Clinical Lead Advanced Nurse Specialist

3 weeks ago


Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Full time
Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Anticoagulation team, a 12-month secondment opportunity to lead the team through a period of service change.

We are seeking a highly motivated and organized Lead Nurse to manage the Anticoagulation service on behalf of the Trust, ensuring an efficient and effective service that complies with best practice.

Main Duties of the Job
  1. Manage caseloads, work allocation, and clinical supervision.
  2. Line manage the team and coordinate service delivery.
  3. Train and ensure the competence of the team.
  4. Ensure appropriate HR processes are followed in relation to sickness management and performance, escalating as necessary.
  5. Be proactive in maintaining the quality of the department, involved in benchmarking, audit, and clinical governance.
  6. Monitor performance indicators and turnaround times.
  7. Maintain and troubleshoot the Dawn Anticoagulation dosing system, ensuring updates are applied as appropriate.
  8. Demonstrate competence in reviewing medical history and clinical information that may impact on effective anticoagulation, interpreting INR results, adjusting and monitoring dosing regimes of vitamin K antagonists, and providing expert clinical advice to patients, relatives, carers, and other healthcare professionals.
  9. Demonstrate strong effective decision-making in relation to clinical management of patients on anticoagulants.
  10. Act as a role model and be actively involved in staff development/support in relation to any change management during periods of service reconfiguration to ensure retention of motivated staff.
Working for Our Organisation

Join us at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, where our passion for excellence drives everything we do.

We're on a mission to provide high-quality, safe care to our patients, in an environment our incredible staff are proud to work in.

Our vision, 'To provide excellent care for the communities we serve,' is not just a statement; it's a promise we live by every day. Guided by our core values - Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, and Trusted - we're determined to make a real difference in the lives of those who matter most: our patients and their families.

The Anticoagulation service serves the population of Shropshire and Mid Wales and provides anticoagulant monitoring and dosing. It is a nurse-led telephone service providing dose recommendations and advice for oral anticoagulants to patients, carers, nursing, and medical staff. The team consists of specialist nurses and clerical staff overseen by a Consultant Haematologist. The service supports blended working, involving both shifts in the office and some working from home.

The team are warm and friendly and highly committed to the care of their patients.



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