An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated registered nurse to join the Anti-coagulation Service at SWFT, as an Anti-coagulation Specialist Nurse. The post encompasses all areas of anti-coagulation, and the successful applicant will be caring for patients who are at risk of or being treated for a variety of different thrombosis or emboli.
Management of patients includes the assessment, initiation, management, and evaluation of patients on anticoagulation therapy (including Low molecular weight heparin, direct oral anticoagulants - DOACs, and warfarin and other vitamin K antagonists). We offer a wide variety of clinics and whilst we do undertake face-to-face consultations, a significant number are via the telephone. We are also looking to expand inpatient support in the future. The post involves undertaking significant clerical duties. The successful applicant will have good organisation skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to work methodically and consistently, with the ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner.
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 primary role of the post will be to work in the Anticoagulation team using the Raid computerised dosing system. The nurse specialist will act as a clinical expert alongside a fellow Band 6 Nurse and provide a professional source to the multi-professional team, patients, and carers within the anticoagulation service. To supervise support staff within the anticoagulant department, keeping the Manager and Clinical Lead Consultant informed of any problems.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has 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.
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, 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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