Staff nurse

3 months ago

Gillingham, United Kingdom Medway Community Healthcare Full time

Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen that would suit a nurse with a hospital or community background to work as a member of the medway community anticoagulation service amongst a small and supportive team. As a valued team member, you will be responsible for clinical assessments of patients - You will undertake warfarin clinics in multiple settings within the community and patients' homes. Having a full driving licence and being a car owner is essential. You will contribute to influencing all aspects of care and management of patients within the specialty, and promote the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, with education, point of care clinics, and remote telephone and software assisted dose titrations.

The service operates monday to friday 8am - 6pm, and saturday morning 8-1pm worked by a rotation. The service is responsible for nearly 2,000 patients across the medway towns and surrounding areas who are taking warfarin. Most of our patients are long term which means our staff get to know the patients well, and enjoy interacting with them.

Previous experience of working with an anticoagulation setting is not expected, as the successful candidate will begin by training within the service.

Main duties of the job

Accept written patient referrals ensuring that all patients registered with the service have an up to date record on the anticoagulation service database with a clear treatment plan documented. Participate in the computerised dosing of patients, liaising when required with nursing colleagues, line manager and medical staff. Deal with any clinical problems brought to your attention, and where appropriate bringing problems to the attention of the medical staff/nursing line manager. Provide a telephone and email advisory service to answer patients' queries relating to their anticoagulation. Participate in the new patient education clinic, providing or one-to-one patient education sessions for patients newly started on warfarin. Train and become competent with coaguchek point of care test devices, and participate in finger prick clinics, and in training patients who have purchased their own finger prick test device for INR monitoring. Participate in NEQAS external quality control scheme for near patient testing analysers, ensuring quarterly external quality controls are performed and reported to NEQAS Phlebotomy when required

Participate in regular review and rewriting of patient information leaflets, ensuring patient and peer involvement

About us

So what else?

This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.

We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.

We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.

You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The small print

Informal visits can be arranged on request.

We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.

MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participate in ongoing audits of the services examining clinical outcomes and patient/general practice satisfaction with the service. Develop and maintain effective relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure collaborative working Ensure effective communication is maintained within the team

Full JD can be found in the attachments

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

Registered Nurse

Desirable

Community experience

Essential

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent

Desirable

Anticoagulation Qualification or willingness to undertake

Essential

Essential

Good IT skills

Desirable

Phlebotomy experience

MCH Values

Essential

Caring and compassionate, delivering quality and value and working in partnership

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