Resuscitation Officer

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about saving lives and empowering healthcare professionals with lifesaving skills? Join our team as a Resuscitation Officer and become a crucial part of our mission to deliver high quality emergency care and improve patient outcomes! This is a diverse role within a forward thinking and innovative team responsible for the training, education and support of all staff with matters relating to the deteriorating patient and resuscitation.

This post is vital role in leading, coordinating, and enhancing our resuscitation efforts across the Trust. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement, and evaluate resuscitation related training programs, ensuring staff are equipped with the latest techniques and knowledge.

In this dynamic position, there is opportunity to:

Lead Training Programs: Design and deliver high-quality Basic Life Support and Immediate Life Support courses to empower staff with the skills and confidence to respond effectively in critical situations

Drive Clinical Excellence: Collaborate staff to review resuscitation protocols, ensuring best practices are followed and standards are consistently met or exceeded

Innovate and Inspire: Embrace resuscitation science by integrating latest research and technological advancements into training and clinical practice

Promote a Culture of Safety: Champion a culture of continuous improvement and patient safety by conducting audits, debriefs and performance feedback to identify areas for development

Main duties of the job

A core part of the role is developing, delivering and evaluating training programmes with robust governance to satisfy Trust training requirements. Alongside this, bespoke activities such as workshops and skills sessions are provided to support clinical services. This is a particularly exciting time to join the team as it develops its simulation provision, across the Trust. It is also encouraged to teach other subject matter as appropriate to background and experience i.e. cannulation.

Supporting clinical teams is important and this can be by providing subject matter expert advice, debriefing post incident or advising on equipment requirements.

Other elements to the role include audit, quality improvement, policy development and attending local and national meetings.

The post holder will work within a team but will work independently and is actively encouraged to bring innovation and ideas which they can lead on. The post holder will also work across other teams, such as digital, clinical training, clinical audit and the clinical teams.

Continuous professional development is essential for this role to enhance knowledge and skills in resuscitation science and education. There is opportunity to attend conferences and workshops to network with peers as well as attend internal and external courses. There is also support to continue in clinical practice.

The post involves travel across the Trust and potentially across the border occasionally, including the Isle of Wight.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

13 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

348-CORP-5423

Job locations

Moorgreen Hospital

Botley Road, West End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 3JB

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Health Care Professional i.e. nurse, paramedic etc. with current registration with NMC, HCPC as appropriate
Teaching qualification (or working towards) such as PTTLS, AET or equivalent experience
Evidence of recent and ongoing personal development

Desirable

Experience of training in a community, learning disability, social care and mental health Trust would be advantageous
Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support/Immediate Life Support teaching experience and qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in acute care environment (pre-hospital or in hospital)
Experience of mentoring and/ or training other healthcare professionals
Sound clinical knowledge underpinned by evidence of theoretical understanding
Learning and Development process such as competencies, skills assessments and evaluations
Ability to critically appraise research
Application of local and national guidelines/standards related to all aspects of resuscitation including training
Awareness of the reporting and monitoring requirements for compliance with local and national guidelines

Desirable

The ability to teach on a wide range of subjects for example: patient handling, clinical skills
Knowledge of other digital platforms such as TEAMS, Moodle, Padlet, Slido etc.
Research and audit

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Health Care Professional i.e. nurse, paramedic etc. with current registration with NMC, HCPC as appropriate
Teaching qualification (or working towards) such as PTTLS, AET or equivalent experience
Evidence of recent and ongoing personal development

Desirable

Experience of training in a community, learning disability, social care and mental health Trust would be advantageous
Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support/Immediate Life Support teaching experience and qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in acute care environment (pre-hospital or in hospital)
Experience of mentoring and/ or training other healthcare professionals
Sound clinical knowledge underpinned by evidence of theoretical understanding
Learning and Development process such as competencies, skills assessments and evaluations
Ability to critically appraise research
Application of local and national guidelines/standards related to all aspects of resuscitation including training
Awareness of the reporting and monitoring requirements for compliance with local and national guidelines

Desirable

The ability to teach on a wide range of subjects for example: patient handling, clinical skills
Knowledge of other digital platforms such as TEAMS, Moodle, Padlet, Slido etc.
Research and audit

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.