Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join the resuscitation team as a band 6 resuscitation practitioner. The successful candidate must have experience in an acute speciality and an interest in resuscitation training. The job will include attending emergency calls, teaching and administrative work including local and national audit.
Main duties of the job
To help ensure that all staff working for Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust receive a high level of resuscitation training appropriate to their expected responsibilities. Help to ensure that resuscitation attempts at the Trust are performed according to current Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines wherever possible. To promote the collection of clinical data following a cardiac arrest and ensure all relevant data is accurately entered into resuscitation databases.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1) To assist the Senior Resuscitation Officer in the provision of deteriorating patient and resuscitation training to Trust staff, including adult, paediatric and neonatal life support
courses.
2) To be key in organising and delivering Resuscitation Council UK Immediate adult and paediatric life support courses (ILS/PILS)
2) Support in collection of data following cardiac arrest and the collation of this data. To support wards and departments in recording/presenting this information as per the PSIRF
process. Attending and presenting at PSIRP meetings where appropriate
3) Ensure that all training performed is recorded according to Trust policies and liaising with
the Learning and Education Teams to achieve compliance targets.
4) Attend cardiac arrest calls when other duties permit and perform as an active member of the team - providing teaching, support and advice as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assist the senior Resuscitation Practitioner in the organisation and provision of mandatory resuscitation including adult, paediatric and newborn training to all clinical staff within the hospital. To attend and support emergency calls where able, provide debriefs where appropriate and review these emergencies to add to the reporting system.
Support in the organising and delivery of advanced national courses including those of the Resuscitation Council UK and the Royal College of Surgeons.
To be an active member of the Resuscitation and Deteriorating Patient Committee, contributing to the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines.
Deputise for the Senior Resuscitation Practitioner in their absence
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. NMC or HCPC registered
2. Immediate Life Support Instructor Course
3. Paediatric Immediate Life Support Course Provider
4. Advanced Life Support Course Provider
Desirable criteria
5. Newborn Life Support Course Provider
6. Advanced Life Support Course Instructor
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Demonstrate experience of continuing professional and practice development
8. Demonstrate experience of managing teams and difficult situations
9. Demonstrate clinical experience of managing acute adult emergencies
10. Demonstrate clinical experience of resuscitation of the adult
11. Demonstrate ability to provide feedback to all levels of staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Demonstrate knowledge of the ability to apply evidence based practice
13. Demonstrate knowledge of the importance of Duty of Candour in relation to resuscitation
14. Demonstrate knowledge of the PSIRF framework
15. Knowledge of relevant clinical guidelines and policies
16. Demonstrate knowledge of current Treatment Escalation Plans/DNACPR and the ReSPECT policy/process l
Desirable criteria
17. Knowledge of current Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
18. Excellent communication skills
19. Ability to work autonomously to meet priorities and deadlines
20. Ability to deal with difficult and sensitive situations
21. Analyse problems and implement effective outcome
22. IT skill including PowerPoint, Word and Excel
23. Demonstrate effective interprofessional working
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.