Anticoagulant Monitoring Nurse or Pharmacy Technician - Bury

Trafford Park, England, United Kingdom

1/14/2025

Job Summary

To provide efficient and safe near patient testing and monitoring of patients disease state and anticoagulation status.

To provide specialist advice and support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals involved in the patients care.

To provide the therapeutic adjustments of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant Protocol to ensure patients are kept targeting INR.

To perform dose adjustment and titration, by following the Anticoagulant Protocol.

To ensure maintenance of anticoagulation kit and equipment.

Work as part of the Anticoagulant team, in clinics and home visits

Main duties of the job

• Promote and monitor the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant therapies within the service under the direction of the Contract Lead.
• Works under direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol.
• Performs near patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a clinic setting.
• Receive, interpret and dose patients accordingly to maintain their target INR, considering interacting medication, disease state and any other factors.
• Initiate anticoagulant patients and manage transfer of their care from a hospital setting.
• Administer vitamin K in-line with Patient Group Directions.
• Provide advice and support to patients and their relatives and carers as appropriate.
• Maintain anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate supplies to carry out the clinic and domiciliary visits.
• Participation in NEQAS scheme and other routine equipment validation.
• Work as part of the anticoagulant team and wider team of health care professionals, fielding queries and offering advice.
  
  

About us

IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the company was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support.

We operate NHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

U0025-25-0003

Job locations

Intrahealth Offices

Trafford Park

Greater Manchester

M17 1LB

Job Description

Job responsibilities

To provide efficient and safe near patient testing and monitoring of patients disease state and anticoagulation status.

To provide specialist advice and support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals involved in the patients care.

To provide the therapeutic adjustments of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant Protocol to ensure patients are kept targeting INR.

To perform dose adjustment and titration, by following the Anticoagulant Protocol.

To ensure maintenance of anticoagulation kit and equipment.

Work as part of the Anticoagulant team.

• Promote and monitor the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant therapies within the service under the direction of the Contract Lead.
• Works under direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol.
• Performs near patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a clinic or domiciliary setting.
• Receive, interpret and dose patients accordingly to maintain their target INR, considering interacting medication, disease state and any other factors.
• Initiate anticoagulant patients and manage transfer of their care from a hospital setting.
• Provide advice and support to patients and their relatives and carers as appropriate.
• Maintain anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate supplies to carry out the clinic and domiciliary visits.
• Participation in NEQAS scheme.
• Work as part of the anticoagulant team and wider team of health care professionals, fielding queries and offering advice.
• Maintain appropriate records.
  
  

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide efficient and safe near patient testing and monitoring of patients disease state and anticoagulation status.

To provide specialist advice and support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals involved in the patients care.

To provide the therapeutic adjustments of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant Protocol to ensure patients are kept targeting INR.

To perform dose adjustment and titration, by following the Anticoagulant Protocol.

To ensure maintenance of anticoagulation kit and equipment.

Work as part of the Anticoagulant team.

• Promote and monitor the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant therapies within the service under the direction of the Contract Lead.
• Works under direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol.
• Performs near patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a clinic or domiciliary setting.
• Receive, interpret and dose patients accordingly to maintain their target INR, considering interacting medication, disease state and any other factors.
• Initiate anticoagulant patients and manage transfer of their care from a hospital setting.
• Provide advice and support to patients and their relatives and carers as appropriate.
• Maintain anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate supplies to carry out the clinic and domiciliary visits.
• Participation in NEQAS scheme.
• Work as part of the anticoagulant team and wider team of health care professionals, fielding queries and offering advice.
• Maintain appropriate records.
  
  

Person Specification

Experience Essential

• No previous experience essential
  
  

Desirable

• Previous anticoagulant clinic experience.
• Previous experience in a Peripatetic role
  
  

Qualifications Essential

• Registered with NMC
• Relevant nursing/health degree
• Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
  
  

Desirable

• Extended/independent nurse prescriber qualification
  
  

Attitudes/Skills/Qualities Essential

• Work calmly under pressure and to deadlines
• Conscientious
• Attention to detail
• Self-starter
• Flexible and proactive attitude
• Enthusiasm for the role
• Flexible approach to work, in line with the needs of the service such as evening or weekend working as necessary
• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to work both as a team member and independently
• Basic IT literacy i.e. use of e-mail, the internet and microsoft office applications
• Ability to plan own workload with priorities and objectives
• Demonstrate an understanding of the data protection act and patient confidentiality, clinical and information governance and Caldicott requirements
  
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of anticoagulant management in patients.
• Knowledge of SytemOne
• Knowledge of INRSstar
  
  

Person Specification Experience Essential

• No previous experience essential
  
  

Desirable

• Previous anticoagulant clinic experience.
• Previous experience in a Peripatetic role
  
  

Qualifications Essential

• Registered with NMC
• Relevant nursing/health degree
• Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
  
  

Desirable

• Extended/independent nurse prescriber qualification
  
  

Attitudes/Skills/Qualities Essential

• Work calmly under pressure and to deadlines
• Conscientious
• Attention to detail
• Self-starter
• Flexible and proactive attitude
• Enthusiasm for the role
• Flexible approach to work, in line with the needs of the service such as evening or weekend working as necessary
• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to work both as a team member and independently
• Basic IT literacy i.e. use of e-mail, the internet and microsoft office applications
• Ability to plan own workload with priorities and objectives
• Demonstrate an understanding of the data protection act and patient confidentiality, clinical and information governance and Caldicott requirements
  
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of anticoagulant management in patients.
• Knowledge of SytemOne
• Knowledge of INRSstar
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Intrahealth Ltd

Address

Intrahealth Offices

Trafford Park

Greater Manchester

M17 1LB

Employer's website

https://www.intrahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)