Resuscitation Officer - Plymouth, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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This is a great opportunity to join the Department of Healthcare of Professional Education as a Resuscitation Officer covering 7 months of maternity leave.

This would suite a person who wants to support our staff with their resuscitation training, which will be frequent and predominately part of the role and someone who is keen to understand the role of the resuscitation officers

You will be fully supported to develop the skills you require.

To maintain a specialist knowledge base to support the Resuscitation Lead in the development of resuscitation services.

To promote multidisciplinary teamwork.

To assist the Trust's resuscitation teams and be involved in the development and implementation of resuscitation policies and procedures Trust wide.

To actively encourage the development of the department through a planned educational resuscitation training programme, with the incorporation of research into practice.

To assist in the resuscitation audit data collection and where necessary liaise with clinical areas and patient safety.

To support and where appropriate direct the national advanced life support courses ran by the department.

To support the expanding demands of statutory and induction training to meet the organisational needs.

Support the resuscitation committee and act as a member of the group alongside the Resuscitation Lead.

University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) NHS Trust aims to provide excellent care, with compassion, wrapped around people's individual needs

Together with our partners we will develop nationally leading integrated health and care, unlocking better outcomes and reducing inequalities, and develop UHP as a regional specialist centre to improve lives across Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall

UHP has a unique role, one of few trusts in the country to fulfil four distinct roles in the peninsula health and care system - spanning community and social care, mental health, acute and through to specialist and tertiary services.

We are responsible for providing care across the widest of spectrums: from within people's homes and working with our voluntary sector partners in local communities, to offering the most specialist hospital care available in our regional centre.

The south west peninsula geography gives our Trust a secondary care catchment population of 475,000 with a wider peninsula population of almost 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services.

The population is characterised by its diversity - the rural and the urban, the wealthy and pockets of deprivation, and wide variance in health and life expectancy.

Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS at Risk staff throughout Devon who is able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.

To deliver and assess competency in Basic, Immediate and Advanced Life Support training in both adult and paediatric patients as per Trust policy.

To assist in ensuring that all members of the cardiac arrest team, and all necessary holders of the resuscitation pagers, are trained and competent in the current resuscitation protocols including the operation of relevant equipment.

To deliver basic life support training to Trust staff as part of their annual mandatory training.

To assist in the co-ordination and running of externally Accredited Life Support courses.

Provide specialist advice to clinical teams on specific care of the deteriorating patient and emergency care.

Use specialist knowledge when attending resuscitation attempts in order to advise, co-ordinate and facilitate the resuscitation team.

Undertake on site visits to advise on emergency equipment, systems and processes.

Investigate and assist reports on any clinical incidents relating to resuscitation or failure to recognise or escalate for higher levels of care for the deteriorating patient.

Work in conjunction with the acute care team and emergency teams as required to safely transfer critically unwell patients to relevant clinical areas e.g.

critical care.

Provide emotional support, debrief and guidance to members of the emergency team, clinical staff ,patients and relatives.

Provide advice relating to issues related to Health & Safety Legislation within the sphere of resuscitation.

Maintain own professional practice to continue to provide expert/specialist advice in the field of practice to give assurance to the Trust.

Provide effective liaison with clinical staff, switchboard and portering services to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the emergency call system.

Assist with the maintenance and safe use of resuscitation equipment within the organisation in collaboration with the Resuscitation Lead and clinical engineering department.

To participate, when available, in the Resuscitation Team as an active member of the 'cardiac arrest team' and ensure that quality standards are being maintained and current guidelines adhered too.