Anticoagulation Practitioner

Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centered care? Join our dynamic Anticoagulation Service as a Band 6 Anticoagulation Practitioner and play a vital role in improving outcomes for patients across the community and hospital settings.

You’ll assist in managing a caseload of over 1,000 patients who take vitamin K antagonists, providing expert support for both inpatients and outpatients, and working across all areas of anticoagulation therapy. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical expertise, work collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary team, and make a real difference to patient safety and quality of care.

If you’re looking for a role that combines autonomy, variety, and professional growth, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Provide an autonomous clinical dosing service for patients on anticoagulants in both hospital and community settings.
• Manage a caseload of patients requiring anticoagulation therapy, including initiation, bridging, conversion, and maintenance.
• Dose Warfarin and Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) using computerised dosing software in line with Trust and national guidelines.
• Deliver structured education, support, and specialist advice to patients and their families to promote safe and informed care.
• Conduct telephone consultations and practitioner-led clinics to review and adjust treatment plans.
• Assess patients for anticoagulation therapy, checking indications, contraindications, and safety considerations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across hospital and community settings to ensure safe and effective anticoagulant management.
• Participate in service development, audits, and evidence-based practice initiatives to improve patient outcomes.
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure compliance with local and national guidelines.
• Support training and education for new staff and contribute to creating a learning environment within the team.

About us

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

Providing a clinical dosing service for patients on anticoagulants contributing to clinical care within the hospital and community

The anticoagulant practitioner will be responsible for providing specialist knowledge and care to patients. They will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care, providing specialist advice, structured education and ongoing support to their anticoagulant patients based on individual need.

The post holder will be an experienced registered nurse responsible for the provision of an autonomous service for patients requiring anticoagulation therapy, but will refer for consultant nurse/haematologist advice when secondary involvement is necessary.

To dose Warfarin and Direct Oral Anticoagulant and associated drugs as directed by departmental, Trust and national guidelines

To provide support and education to patients receiving anticoagulant therapy

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant experience in post registration Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) at Band 5

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential

• Good keyboard and telephone skills

Desirable

• Experience of using computerised anticoagulation software would be advantageous

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Ability to work independently and within a small team
• Ability to communicate effectively with all service users
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Good interpretive skills

Language requirement

Essential

• Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Experience

Essential

• A good understanding of Anticoagulation and Thrombosis including National Guidelines i.e NICE, BSCH, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Guidelines
• To be able to provide education to patients receiving anticoagulant therapy
• Ability to operate within quality assurance parameters

Desirable

• Previous anticoagulation/cardiology/stroke experience/training

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Through sound knowledge base be able to provide clinical advice to patients and other healthcare professionals
• Ability to use IT packages such as Microsoft Office and Outlook

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS/Trust IT systems

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to concentrate for prolonger periods
• Confident
• Enthusiastic
• Flexible

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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