Specialist Nurse

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 20 February 2026

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Specialist Nurse to join our Thrombosis service on a fixed term contract. The Thrombosis team is based both 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 who cannot attend clinic. With a caseload of often long term patients, the nurses get to know the patients well and enjoy interacting with them on person and in the phone on an outpatient basis. For those patients who are not on the medication long term, the nursing team will see them through from initiation of therapy, counselling, education and management and then finishing.

The DVT Service is open from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday at the Horton and NOC sites, and 8.00am to 14.00pm 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.

Main duties of the job

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 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.

About us

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.

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Job responsibilities

• 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.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (NMC)
• Demonstrable evidence of ability to achieve post graduate study at Level 6 or 7 study.
• Supervision, Mentoring or Facilitating Workplace Learning Qualification

Knowledge and Experience

• Demonstrates knowledge within thrombosis or transferrable skills related to the role.

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year Pro rata per annum