Anticoagulation Support Worker

The job is with the Anticoagulation Service and the base will be the North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Services (NMCPS) Directorate at Leighton Hospital. Part of the role will be utilisation of the computerised dose adjustment system (DAWN AC) at community clinics, along with the associated technical and clerical duties., We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research,

• To support the scientific and technical workforce performed by the qualified staff in the anticoagulation department.
• To ensue that all procedures are undertaken according to laboratory standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• To support the anticoagulation team in the provision of the service to all users of the department.
• To perform near patient testing at anticoagulation clinics using INR monitoring devices.
• To undertake home visits to perform near patient testing using INR monitoring devices.
• To telephone dose changes to patients as directed by the anticoagulation manager or other anticoagulation practitioner.
• To input patient referrals on to the DAWN anticoagulation software database.
  
  The NMCPS is part of University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford., University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust. At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.