Nurse Specialist VTE and Anticoagulation

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Nurse Specialist for VTE and Anticoagulation to join their team. The successful applicant will deliver expert clinical care, education, and support to patients and their carers, while working in a supportive environment that fosters professional growth. This role requires excellent IT skills, a qualification in clinical assessment, and a commitment to improving anticoagulation services. The closing date for applications is 12 February 2026. Competitive pay and training opportunities available.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for professional growth and development

Qualifications

• Two years post registration experience in an acute environment.
• Experience in working autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert clinical care, education, and support to patients and carers.
• Assist in developing and evaluating a seamless specialist anticoagulation service.
• Support patients to self-manage their condition.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical experience in VTE and anticoagulation

Ability to prioritise workload

Team player

Education

Registered General Nurse Level 1, NMC registered

Degree level qualification or equivalent experience

Health assessment qualification

Job description

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Nurse Specialist VTE and Anticoagulation

The closing date is 12 February 2026

Please note that the Job description and Person Specification are subject to job matching. We are seeking an experienced nurse to join our VTE and anticoagulation team.

In this role, you will work with a team of nurses to deliver expert clinical care, education, and support to our patients and carers.

There are three key roles within the team which the successful applicant will work within: acute DVT nurse, clinic nurse and service coordinator.

The successful applicant must have excellent IT skills and possess a qualification in clinical assessment (or be willing to undertake this within 18 months of starting).

We offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for professional growth and development and are committed to delivering innovative, patient‑focused services and welcome applicants who share our passion for improving anticoagulation care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a clinically based practitioner who will take a key role in strengthening the nursing contribution to patients and service users within the speciality across the organisation.

In partnership with the multi‑disciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will assist develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist anticoagulation service.

Using specialist nursing skills; the post holder contributes to the management of a caseload of patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support taking on the roles of acute nurse, clinic nurse and service coordinator within the anticoagulation department.

The post holder will contribute to the ongoing development of innovative practice, standards of care and strategies to ensure practice development and education for other professionals caring for patients within this speciality.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford‑Upon‑Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston‑on‑Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2

We appreciate you completing the survey.

Job responsibilities

Key Result Areas

Expertise & Excellence in Clinical Practice

Contributes to the delivery of evidence‑based personalised and compassionate care which places quality at the heart of specialist practice. Care will responsive to individual needs and reflect current local and national guidelines.

Acts as an accessible professional for the multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) supporting the management of the VTE & anticoagulation clinical caseload. This will necessitate autonomy and advocacy to ensure the delivery of timely and appropriate care to meet patient and service needs.

Participates in the ongoing development and delivery of nurse led clinics in line with local service need covering newly diagnosed VTEs, vitamin K antagonists and Direct Oral Anti‑Coagulation therapies. Clinics may be face to face or telephone and will incorporate the use of agreed protocols and clinical and professional guidelines.

Assesses patients together with their medical and drug history to determine suitability for anticoagulant therapy.

Uses knowledge of the speciality and treatment to support the safe, appropriate, effective and timely assessment, implementation, delivery and evaluation of evidence‑based practice.

Organises their own workload and adjusts priorities in response to changes or issues arising within the workplace.

Proficient in phlebotomy. Undertakes both venous and capillary blood testing and analysis of blood results. Calculates doses of anticoagulant treatments within the service under guidance of local protocols.

As a non‑medical prescriber, prescribes relevant anticoagulant therapy to patients from a limited formulary (only for practitioners registered as non‑medical prescribers on the NMC register).

Acts as a patient advocate to facilitate the process of shared decision making in respect to health, choice of treatment and care. Uses interpersonal and communication skills where there may be significant barriers in order to build confidence. Ensures that patients individual needs are expressed and valued and individual care plans are understood.

Advises non‑specialist clinicians on the management for patients within the speciality in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Evaluates response to interventions and cascades to relevant colleagues.

