Anticoagulation Practitioner

The University Hospital of North Midlands, Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts are working collaboratively to form a Pathology network in line with a NHSI directive.

Anticoagulation Practitioner

(suitable for Biomedical Scientists, registered nurses and other registered professional healthcare roles)

Band 5

Leighton Hospital and community clinics across Cheshire

**PLEASE NOTE**: This is not a laboratory-based role and the department is unable to support the IBMS certificate of competence (registration) portfolio or IBMS specialist portfolio.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and flexible person to join our anticoagulation team at Leighton Hospital as an Anticoagulation Practitioner (ACP).

The role involves providing a high quality anticoagulation monitoring service to patients through scientific and technical activities. You will be required to attend community locations to undertake INR measurements for our patients. The ACP is responsible for providing warfarin dosing advice to patients based on their history, concurrent medications and target range using the DAWN AC software system. The role involves both team working and lone working; the ability to manage your time and prioritise tasks under pressure will be advantageous. You will also be required to provide supervision for non-registered Anticoagulation Support Workers (ASWs) working within the team.

The post holder will be expected to maintain competence to practice and to improve professional expertise through Continuous Professional Development (CPD) as well as departmental training and competency assessments. The post holder’s main base will be at Leighton Hospital but with a substantial part of each week spent at community clinics serving Mid, East, South Cheshire and Vale Royal. The post holder may also be required to cover at Macclesfield Hospital on occasion.

The term ACP encompasses state registered staff such as Biomedical Scientists, Registered Nurses, and Pharmacy Technicians working in the Anticoagulation department.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

**Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details.