A great opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 registered nurse to join our friendly, dynamic and motivated team in the Anticoagulation service at Withybush General Hospital. The applicant will need to be enthusiastic, adaptable and have good attention to detail. The successful candidate will assist in the management and organisation of the anticoagulation patients under the Health Boards care. The service manages the anticoagulation of patients with a number of conditions such as Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, and other Thrombotic events.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will:
* Under the supervision of the Anticoagulation CNS, accept referrals for Anticoagulation service.
* Utilise and adhere to health board policies, written guidelines, and procedures with particular awareness to anticoagulation guidelines.
* Liaise closely with patients, carers/relatives, and members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) ensuring their involvement with treatment assessment, planning and delivery of care.
* Provide patients and carers/relatives with clear, up to date verbal and written anticoagulation education.
* Participate in nurse led anticoagulation clinics, referring to Anticoagulation CNS as appropriate.
* Perform Point of Care Testing (POCT) on patients that are difficult to obtain venous blood samples from, following POCT training procedure. You will accurately document INR results.
* Follow up Direct Oral Anticoagulation (DOAC) patients at timely intervals with regards to compliance, adverse drug effects, patient concerns.
* Assist in the training or supervision of new staff and student nurses.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews will be held on 14/10/24.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
* Current NMC registration
* Awareness of Health Board Policies, Procedures and guidelines.
* Evidence of post registration study/training
* POVA
Experience
* Post registration evidence of direct nursing care
* Experience in providing holistic nursing care
* Interest in developing nursing skills or in particular specialist area of nursing.
* Experience of multidisciplinary working
* Experience of working independently with clinical supervision of seniors.
* Experience in medicine or haematology nursing.
* Experience of nursing patients on anticoagulation.
* Welsh speaker (Level 1)
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.
£28,834 to £35,099 a year per annum pro rata.
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