Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Resuscitation / IsSAFE Practitioner who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual that is passionate about improving patient care to join our Resuscitation / IsSAFE (In-situ Simulation Applying human Factors Evaluation) Service.
You will work as part of the team supporting the resuscitation improvement strategy for the Trust, ensuring that the service is able to develop and support the East and North Herts NHS Trust’s quality improvement objectives, maintaining a safe environment for patients. Working in partnerships with teams such as critical care outreach and sepsis team with a drive to prevent patient deterioration.
You will act as a Senior Resuscitation / IsSAFE Practitioner to The Trust and will work closely with the Non-Medical Education team and Medical Education team to deliver training to all clinical staff employed by the Trust and will support continued improvement in providing education across the Trust, requiring experience in resuscitation practices of all ages and in the deliver of in-situ simulation.
Our Values are Include, Respect, and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work with the other team members to ensure the standardisation and development of the Resuscitation and IsSAFE (In-situ Simulation Applying Human Factors Evaluation) services, ensuring that the services grow to fulfil the needs of East and North Herts NHS Teaching Trust staff. They will require specialised knowledge and skills, in the resuscitation of neonatal, paediatric and adult patients.
You will deputise in the absence of senior team leadership, supporting more junior clinical members of the team. They will manage day-to-day operation within the Resuscitation / IsSAFE Services with other members of the team, to ensure smooth delivery in line with national standards and local policy.
The post holder will participate in the planning, delivery, organisation and evaluation of training and simulation programs delivered by the department, including instructing and directing national life support courses run by the Trust.
You will also conduct the IsSAFE sessions, leading debriefs and promoting learning from outcomes, developing action plans in coordination with local leaders, providing clinical and managerial leadership and support, to all groups of staff on resuscitation matters.
Responding to 2222 calls for deteriorating patients and cardiac arrests of all ages and facilitating debriefs is an integral part of the role, with an additional responsibility of reviewing the care following cardiac arrests, while adopting a human factors approach.
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. EMB 100/199/124
* Recognised Teaching Qualification e.g ENB 998, C&G 7307 or Cert Ed.
* Generic Instructor Course Qualification (Resuscitation Council [UK])
* ALS Instructor/ Instructor candidate
* EPALS/APLS instructor/Instructor candidate.
Desirable criteria
* EPALS or APLS Provider/Instructor Certificate.
* ALS/EPALS/NLS Course Director.
* GIC Instructor Certificate.
* NLS Provider/Instructor Certificate.
* Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience.
* Relevant 1ST Degree
* Administration of First Line Drugs.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Minimum two years as band 6/7 in an acute care area or band 6 Resuscitation Officer.
* Act as a mentor.
* Development of short- and long-term strategy plans.
* Development and implementation of policies, audit, training.
Desirable criteria
* Demonstrable evidence of effective evaluation of training programs that will ensure that Clinical Governance and other professional standards.
* Ability to identify areas for research and instigated areas for research and development at local and/or national level.
* Ability to conduct and report on clinical audit and the development of action plans and implementation of change.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Demonstrates the ability to work both within a team and independently, whilst supervising and teaching others.
* Demonstrates the ability to rapidly assess, interpret and co-ordinate the initiation of treatment.
* Excellent interpersonal/communication skills.
* Proven ability to used learned knowledge to change practice.
* Proven teaching and assessing ability
Desirable criteria
* Excellent negotiation Skills.
* Ability to plan and co-ordinate a comprehensive training program for all levels of staff
* 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
* Ability to provide constructive clinical debriefing to members of staff post cardiac arrest and other critical events.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Understanding of the wider NHS environmental and current issues.
* Ability to work within a budget
* Demonstrates ability to interpret data and verifies evidence to change practice.
* Knowledge of current resuscitation issues in clinical practice and Current national resuscitation guidance
* Be aware of clinical risk and clinical governance issues relating to resuscitation.
* Computer literacy including office 2010; Excel, Access, Powerpoint
Desirable criteria
* Contributes to the development of the educational service at both local and regional levels.
* Be able to identify areas for improvement, plan and implement change.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Contributes to the development of the educational service at both local and regional levels.
* Be able to identify areas for improvement, plan and implement change.
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.