Anticoagulation Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 19 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 April 2026 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9234-26-0220 |
Summary
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture. To provide a comprehensive nurse-led anticoagulation service for the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust and NHS Norfolk. To provide specialist clinical advice, initiate treatment and provide information and support to patients, their families, and carers. To act as a resource for advice and education to the multi-professional team including nursing staff, medical staff, pharmacists, laboratory staff, radiology, and other health care professionals. To co-ordinate patient anticoagulant care to ensure continuity throughout the patients care pathway. To participate in the review and development of the haemostasis and thrombosis service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group. To liaise closely with the health care teams of in-patient wards, outpatient departments and primary care, including consultant physicians and GPs. To monitor and improve standards of anticoagulant care through clinical audit, leading the development of practice through research. To demonstrate wide and in-depth expertise of all aspects of the speciality by exercising clinical leadership and effective education Ward dosing service To supervise and prescribe the dosing of anticoagulants for patients on oral anticoagulant therapy, according to PGDs and nurse prescribing guidelines, for all patients commenced on the inpatient dosing scheme. To order blood tests as clinically indicated. To liaise with ward staff, to ensure that patients on anticoagulation have received appropriate advice/education prior to discharge and that follow-up arrangements have been made. Fast track discharge service To initiate and facilitate safe early discharge of patients on anticoagulation from hospital, thereby improving patient flow and increasing bed availability within the trust. Computer dosing service To ensure the nurse-led computer INR dosing service for GP Practices works effectively and safely, liaising closely with GPs and primary health care staff. To communicate high INR results by phone and fax to GP surgeries and provide appropriate advice. To use Dawn software to individually dos patients using INR blood samples sent from GP practices