient
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.
Job responsibilities
Carry out programmes of care and treatment determined by others.
Manage clinical caseload on a day-to-day basis including making minor modifications within prescribed parameters reporting back to the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
Provide advice in relation to the care of individual or groups of patients.
Deliver education programmes to patients, carers and other nursing staff as agreed by the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
Act as a role model exploiting at every opportunity to enhance the knowledge of others in issues relating to the specialism.
Participate in research and audit as part of the multi-professional team within the specialism.
Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients and other users of the Trust.
Produce written communications which are clear, fluent, concise and easily understood.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please find that the full details can be found in the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
* Two years at Band 5 or equivalent
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Demonstrates the use of evidence-based practice in the implementation of change.
* Experience within the speciality
Qualifications
* RGN / RSCN / RM
* Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in speciality.
* Teaching qualification
Skills and Abilities
* Evidence of ability and experience in communicating across a diverse range of people and organisations
* Evidence of ability to function with a high degree of personal accountability and autonomy
* Effective leadership skills
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.
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