Trust Resuscitation Trainer
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 29 April 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Resuscitation Team as a Resuscitation Trainer, based in Central London. This is a full time, permanent position.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The Resuscitation Training Team provide timely education, training and advice on resuscitation and recognition and management of patient deterioration to both clinicians and non-clinicians throughout the Trust. We are looking for a motivated person who can work flexibly either alone or as part of a team. The role will include teaching emergency life support and Basic Life support at our training venues in London and Milton Keynes. It will also include undertaking audits and delivering simulations within wards and services across the Trust.
About us
The post holder must have some experience of working within health care and ideally will be a registered health care professional. You will need to have some experience of teaching. The role will require you to work with a wide range of professionals and respond to a various challenge that arise. The successful applicant will be based in Central London but must be willing to frequently travel across London to our training centre in Brent, Uxbridge and Milton Keynes where the services and training are delivered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specs for full details of resuscitation trainer position. We welcome your application
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specs for full details of resuscitation trainer position. We welcome your application
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- iBLS (Basic Life support instructor
- Registered Health Care Professional with such as a Qualified Nurse, Qualified Paramedic or appropriately trained and qualified professional and current registration with the NMC or HCPC as appropriate
- Recognised teaching qualification such as PTLLS City & Guilds 7303, or PGCE or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing health care
- Evidence of providing clinical training
Desirable
- Experience of managing resuscitation events in clinical settings
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, RCUK, NPS, NHSLA, NICE and CQC requirements, issues and standards
- IT literate - familiar with Word, Excel & MS Teams
Desirable
- Experience of Human factors
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals within the organisation and members of the public
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- Ability to articulate and evidence personal credibility
- Positive attitude to training and high customer care skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to manage difficult situations effectively
- Able to work independently but also as part of a team
- Ability to identify and employ methods of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Other
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly and at different locations
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- iBLS (Basic Life support instructor
- Registered Health Care Professional with such as a Qualified Nurse, Qualified Paramedic or appropriately trained and qualified professional and current registration with the NMC or HCPC as appropriate
- Recognised teaching qualification such as PTLLS City & Guilds 7303, or PGCE or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing health care
- Evidence of providing clinical training
Desirable
- Experience of managing resuscitation events in clinical settings
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, RCUK, NPS, NHSLA, NICE and CQC requirements, issues and standards
- IT literate - familiar with Word, Excel & MS Teams
Desirable
- Experience of Human factors
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals within the organisation and members of the public
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- Ability to articulate and evidence personal credibility
- Positive attitude to training and high customer care skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to manage difficult situations effectively
- Able to work independently but also as part of a team
- Ability to identify and employ methods of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Other
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly and at different locations
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).
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).
