Job summary
This is a great opportunity to join the Department of Healthcare of Professional Education as a Resuscitation Officer.
This would suite a person who wants to support our staff with their resuscitation training, which will be frequent and predominately part of the role and someone who is keen to understand the role of the resuscitation officers
You will be fully supported to develop the skills you require.
Main duties of the job
To maintain a specialist knowledge base to support the Resuscitation Lead in the development of resuscitation services.
To promote multidisciplinary teamwork.
To assist the Trust's resuscitation teams and be involved in the development and implementation of resuscitation policies and procedures Trust wide.
To actively encourage the development of the department through a planned educational resuscitation training programme, with the incorporation of research into practice.
To assist in the resuscitation audit data collection and where necessary liaise with clinical areas and patient safety.
To support and where appropriate direct the national advanced life support courses ran by the department.
To support the expanding demands of statutory and induction training to meet the organisational needs.
Support the resuscitation committee and act as a member of the group alongside the Resuscitation Lead.
About us
University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) NHS Trust aims to provide excellent care, with compassion, wrapped around people's individual needs
Together with our partners we will develop nationally leading integrated health and care, unlocking better outcomes and reducing inequalities, and develop UHP as a regional specialist centre to improve lives across Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall
UHP has a unique role, one of few trusts in the country to fulfil four distinct roles in the peninsula health and care system - spanning community and social care, mental health, acute and through to specialist and tertiary services.
We are responsible for providing care across the widest of spectrums: from within people's homes and working with our voluntary sector partners in local communities, to offering the most specialist hospital care available in our regional centre.
The south west peninsula geography gives our Trust a secondary care catchment population of 475,000 with a wider peninsula population of almost 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services. The population is characterised by its diversity - the rural and the urban, the wealthy and pockets of deprivation, and wide variance in health and life expectancy.
Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS at Risk staff throughout Devon who is able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver and assess competency in Basic, Immediate and Advanced Life Support training in both adult and paediatric patients as per Trust policy.
To assist in ensuring that all members of the cardiac arrest team, and all necessary holders of the resuscitation pagers, are trained and competent in the current resuscitation protocols including the operation of relevant equipment.
To deliver basic life support training to Trust staff as part of their annual mandatory training.
To assist in the co-ordination and running of externally Accredited Life Support courses.
Provide specialist advice to clinical teams on specific care of the deteriorating patient and emergency care.
Use specialist knowledge when attending resuscitation attempts in order to advise, co-ordinate and facilitate the resuscitation team.
Undertake on site visits to advise on emergency equipment, systems and processes.
Investigate and assist reports on any clinical incidents relating to resuscitation or failure to recognise or escalate for higher levels of care for the deteriorating patient.
Work in conjunction with the acute care team and emergency teams as required to safely transfer critically unwell patients to relevant clinical areas e.g. critical care.
Provide emotional support, debrief and guidance to members of the emergency team, clinical staff ,patients and relatives.
Provide advice relating to issues related to Health & Safety Legislation within the sphere of resuscitation.
Maintain own professional practice to continue to provide expert/specialist advice in the field of practice to give assurance to the Trust.
Provide effective liaison with clinical staff, switchboard and portering services to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the emergency call system.
Assist with the maintenance and safe use of resuscitation equipment within the organisation in collaboration with the Resuscitation Lead and clinical engineering department.
To participate, when available, in the Resuscitation Team as an active member of the cardiac arrest team and ensure that quality standards are being maintained and current guidelines adhered too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver and assess competency in Basic, Immediate and Advanced Life Support training in both adult and paediatric patients as per Trust policy.
To assist in ensuring that all members of the cardiac arrest team, and all necessary holders of the resuscitation pagers, are trained and competent in the current resuscitation protocols including the operation of relevant equipment.
To deliver basic life support training to Trust staff as part of their annual mandatory training.
To assist in the co-ordination and running of externally Accredited Life Support courses.
Provide specialist advice to clinical teams on specific care of the deteriorating patient and emergency care.
Use specialist knowledge when attending resuscitation attempts in order to advise, co-ordinate and facilitate the resuscitation team.
Undertake on site visits to advise on emergency equipment, systems and processes.
Investigate and assist reports on any clinical incidents relating to resuscitation or failure to recognise or escalate for higher levels of care for the deteriorating patient.
Work in conjunction with the acute care team and emergency teams as required to safely transfer critically unwell patients to relevant clinical areas e.g. critical care.
Provide emotional support, debrief and guidance to members of the emergency team, clinical staff ,patients and relatives.
Provide advice relating to issues related to Health & Safety Legislation within the sphere of resuscitation.
Maintain own professional practice to continue to provide expert/specialist advice in the field of practice to give assurance to the Trust.
Provide effective liaison with clinical staff, switchboard and portering services to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the emergency call system.
Assist with the maintenance and safe use of resuscitation equipment within the organisation in collaboration with the Resuscitation Lead and clinical engineering department.
To participate, when available, in the Resuscitation Team as an active member of the cardiac arrest team and ensure that quality standards are being maintained and current guidelines adhered too.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration NMC/HCPC
- Current (or evidence of previous success of this level) RCUK ALS or ALSG APLS Provider or other advanced life support course.
- Training/education qualification at degree level (e.g. Certificate / Diploma in Education) or willing to work towards
- Bachelor's degree or evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable
- ILS/PILS Instructor
- Critical care qualification
Apititude and abilities
Essential
- Enhanced interpersonal skills to handle group facilitation, 1:1 coaching and de-briefing
- Developed communication skills, including the ability to address complex and sensitive issues in an appropriate manner
- Effective presentation skills
- Must be physically fit to undertake the physical aspects of resuscitation training and for attending emergency calls across the organisation
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a National Health Service provider unit
- Previous demonstrable experience teaching resuscitation skills
- Proven knowledge of learning theories, the processes of learning and a practical appreciation of learning styles
- Demonstrable practical experience of the full training cycle: i.e. Identification of training needs, design & delivery of learning interventions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration NMC/HCPC
- Current (or evidence of previous success of this level) RCUK ALS or ALSG APLS Provider or other advanced life support course.
- Training/education qualification at degree level (e.g. Certificate / Diploma in Education) or willing to work towards
- Bachelor's degree or evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable
- ILS/PILS Instructor
- Critical care qualification
Apititude and abilities
Essential
- Enhanced interpersonal skills to handle group facilitation, 1:1 coaching and de-briefing
- Developed communication skills, including the ability to address complex and sensitive issues in an appropriate manner
- Effective presentation skills
- Must be physically fit to undertake the physical aspects of resuscitation training and for attending emergency calls across the organisation
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a National Health Service provider unit
- Previous demonstrable experience teaching resuscitation skills
- Proven knowledge of learning theories, the processes of learning and a practical appreciation of learning styles
- Demonstrable practical experience of the full training cycle: i.e. Identification of training needs, design & delivery of learning interventions
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
