Resuscitation Officer

Job overview

Job Title: Resuscitation Officer

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week

Perm/Fixed Term: Fixed term for 12 months (Secondment opportunity for internal staff)

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Closing Date: 24th January 2025

Interview Date: 6th February 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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Main duties of the job

• To participate in resuscitation education service development.
• Maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the Resuscitation Officer in the best interests of the patient and profession.
• Provide specialist resuscitation advice and act as a resource, providing clinical expertise and support to all service managers and health care professionals.
• Meet requirements of the Resuscitation Council (UK) to maintain cardio-pulmonary resuscitation accredited provider/instructor status.
• Plan and deliver the teaching, assessment and evaluation of resuscitation skills teaching methods to all staff members.
• To be responsible for ensuring safe use of resuscitation equipment such as defibrillators and simulation skills equipment through training, assessment, and evaluation.
• Act as a role model actively seeking opportunities to enhance the knowledge of others in issues relating to resuscitation.
• Possess knowledge of research and audit.
• Collate information to create and format spreadsheets, databases and reports using computerised systems.
• Possess developed communication skills.
• Works collaboratively with others, appreciating the roles of other staff and agencies involved in the care of patients to ensure optimal safe patient care.
• To liaise with the emergency teams and assist with the management of deteriorating patients, ensuring resuscitation guidelines are implemented.
• Prepare for exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Operationally manage all resuscitation services across the Trust.
• To provide professional advice and consultancy to the Trust on all aspects of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation including policy, risk assessment, infection control, equipment purchase and audit.
• To initiate research and implement and monitor robust audit mechanisms for cardiac arrest calls, equipment, DNACPR (ReSPECT), training needs analysis, effectiveness of clinical practice and training outcomes.
• To lead, co-ordinate and deliver appropriate cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training to all Trust staff and learners.
• Operationally manage the resuscitation skills room as a multi professional education and training resource.
• Work in collaboration with other clinical education providers to provide high quality accredited courses.
• To manage the resuscitation education budget and income generated through accredited courses.
• Provide specialist knowledge, advice and guidance on resuscitation education and related issues for all staff and managers within the Trust.
• Promote and support an active approach to resuscitation education and service development across the Trust.
• Act as the Lead for resuscitation and present reports to Resuscitation Committee, Learning Operations Group and Patient Safety Learning Collaborative Group when necessary.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.