Lead Resuscitation Practitioner

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London seeks a Lead Resuscitation Practitioner to provide clinical leadership for resuscitation services. This role involves developing training programs, ensuring compliance with national guidelines, and leading audits. The ideal candidate will have extensive clinical experience and qualifications in resuscitation training. This permanent, full-time position offers a salary between £64,156 and £71,148 per year, aimed at improving patient outcomes and maintaining high standards across the Trust.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Professional clinical qualification is essential.
• Teaching qualification is needed for training others.
• Instructor status in advanced life support courses is important.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and support during resuscitation events.
• Ensure training compliance and oversee resuscitation training delivery.
• Contribute to governance involving audits and training effectiveness.

Skills

Effective communication

Ability to lead a team

Good dexterity for emergency procedures

Education

Professional clinical qualification (e.g., Registered General Nurse)

Teaching qualification (e.g., Certificate of Education)

Instructor status in ALS, EPALS, APLS, NLS

Job description

Overview

The Lead Resuscitation Practitioner at St Georges Hospital provides expert clinical leadership for resuscitation practice across the major trauma hospital, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based resuscitation care. The post holder leads the Trust's resuscitation service in line with national guidance and best practice, supporting high-risk clinical areas including the Emergency Department, Critical Care, Theatres, and inpatient wards. Working closely with senior clinicians and multidisciplinary teams, the role maintains clinical standards, improves patient outcomes, and responds to the complex needs of a major trauma setting.

The post holder has strategic responsibility for the governance, education, and quality assurance of resuscitation practice, including the delivery of mandatory and specialist training programmes. As the Trust's subject matter expert, the Lead Resuscitation Practitioner ensures staff competence, oversees incident review and learning from resuscitation events, and drives continuous improvement through audit, simulation, and service development. This role provides assurance to the Trust that resuscitation services are robust, compliant, and responsive to the demands of a major trauma hospital.

Main duties

The Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will provide visible clinical leadership and act as an expert role model during resuscitation events, offering specialist advice and support to multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, timely, and effective care across all clinical areas. The post holder will be a key resource for Trust staff, promoting high standards of resuscitation practice and supporting teams in high-pressure situations to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.

The role includes responsibility for ensuring the Trust's Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Policy is regularly reviewed and updated in line with Resuscitation Council (UK) guidance and national best practice, with assurance that updates are communicated and embedded into clinical practice. The Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will oversee resuscitation equipment readiness across the Trust, ensuring equipment is maintained, available, and safe for immediate use, with risks identified through audit addressed promptly.

The post holder will oversee the delivery of resuscitation training in accordance with Trust policy, ensuring staff competence and compliance with mandatory requirements. The role includes leadership and development of Senior Resuscitation Practitioners, driving quality improvement initiatives, and contributing to the Deteriorating Patient Group to support early recognition of deterioration and reduce preventable cardiac arrests.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Details

Date posted: 30 January 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 a year Incl per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 200-7696704-GO-ND

Job locations: St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT

Job responsibilities

The Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will provide effective clinical and professional leadership to the Resuscitation Practitioner team, supporting, mentoring, and developing staff to ensure a skilled, resilient, and high-performing service. The post holder will take an active role in staff development, performance management, and succession planning, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and excellence in resuscitation practice.

The post holder will have overall responsibility for the planning, organisation, delivery, and evaluation of multidisciplinary resuscitation training across the Trust. This includes ensuring training is evidence-based, aligned with national standards, and responsive to clinical need. The role includes oversight of training compliance and the use of audit, feedback, and quality data to continuously improve training provision and staff competence.

As part of the Trusts clinical governance framework, the Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will participate in and lead resuscitation-related audits, including equipment audits, DNACPR audits, and contributions to the National Cardiac Arrest Audit. The post holder will ensure learning from audit, incident review, and cardiac arrest data is embedded into clinical practice to improve patient safety and outcomes.

The Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will act as a senior clinical member of adult, paediatric, neonatal, and maternal cardiac arrest teams, providing expert leadership and support during resuscitation events. The role requires ensuring that care delivered during cardiac arrests reflects current evidence-based practice and supports the best possible patient outcomes across all clinical areas.

The post holder will serve as co-chair of the Trust Resuscitation Committee, providing expert professional advice on resuscitation training, techniques, equipment, and policy development. Through this role, the Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will contribute to Trust-wide governance, assurance, and strategic decision-making related to resuscitation services.

The role includes responsibility for financial management of the resuscitation service, including accountability for income generation and expenditure, and the identification and delivery of appropriate Cost Improvement Plans. This will be undertaken in a way that ensures financial sustainability while maintaining clinical safety and training quality.

The Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will be responsible for identifying and regularly reviewing the resuscitation training needs of all Trust staff, ensuring training provision remains effective, compliant, and aligned with service demands. The post holder will work collaboratively with relevant internal and external teams to share best practice and support service development.

Finally, the Lead Resuscitation Practitioner will lead and drive quality improvement projects related to resuscitation practice, using data, audit outcomes, and incident learning to enhance patient safety, staff competence, and service effectiveness across the Trust.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Essential
• Professional clinical qualification (e.g., Registered General Nurse, NHSTA Paramedic, ODP)
• Teaching qualification e.g., Certificate of Education, Mentorship/Practice Assessor or equivalent
• First degree qualification or clinical equivalent
• Instructor status in one or more of the following: ALS, EPALS, APLS, NLS
• GIC Instructor
• Course Director in one or more of the following: ALS, EPALS, APLS, NLS, GIC

• Desirable
• Full and valid UK Driver's licence

Experience

• Essential
• Post qualification Level 2 or Level 3 / Critical Care experience for at least 3 years i.e., CCU/HDU/ITU/ ED, Pre-hospital care
• A minimum of 3 years' experience at a senior level (band 7 or equivalent)
• Previous experience of Team management / Taking charge of a clinical area
• Previous experience of teaching healthcare professionals
• Experience in delivering evidence-based practice
• Experience in setting and monitoring standards in training
• Evidence of involvement in research activity
• Experience of auditing
• Evidence of guideline / policy development in resuscitation
• Evidence of contribution to and or reporting to committee / patient focussed group meetings

• Desirable
• None

Skills / Abilities

• Essential
• Able to communicate effectively and sensitively: both verbally and in writing
• Able to articulate reasons for desire to work in this clinical area
• Able to communicate with all levels of Trust staff
• Able to lead a team
• Good dexterity to carry out emergency procedures such as defibrillation & or cannulation

• Desirable
• Counselling skills used to debrief team
• Demonstrate excellent presentation skills.
• Basic budgeting skills

Knowledge

• Essential
• In-depth knowledge of current best resuscitation practice
• Understanding of National standards/guidelines relating to resuscitation
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development

• Desirable
• Understanding of governance issues related to resuscitation practices

Other

• Essential
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Emotional intelligence and adaptability
• Enthusiasm and commitment to resuscitation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: St George\'s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: St George\'s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT

Employer\'s website: https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/