Anticoagulation Nurse Specialist: Sponsorship Available

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse to join our Anticoagulation Service as an Anticoagulation Specialist Nurse. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality, nurse-led anticoagulation care across hospital and community settings, working autonomously to manage a diverse patient caseload. The successful candidate will play a key role in improving patient access to specialist anticoagulation services while supporting the safe and effective use of anticoagulant medicines.

Main duties of the job

You will lead and deliver anticoagulation clinics, undertaking comprehensive patient assessments, interpreting clinical information and blood test results, and developing evidence-based management plans. The role involves providing expert advice and education to patients, monitoring anticoagulation therapy, identifying and escalating clinical concerns, and working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to coordinate care. You will also contribute to service development, governance, audit activities and quality improvement initiatives within the service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience

Desirable

  • Anticoagulation nursing experience
  • History taking

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse with a degree or equivalent

Desirable

  • Specialist anticoagulation qualification
  • Degree with honours or equivalent
  • PhD qualification
  • Clinical examination module

Skills, knowledge and competencies

Essential

  • Basic IT skills in e-mail, word processing and spreadsheets

Skills, knowledge and competencies

Essential

  • Clinically competent
  • Initiation and implementation of change
  • Communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
  • Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information
  • Ability to present written information in a logical manner
  • Able to manage your own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously
  • Effective delegation skills
  • Experience in staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict
  • Knowledge of professional NHS issues
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the healthcare setting
  • Be a reflective practitioner

Desirable

  • Participation in service development projects
  • Experience of developing care pathways relevant to the speciality

Specific role requirements

Essential

  • Willing to work at pace and multitask

Physical effort

Essential

  • Patient handling
  • Use of manual handling equipment
  • Non-patient manual handling

Physical skills

Essential

  • Team player
  • Flexible
  • Motivated
  • Good time management skills
  • Able to use initiative
  • Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning
  • Use of computer for Lorenzo and ICE requests

Skills, knowledge and competencies

Essential

  • Assertive

Mental effort

Essential

  • Able to rise to the challenge of a busy environement
  • Able to use problem solving techniques
  • Is able to recognise when to escalate concerns to a higher level

Emotional effort

Essential

  • Can confidently manage patients experiencing long waits for treatment
  • Can address the needs of patients with mental health disorders or escalate concerns beyond personal ability

Working conditions

Essential

  • Can work in a busy clinical setting in a sometimes noisy environment with occasional interruptions

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 21 September 2026

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