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Job overview
The Clinical Lead will be accountable to the Clinical Director and the Patient Safety and Effectiveness Committee to ensure the Resuscitation Service meets its required objectives. The main responsibilities include supporting the Resuscitation Service Lead and Resuscitation Department in the delivery of a safe resuscitation service. This is achieved through the provision of day to day operational support on all Trust sites and through the provision of clinical and educational expertise in the field of resuscitation practice. The post holder will need to ensure patient safety through clinical governance processes within the service and be accountable for the delivery of national standards with regard to resuscitation, advance care planning and patient deterioration. The post holder will work closely with the Resuscitation Service Lead to deliver these objectives.
Main duties of the job
- In conjunction with key stakeholders, work as part of the CAPPRO Clinical and Operational Leadership Team to strategically develop the quality, clinical governance, Patient Safety and Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and improvement workstreams.
- Support Clinical Governance within the Resuscitation Service.
- Ensure the Trust Resuscitation Policy and national guidance from the Resuscitation Council UK is implemented across the Trust and provide evidence when required to do so.
- Chair quarterly meetings of the Resuscitation Committee, preparing through pre-meets with the Resuscitation Service Lead.
- Attend six monthly meetings of the National Cardiac Arrest Audit Committee and contribute to the ongoing work of this group.
- Work in a collaborative manner within the management structure of the Directorate and Division.
- Support the Resuscitation Service in the management of incidents or safety concerns pertaining to resuscitation.
- Alongside the Resuscitation Service lead agree, coordinate and maintain policies and procedures that optimise patient safety with particular focus on key workstreams in the department (e.g. ReSPECT, management of the deteriorating patient).
- Promote improvements in resuscitation education, clinical productivity and digital innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support research and development, education and training for teams providing an emergency response in the organisation.
- Develop and maintain links with key Directorate leads.
- Develop and maintain links with key external organisations.
The post holder will work with the Resuscitation Service Lead and the CAPPRO
Clinical Lead to ensure the Resuscitation Service meets its required objectives.
For this role the post holder will deliver against SMART objectives set out during annual job planning appraisal.
For a full detailed job description, please refer to the attached.
Person specification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute care within a large Trust
- Recent experience in managing clinical services
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance gained from experience of working with such systems
- Experience of change management
Management Style
Desirable
- See management as an open, involving and participative process
- Have good insight and be able to handle constructive criticism
- Proven collaborative ability to work in partnership with managers and other clinicians
- Demonstrate tenacity in dealing with issues
- Demonstrate the ability to hold clinical colleagues to account
Skills/Abilities
Desirable
- Have the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structured way, generating innovation solutions and adapting approaches to the problem- achieving sustainable outcomes
- Be able to anticipate problems, to understand the driving forces behind problems or potential problems amd being able to identify and use levers to achieve change
- Be skilled in influencing and negotiating internally and externally-using these skills to gain engagement and collaboration to achieve the service’s educational, clinical and quality priorities
- Can understand and interpret clinical decisions for others and make informed judgements concerning clinical priorities
- Be articulate and skilled in presenting ideas to others
- Have the ability to operate and think laterally at operational and strategic levels, with good analytical skills
- Be innovative and responsive to change
- Be industrious and versatile
- Be tactful, diplomatic and at ease with all kinds of people
- Demonstrate an understanding of quality assurance activity
Qualifications/Training
Desirable
- A practicing clinical professional with acute care experience and experience in the management of resuscitation events
- A practicing instructor on national resuscitation courses (ALS, EPALS, NLS, APLS) with experience in education delivery
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This advert is for Clinical Lead for Resuscitation with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, South East, England. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Pro Rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 3 years (Clinical Lead roles in the Trust are for an initial 3-year period and up to a total term of 5 years (max) where applicable following advert and interview process). The application deadline is 09 Aug 2026.
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