Assistant Resuscitation Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
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3 weeks ago

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We are looking for highly motivated individuals to play a key role in a team responsible for delivery of high quality resuscitation services across Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust.


The post holder will be part of the emergency team, teach on resuscitation courses and participate with improvement projects and audits which will contribute to improved patient care and outcomes.


You will be a qualified nurse, paramedic or ODP with significant post registration experience of which 18 months will have been in an acute / critical care area.

You must be a Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support provider or if you do not hold ALS provider status; options will be discussed based on your individual circumstances.

It is desirable to hold ALS and/or EPALS Instructor status and hold a recognised teaching qualification but not essential. You should have good interpersonal, organisational and managerial skills and be computer literate.


You will assist in the planning, administration and delivery of training of all aspects of resuscitation including basic and advanced life support to appropriate groups across the organisation, for example Advanced Life Support (ALS), Immediate Life Support (ILS), Paediatric Immediate Life Support (pILS), European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (EPALS), Newborn Life Support (NLS) courses.

This will include teaching clinical staff and students, qualified and unqualified nurses, paramedic staff, other hospital personnel and various members of the community.


The post holder will assist, under the supervision of the Senior Resuscitation Officers, in providing professional advice and support in relation to resuscitation training, techniques and equipment.

The duties of the post include involvement in the review and audit of hospital resuscitation procedures.


You will be expected to maintain your clinical competence by attending medical emergencies/cardiac arrests and utilise these events as teaching opportunities.

You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and a drive to maintain and improve standards of clinical care through education, audit and research.


Working hours: 37.5hrs per week


This is an extremely exciting time to be working for the Deteriorating Patient and Resuscitation Team (DP&RT) as the Trust will be opening the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in 2024.

This will bring new challenges to the DP&RT, as we will be working in a complex, multi-sited organisation, supporting staff on all sites.

- For a detailed job description and main responsibilities for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description *
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