Job description
Are you passionate about using your clinical expertise to teach and develop staff, improving and enhancing the patient safety?
Our Resuscitation Services is offering an excellent opportunity for a Resuscitation Officer to join the team and provide training across our three main hospital sites at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
With a dedication for teaching and clinical training, you will facilitate and deliver training activities to over 5000 staff requiring skills and knowledge in basic, immediate and advanced life support, for adult, paediatric and neonatal patients.
You will be a valued member of a friendly and supportive team, applying your previous experience and skills, in managing and attending cardiac arrests and medical emergencies. As well as supporting clinical areas in the management of deteriorating patients, in clinical audit and the provision of quality assurance, both locally and nationally.
You will support the Lead Resuscitation Officer in managing the provision of basic to advanced life support training in accordance with Local and National standards.
You will assist in the planning, organisation, implementation and monitoring of resuscitation training across the Trust against the associated standards and frameworks. Working in partnership with the Lead Resuscitation Officer, you will analyse and plan training needs for all staff groups as advised by clinicians and line managers.
You will play an active part in developing the Trust guidelines and protocols in line with national standards and frameworks for resuscitation and ensure compliance in teaching and practice. You will ensure that a suitable learning environment is provided through maintenance of the training and simulation spaces, and the equipment within them.
You will participate in local and national clinical audits related to resuscitation, monitoring standards of resuscitation practice within the Trust. You will provide data and information to the Lead Resuscitation Officer to inform on our Quality Assurance reports.
Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a healthy work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
- Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
- Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
- Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
- In-house Physiotherapy Services
- Career development and training opportunities
- Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
- Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
- Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
The post holder will:
- Assist with the development and implementation of an efficient and effective resuscitation service which is evidence based and reflective of national and local standards within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Attend cardiac arrest 2222 calls within the Trust during working hours, and perform as an expert practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and knowledge. Providing clinical support to members of the resuscitation team
- Support data collection and reporting of audits relating to resuscitation including, monitoring of cardiac arrests and the availability of appropriate resuscitation equipment
- Assist with ensuring clinical devices and resuscitation equipment are maintained in working order and that stocking and checking procedures of this vital equipment is maintained
- Provide education and information to medical and non-medical staff regarding the Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) decisions in accordance with the Trust ReSPECT policy
- Identify and provide notification of any risk management issues that may arise relating to resuscitation procedures or equipment