Job summary
Employer heading
Resuscitation Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for registered health professionals to join our resuscitation services team.
The role of a resuscitation officer is to educate and support trust staff to provide safe and effective care to deteriorating patients or those who have suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest within our hospitals, working within current Resuscitation Council UK, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and other evidence based practice.
Main duties of the job
Development and delivery of high quality, evidence based education around the deteriorating patient and the management of cardiorespiratory arrest for adults and children.
Development and delivery of ad hoc training on specific subjects related to those above (i.e. anaphylaxis, human factors).
Supporting procurement and management of resuscitation related equipment and development of systems of support.
Organisational governance around all trust cardiac arrest events to support identification of learning and improvement opportunities.
Clinical support at clinical emergency events and pastoral care and support for staff involved in and effected by these events.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- High level communication skills
- Ability to work with independently or as part of a team.
- Evidence of an in-depth knowledge of contemporary resuscitation issues includes the Resuscitation Council (UK and ERC) guidelines and recommendations
- Knowledge of governance issues and NHS standards relevant to the sphere of resuscitation training and practice
- Awareness of the legal aspects of resuscitation
Desirable criteria
- Ability to set up, demonstrate and use training equipment.
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills: Word processing Email Spreadsheets
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified health professional holding registration with a professional healthcare body
- Relevant higher education qualification, DipHE (or equivalent) or higher
- Qualification in the management of deteriorating patients
- ILS/PILS/NLS provider
Desirable criteria
- ILS/PILS instructor
- ALS/EPALS/APLS provider
- ALS/EPALS/APLS/NLS instructor
- Teaching qualification
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake any relevant training
- Evidence to demonstrate a structured approach to CPD.
- Evidence of high-level communication skills at all levels including verbal, non-verbal and written
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience within an acute or critical healthcare setting
- Dealing with seriously ill patients and/or cardiac arrest situations
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in paediatric, midwifery or neonatal settings
- Teaching on a formal and informal basis – delivering training to multi-professional teams
- Use of IT databases and audit experience
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Regular attendance
- Willing to work flexible hours when required including occasional weekends
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Scott Slater
- Job title
- Deputy Resuscitation Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
Visits to and conversations about the team and role are actively welcomed and encouraged. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, we are happy to discuss flexibility around hours and working patterns.
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