Job overview
We are recruiting for a Junior Resuscitation / IsSAFE Practitioner who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We have an exciting development opportunity to join the Resuscitation Service, in the role of a Junior Resuscitation / IsSAFE Practitioner. You will work as part of the team supporting the resuscitation improvement strategy for the Trust and delivering the IsSAFE programme (In-situ Simulation Applying human Factors Evaluation) across the organisations clinical areas, helping ensure that the service is able to develop to fulfil the needs of East and North Herts NHS Teaching Trust staff and maintain a safe environment for patients.
You will work across the Trust, ensuring effective and safe delivery of care for patients, particularly in partnerships with teams such as critical care outreach and sepsis team with a drive to prevent patient deterioration.
Working closely with the Non-Medical Education team and Medical Education team to deliver training and in-situ simulation to all clinical staff employed by the Trust and will support continued improvement in providing education across the Trust.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with the other team members to ensure the standardisation and development of the service, ensuring that the service is able to grow to fulfil the needs of East and North Herts NHS Trust staff.
Participate in the planning, delivery, organisation and evaluation of training and in-situ simulation programmes delivered by the department.
Manage day-to-day operation of the resuscitation service delivery with other members of the team.
Provide training for the general public in both adult and paediatric life support when required
Respond to 2222 calls for deteriorating patients and cardiac arrests, supported by Senior Resuscitation /IsSAFE Practitioner
Support investigations into in-patient cardiac arrests and deterioration.
The post holder will require specialised knowledge and skills in the resuscitation of patients.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* Professional clinical qualification. RN, ODP or Paramedic (NMC or HCPC).
* Relevant post basic qualification e.g. ENB 100/998/124.
* RCUK ALS or EPALS provider Certificate
* Generic Instructor Course Qualification (Resuscitation Council [UK]) or nomination of GIC instructor potential (within 4 years)
* ALS or EPALS Instructor/ Instructor candidate/Instructor potential
* Willingness to study and achieve further RCUK provider/instructor course certificates.
Desirable criteria
* NLS instructor
* ALS instructor
* EPALS instructor
* EPALS or APLS Provider Certificate
* Competence in administration of First Line Drugs.
* ALERT Provider Certificate
* ILS instructor
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Band 5 experience in Acute care area such as ED, CCU, Acute assessment or Theatres
* Experience of working in a multiprofessional clinical environment
* Mentoring
Desirable criteria
* Mentoring experience
* Clinical teaching
* Clinical audit
Skills
Essential criteria
* Well-developed interpersonal/communication skills
* Demonstrates the ability to work both within a team and independently
* Demonstrates the ability to rapidly assess, interpret and co-ordinate the initiation of treatment
* Proven teaching and assessing ability
* Ability to provide constructive clinical debriefing to members of staff post cardiac arrest and other critical events
Desirable criteria
* Excellent negotiation skills
* Ability to plan and co-ordinate a comprehensive training program for all levels of staff
* Ability to lead and facilitate the development of a team and its members
* Presentation skills
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.