# Resuscitation Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term Contract or Secondment)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T16:17:41.415Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8281889
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8281889?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Main duties of the job

- Deliver and support a wide range of resuscitation and patient safety education programmes across the Trust.
- Teach and assess clinical skills using evidence-based approaches and simulation methodologies.
- Support compliance with national resuscitation standards, Trust policies and mandatory training requirements.
- Provide specialist advice and support to multidisciplinary teams on resuscitation and patient safety matters.
- Contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of education programmes and learning events.
- Support quality improvement, audit, governance and service development activities within the Resuscitation Service.
- Work collaboratively with ward managers, clinical teams and key stakeholders to identify and address learning needs.
- Contribute to course faculty, simulation activity, emergency response support, resuscitation equipment assurance and other operational functions of the Resuscitation Service.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### QUALIFICATIONS

**Essential**

- Current NMC/HCPC registration or registered healthcare practitioner
- Generic Instructor Course or willingness to undertake
- Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) or willingness to undertake
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Instructor or European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) Instructor or willingness to undertake
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) Instructor or willingness to undertake

### ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

**Essential**

- Ability to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.
- Values accuracy and attention to detail
- Methodical and well organised and willingness to enhance knowledge and skills

**Desirable**

- Ability to understand and respond in emergencies

### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

**Essential**

- Evidence of contribution to education development.
- Evidence of formal/informal teaching which has influenced patient care
- Ability to manage/work within a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of clinical and managerial development
- Ability to motivate others
- Commitment to practicing, monitoring and teaching to a high standard of clinical care
- A knowledge of and practical use of information technology
- An understanding of current issues in education and practice including trust initiatives, knowledge of NMC/HCPC developments and their implications on practice

**Desirable**

- Evidence of experience in patient safety and investigations including report writing
- Knowledge of technology used in patient care that is relevant to post

### PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

**Essential**

- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and plan work streams in-line with the service and organizational needs
- Information technology knowledge and skills
- Treat all service users and colleagues with respect and dignity in accordance with the Trust policy
- Excellent time management
- Flexible and adaptable approach

### Professional/ Managerial/ Specialist Knowledge

**Essential**

- Awareness of current research, development and evidence based practice
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and application in clinical practice and education
- Evidence of ability to manage challenging issues, undertaking a problem solving approach
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, written, verbal and electronic records and reports
- Ability to apply current evidence and research into practice and influence improvements

### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

**Essential**

- Awareness of current research, development and evidence based practice.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and application in clinical practice and education.
- Evidence of ability to manage challenging issues, undertaking a problem solving approach.
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, written, verbal and electronic records and reports.
- Ability to apply current evidence and research into practice and influence improvements.

## Documents

- [band 6 resuscitation practitioner (pdf, 399.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598570)

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