Anticoagulation Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This critical role involves the safe, effective, and evidence-based management of patients requiring anticoagulation therapy. Responsibilities include initiation and ongoing monitoring of oral and injectable anticoagulants across various settings, such as inpatient admissions and outpatient clinics. The specialist will assess, initiate, monitor, and manage patients on anticoagulation therapy, focusing on complex case management, bridging therapy, and high-risk patients. This role provides support to inpatient teams, community services, and primary care.
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for the safe management and review of patients on oral anticoagulants
- Administration of low molecular weight heparin to patients
- Lone working at Weekends and Bank holidays
- Communicate with a range of clinical and non-clinical staff, ensuring a caring, sensitive and empathetic manner to patients and relatives
- Deputise for the Lead Anticoagulation Nurse at Directorate/Divisional meetings and working groups
- Prescribe medications within locally agreed formulary for Anticoagulation Management
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on NMC register
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing
- Mentorship or equivalent experience of teaching
- Minimum 3 years post registration experience
- Evidence of on going professional education in a specialist area
- Good communication skills
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Clinical reasoning
- Problem solving and independent decision making skills
- Formal teaching to groups of staff
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to use own initiative
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical prescribing
- On going personal/professional development
- 1 year of management/leadership experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Anticoagulation Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
The Anticoagulation clinical Nurse Specialist is a critical role, responsible for the safe,effective, and evidenced-based management of patients requiring anticoagulation therapy.
This includes both initiation and ongoing monitoring of oral and injectable anticoagulants (Warfarin, direct oral anticoagulants, low molecular weight heparin) across a variety ofsettings, including inpatient admissions and outpatient clinics, to provide support to inpatient teams, community services and primary care.
This clinical role involves the assessment, initiation, monitoring and ongoing management of patients on anticoagulation therapy. They will be responsible for the complex case management ofanticoagulation planning, bridging therapy, and management in cases of complexity in high-risk patients.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for the safe management and review of patients on oral anticoagulants
- Administration of low molecular weight heparin to patients
- Lone working at Weekends and Bank holidays
- Current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration.
o Evidence of study at degree level in Health/Nursing Related Studies.o Mentorship module or have experience of teaching and assessing.o Non-medical prescriber evidenced thr
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