Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning Thrombosis and Anticoagulation team at the Royal United Hospital (RUH), Bath. The successful candidate will work alongside the other Specialist Nurses, under the direction of the Lead Nurse and Lead Pharmacist, with oversight from the Consultant Haematologist for Thrombosis and Haemostasis. The role will involve reviewing patients post diagnosis of DVT & PE in clinic and managing patients taking anticoagulants. Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) prevention is also an important part of the role, with a requirement to carry out regular audits and investigate potential Hospital Acquired Thrombosis (HAT). You will be required to provide advice to healthcare professionals on the appropriate prescribing of anticoagulants and be involved in education and training. Opportunity will be given to develop and shape the role, as well as the wider service.
Main duties of the job
- To work alongside other specialist nurses, lead nurse, lead pharmacist and haematologist in managing the thrombosis and anticoagulation service at the RUH, Bath.
- To carry out regular clinics with patients.
- To provide advice to health care professionals.
- To carry out regular audit and improvement work.
- To carry out education and training.
- To support VTE & anticoagulation stewardship ward rounds, including inpatient INR monitoring.
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with NMC
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
- Specialist qualifications (such as diploma) and/or experience within specialist area of thrombosis and anticoagulation.
Desirable
- Prepared to undertake degree level learning / work towards Master's degree.
- Non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake.
- History taking and clinical assessment course or willing to undertake.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the basic principles of anticoagulation and thrombosis management
- Experience of reviewing patients independently in an outpatient clinic/ in-patient setting
- Evidence of ability to work autonomously
- Evidence of competency in teaching and assessment
- Relevant post registration experience, at band 5 level. Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge & practice during working as a Band 5 registered nurse
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience of working in a specific thrombosis/ anticoagulation role
- Experience of audit and research
- Ability to lead and influence change
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice.
- Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients' dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate.
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
- Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
- Demonstrates awareness of research-based practice and ability to advocate it.
- Able to take charge and delegate duties effectively
- Able to act as an advocate to service users.
- Demonstrates ability to ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times by self and ward / unit staff.
- Good IT skills.
- Able to deal with conflict.
- Demonstrates ability to use audit and improve quality.
- Able to communicate effectively verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. effectively in patient notes and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to supervise and support more junior/ inexperienced members of the team and students effectively through effective monitoring, feedback, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with NMC
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
- Specialist qualifications (such as diploma) and/or experience within specialist area of thrombosis and anticoagulation.
Desirable
- Prepared to undertake degree level learning / work towards Master's degree.
- Non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake.
- History taking and clinical assessment course or willing to undertake.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the basic principles of anticoagulation and thrombosis management
- Experience of reviewing patients independently in an outpatient clinic/ in-patient setting
- Evidence of ability to work autonomously
- Evidence of competency in teaching and assessment
- Relevant post registration experience, at band 5 level. Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge & practice during working as a Band 5 registered nurse
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience of working in a specific thrombosis/ anticoagulation role
- Experience of audit and research
- Ability to lead and influence change
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice.
- Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients' dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate.
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
- Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
- Demonstrates awareness of research-based practice and ability to advocate it.
- Able to take charge and delegate duties effectively
- Able to act as an advocate to service users.
- Demonstrates ability to ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times by self and ward / unit staff.
- Good IT skills.
- Able to deal with conflict.
- Demonstrates ability to use audit and improve quality.
- Able to communicate effectively verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. effectively in patient notes and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to supervise and support more junior/ inexperienced members of the team and students effectively through effective monitoring, feedback, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
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).
