Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Previous post (within the last 2 years) within acute care environment
- Experience
Registered Health Care Professional NMC, GMC or HCPC
- IT literacy skills
Is able to work with a variety of IT packages to generate presentations and reports
- Teaching experience
Experience of teaching in their role - able to demonstrate this through application and during interview
- Instructor in a national course
Is an instructor in either ALS/EPALS/APLS or NLS
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of teaching within the acute care environment
- Teaching experience
RCUK/RCS/ALSG instructor
- Instructor in a national course
Trauma experience
Job overview
Banding for this position is still waiting approval
PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.
To provide (in conjunction with the Resuscitation team) a comprehensive Trust wide Resuscitation & Training Service to the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in accordance with the European Resuscitation Council and the Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines. To provide resuscitation training for other specified NHS and private organisations as required. To be a member of the Trust cardiac arrest team
Main duties of the job
Plan, develop and deliver resuscitation training within the organisation to all levels of staff.
Act as a senior member of the Medical Emergency team demonstrating clinical competence
Debriefing of staff following a event.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached job description for full information on the main responsibilities of the role for the applicants to review
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
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This advert is for Resuscitation Officer with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Resuscitation officer role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Banding for this position is still waiting approval. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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