Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated and experienced healthcare professional to join our multidisciplinary team as a Specialist in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. This is a key clinical role offering leadership, diagnostic expertise, and direct patient care across multiple settings.
You will provide specialist input into the clinical management of patients requiring anticoagulation therapy, working collaboratively with colleagues across inpatient, outpatient, day-case, and remote access clinics. You will be based at both Newark and King's Mill Hospitals, delivering high-quality, evidence-based care in line with national and local guidelines.
Join us in delivering outstanding care and making a real difference in the lives of our patients.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the anticoagulation service, contributing to strategic planning and service development.
- Deliver diagnostic and interpretative services for approximately 1,000 samples per day.
- Manage dosing for unstable patients and provide expert clinical advice as part of the SFHT haemostasis and thrombosis team.
- Work autonomously within the anticoagulant clinic, using a computerised clinical management system to calculate drug dosages and determine safe recall dates.
- Counsel patients and carers on medical conditions, lifestyle changes, and treatment options.
- Monitor and manage drug interactions, particularly with anticoagulant medications.
- Coordinate care for patients with over-anticoagulation, following established protocols.
- Educate patients on self-injection techniques for low molecular weight heparins and monitor their progress.
- Advise other healthcare professionals on haemostasis and thrombosis management.
- Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings, advocating for patients and supporting informed decision-making.
- Perform venepuncture and capillary sampling as required.
- Support ward staff and families during discharge planning.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Interpretation skills around anticoagulation therapy
Desirable
- IT computer and keyboard skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 RGN, HCPC registration or GPhC registration
- Educational qualification equivalent to FLIPS or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence based practice module or equivalent
- Degree or working towards
Further Training
Essential
- Evidence of post grad development
- Research skills
- Data collection and interpretation
Desirable
- Participation in clinical trials
- Anticoagulation specific training
- DAWN
Experience
Essential
- Clinical assessment skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Patient focused
- Relevant experience within the speciality field
Desirable
- Pathology or Pharmacy experience
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Mandatory Updates
- Work on both KMH and NH site
- Clean driving licence and use of own car
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Interpretation skills around anticoagulation therapy
Desirable
- IT computer and keyboard skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 RGN, HCPC registration or GPhC registration
- Educational qualification equivalent to FLIPS or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence based practice module or equivalent
- Degree or working towards
Further Training
Essential
- Evidence of post grad development
- Research skills
- Data collection and interpretation
Desirable
- Participation in clinical trials
- Anticoagulation specific training
- DAWN
Experience
Essential
- Clinical assessment skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Patient focused
- Relevant experience within the speciality field
Desirable
- Pathology or Pharmacy experience
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Mandatory Updates
- Work on both KMH and NH site
- Clean driving licence and use of own car
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