Supports patients to self‑manage their condition, where deemed appropriate. Provides education for those who will need guided support to self‑manage and those who will need ongoing face‑to‑face support.

Act as a resource providing specialist advice and support across service boundaries to ensure optimum liaison and co‑ordination of care.

Undertakes and achieves clinical competencies relevant to this specialist service to demonstrate expertise in extended nursing roles with annual evaluation.

Acts as a role model including a specialist resource for clinical staff, patients and carers and relevant external agencies.

Provides support to ensure public and patient involvement is embedded within the sphere of practice.

Assists in setting measurable outcomes for the service and continuous evaluation of practice supporting changes where necessary.

Contributes to the clinical governance agenda.

Participates in operational and strategic planning for the development and delivery of the specialist service. Supports service improvement activities.

Represents the Trust by contributing to and participating in meetings locally, regional and nationally relating to the speciality.

Contributes to an annual service review, gathering information to support the annual report.

Communication

Takes personal responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers.

Acts as a role model for excellent communication skills. Demonstrates empathetic interpersonal and communication skills in supporting, informing, educating and advising patients and carers through their journey.

As a core member of the MDT, provides professional advice to the VTE and anticoagulation team.

Refers to other health professionals and outside agencies to ensure optimum care and ongoing support for individual patients/carers, and to ensure the seamless transition from primary to secondary care appropriate to patients individual needs and circumstance.

Maintains links with local and national organisations, which support the care of patients within this speciality.

Education

Supports and participates in the development of VTE and anticoagulation training programmes and seminars.

Participates in the development of patient focused education including training to support self‑management and health promotion activities.

Assists in the development of other professionals by contributing to Trust wide specialist education and training.

Supports the delivery of formal and informal teaching initiatives as part of the Trusts education strategy as agreed with the appropriate senior nurse to ensure practice development, staff empowerment and improved care for patients.

Ensures staff and where appropriate patients and carers are fully trained on anticoagulation equipment and consumable products.

Acts as a mentor/clinical supervisor as appropriate.

Takes personal responsibility for life‑long learning and personal development through clinical supervision and appraisal. Actively engages with learning and development opportunities needed to work as an advancing practitioner and takes appropriate action to ensure these needs are met.

Contributes to promoting educational links with local providers of higher education and delivers lectures on a range of courses.

Quality, Audit, Innovation and Research

Assists in the development and evaluation of written patient information and uses existing appropriate resources to inform users, according to individually assessed needs.

Works within the NMC The Code.

Contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of policies and clinical guidelines to support the specialist service.

Collaborates with other MDT members to develop and update multi‑professional Trust operational policies and guidelines.

Maintains patient records and ensures an effective documentation system to reflect the activity and delivery of specialist nursing care.

Promotes the service across all adult wards and departments.

Uses creative reasoning, experience and vision to support advancement of care.

Develops new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques.

Supports management of change as required.

Maintains membership and attendance at national and local forums to network and debate issues to inform the specialist nursing role and service delivery where applicable.

Assists with the collation of data to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality through audit and research.

Assists in the development of links and system to seek the views of patient and carers to ensure service development is in line with user needs.

Additional Responsibilities

To undertake health assessment training.

To undertake phlebotomy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse Level 1, NMC registered
• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Health assessment qualification
• Advanced communication skills training

Experience

• Two years post registration experience in an acute environment
• Experience in working autonomously
• Clinical experience in VTE and anticoagulation

Skills

• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Demonstates sound decision making abilities etc.
• Evidence of negotiation skills, informing, enquiring, persuading and directing as appropriate
• Understanding of the change management process.
• Knowledge of quality standards and relevant national and local guidance e.g. NICE, BSH
• Recognition of own development needs
• Team player
• Creative thinker
• Diplomatic

Other Job Requirements

• Flexible and positive approach to work, ability to work at various hospital and service delivery locations.
• Access to transport

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.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust