Staff Nurse - Anticoagulation service
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the Community Anticoagulation Service as a Staff Nurse. This role involves educating, monitoring, and dosing patients on anticoagulant medication, as well as providing VTE/in-reach support at hospitals. You will independently run clinics, complete new patient education and reviews, and monitor Warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants. The service also offers opportunities for involvement in self-testing and switching projects, and progression to a Band 6 role.
Key responsibilities
- Independently run a variety of clinics.
- Complete new patient education and reviews.
- Monitor patients on Warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants to maintain correct doses/treatment.
- Provide VTE/in-reach support at New Cross, West Park and Cannock Hospitals.
- Administer essential medications within the community to prevent hospital attendance/admission.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Uk driving licence
- Car access
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate Degree
- Community Experience
- Anticoagulation experience
- Cardiology/renal experience
- Anticoagulation knowledge and/or experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Staff Nurse - Anticoagulation service
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Community Anticoagulation Service.
Do you have an interest or previous experience working with patients who require anticoagulant medication? or previous experience within Anticoagulation?
Main duties of the job
Whilst community nursing/ anticoagulation experience is not required as we are committed to supporting your development during your induction and beyond. It is advantageous if you have experience in cardiology or renal nursing, although not essential.
We are a specialized service working towards enhancing care provision for people on an anticoagulant medication and our current role is around education, monitoring, dosing and supporting patients whilst on anticoagulant treatment. We also offer VTE/ in reach support at New cross, West Park and Cannock Hospitals. As part of the service we offer admission avoidance with administration of essential medications within the community to prevent hospital attendance/ admission for patients. There are exciting opportunities within the service to be involved with our self testing project and switching project which aims to maintain patient safety and offers a better experience for them, this is one of our quality initiatives.
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