Nurse Team Leader - Resuscitation Practitioner A&E - Conquest Hospital

NHS; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Band 6 Resuscitation Practitioner to manage emergency care within the department. This role involves providing clinical leadership in the resuscitation room, ensuring best practices for patients in critical conditions, and supporting clinical innovation and education. Candidates should be Registered Nurses, hold relevant qualifications, and have extensive resuscitation experience. This position offers competitive salary ranging between £38,682 to £46,580 per year and various staff benefits.

Benefits

Staff development

NHS pension scheme

Access to onsite nurseries

Onsite parking for £50 a year

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills.
• Professional qualification and training to lead the clinical team.

Responsibilities

• Provide emergency nursing care to patients within the resuscitation room confidently.
• Support the wider ED adult nursing team as the resuscitation nursing expert.
• Provide effective care planning for the sickest patient group.

Skills

Registered Nurse/ODP/Paramedic

Extensive resuscitation experience

Clinical teaching experience

Ability to lead a team

Education

Degree level qualification relevant to role

Job description

We are dynamic Emergency Department, treating on average 80,000 patients a year. This is a Secondment for up to ten months as a professional development opportunity as a Band 6 Resuscitation Practitioner to join our pro‑active and innovative team.

You will provide clinical Leadership within the resuscitation room, promoting best practice for patients attending the ED experiencing time critical conditions as well as providing an essential link in the department to support clinical care, innovation, research and education.

• Registered Nurse/ODP/Paramedic with post registration acute care course or extensive experience with extensive resuscitation experience
• At least 5 years experience post registration, with at least 2 of those in acute or emergency medicine.
• Clinical teaching experience and qualifications within relevant field, e.g. Mentorship or equivalent, experience of supervising junior Clinicians

Main duties of the job

Provide emergency nursing care to patients within the resuscitation room of the emergency department confidently and competently, while still retaining the skills to work anywhere within the ED. Support the wider ED adult nursing team as required, as the 'resuscitation nursing expert'. Provide effective care planning and delivery for the sickest patient group within the ED.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto‑enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

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Person Specification

• Registered Nurse and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Degree level qualification relevant to role
• Professional qualification and training to lead the clinical team with relevant knowledge and skills for specialist area
• Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, for example, Basic Life Support, manual handling, infection control, fire etc
• Ability to lead a team, allocate workload, develop and promote staff wellbeing and performance

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata