# Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-outreach-and-resuscitation-practitioner/657a3447-9d98-46dc-97ff-3ccd4697a3ae - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-outreach-and-resuscitation-practitioner/657a3447-9d98-46dc-97ff-3ccd4697a3ae.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months (Until 07-09-2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including unsocial hours (nights and weekends), across all sites) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:33:39.908Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Critical_Care_Outreach_Resuscitation/Critical_Care_Outreach_Resuscitation-v8144086 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8144086?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a motivated individual with excellent leadership, critical care, acute care or A&E experience to join our well-established and highly regarded Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Service (CCOARS). In collaboration with the Outreach Consultant, this practitioner-led service provides expert care to critically unwell and deteriorating patients, whilst supporting the ward teams and wider MDT. The team delivers a robust resuscitation training program, contributing to audit, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust. As a CCOARS practitioner, you will be delivering patient care in a variety of clinical settings, assessing, developing and implementing a management plan, and treating patients in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. The role includes a strong educational element with the delivery of resuscitation training, tracheostomy, NIV, transfer and the ALERT course to all grades of Trust staff, therefore excellent teaching and assessment skills are required. You will also be expected to respond to Emergency calls as a specialist member of the Resuscitation team. You will be allocated to a home site but are expected to work on all 3  sites (SMH, HH and CXH), as part of the 24/7 CCOARS. ### Main duties of the job - Provide specialist advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to critically ill patients/clients and relatives/carers, without supervision, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets and guidelines. - To undertake comprehensive physical and psychological patient assessment resulting in a clear plan of care for critically or acutely ill ward patients. To implement appropriate measures to enhance patient care and prevent further clinical deterioration and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and to re-assess at appropriate intervals. - Participate as a member of the cardiac arrest and medical emergency teams, acting as an effective role model and expert to all members of the Trusts staff. - To facilitate appropriate resuscitation training according to the Trust’s Resuscitation Policy. - To provide specialist clinical support and guidance in all matters relating to Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation. - Ensure the audit process is adhered to in line with Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines and Trust policies. Identify record and report all clinical incidents according to the Trust policy. - Willing to develop with the service providing a 24 hour, 7-day model for acutely unwell patients. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Experience working independently and unsupervised, managing a large and variable workload ### Educational **Essential** - Degree in Nursing / Health Related subject, or working towards this - Professional clinical qualification in a Critical Care associated speciality or equivalent and appropriate experience in a critical or emergency care area - RCUK ILS/ALS provider **Desirable** - Leadership qualification or equivalent experience - Post registration teaching and assessing qualification - RCUK ILS/ALS Instructor/ Instructor candidate - RCUK EPALS/APLS Provider or instructor - Masters in Nursing/ Health Related subject, or working towards this ### Skills and knowledge **Essential** - Structured teaching (lecturing) skills ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 402.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443113) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirement (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443114) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.