Specialist Nurse | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Specialist Nurse to join our Thrombosis service on a fixed term contract. The Thrombosis team is based at the Oxford Haemophilia & Thrombosis Centre at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the pathology laboratory at the Horton General Hospital. The thrombosis team consists of a DVT Service, an Anticoagulation Service and a VTE prevention service.

The Anticoagulation Service is open from 8:00am to 6:00pm (Monday to Friday) at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Horton Hospital. The service manages patients in Oxfordshire taking anticoagulation medication and comprises education clinics, point of care clinics, remote telephone and software assisted dose titration, and limited home visits for patients requiring Point of Care INRs. With a caseload of often long-term patients, the nurses interact with them in person and by phone on an outpatient basis.

For those patients not on long-term medication, the nursing team will see them through initiation of therapy, counselling, education and management, and then finish.

The DVT Service is open from 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday at the Horton and NOC sites, and 8:00am to 2:00pm at weekends and bank holidays at the Churchill Hospital site. This service runs a nurse-led ‘one-stop shop’ DVT diagnostic clinic 7 days a week and manages patients with suspected and confirmed DVT.

The successful candidate will begin by training in the anticoagulation service and after 6 months will train in the DVT clinic service. Once trained the post holder will rotate through the DVT and thrombosis service and maintain a close working relationship with the VTE prevention service.

Please note that this vacancy is to work mainly at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, but the ability to travel to the Horton Hospital to cover clinics there would be considered a bonus. Travel expenses can be reimbursed. Access to a car is also an advantage due to the need to provide some limited home visits to take Point Of Care INRs.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Please refer to the attached Job Description.

• Clinical assessment of patients referred into the service
• Provision of patient education through diagnosis and treatment
• Accept referrals, ensuring patients have an up-to-date record with a clear treatment plan documented

Advert closing date: Friday 20 Feb 2026