Resuscitation Officer

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Leave for emergency and planned leave

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, &c

Job summary

The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Resuscitation Officer based at York Hospital. This part-time role focuses on delivering high-quality resuscitation training and providing clinical support across the Trust.

You will build experience toward more advanced training and governance responsibilities, in collaboration with the Resuscitation Team Lead.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with post-registration clinical experience in an acute setting.
• Ability to teach and support staff across a range of roles.
• Commitment to patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Basic Life Support and Immediate Life Support education to staff across the Trust.
• Assist in maintaining resuscitation equipment and supplies.
• Contribute to audits, data collection, and service improvement under supervision.
• Support governance activities and staff development within the Resuscitation Team Lead's guidance.

Skills

Clinical experience

Education/teaching

Communication skills

Patient safety

Quality improvement

Education

Nursing registration / ODP / Paramedic

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced healthcare professional to join our Resuscitation Training Team as a Band 6 Resuscitation Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving patient outcomes through the delivery of high-quality resuscitation training and clinical support across the entire organisation.

This role is ideal for a Registered Nurse/ODP/Paramedic with a passion for education, patient safety, and quality improvement. As a Band 6 Resuscitation Officer you will have significant post-registration clinical experience in an acute healthcare setting, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to confidently teach and support staff in a wide range of professional roles.

This role provides ample opportunities for continuing professional development with the successful candidate being supported in completing the Resuscitation Council UK’s Generic Instructor Course and becoming a confident and competent instructor in all levels of Resuscitation Training including the Advanced Courses.

This is a part-time position based at York Hospital with an expectation to occasionally travel to work and provide training in other locations across the Trust.

If you are passionate about improving patient safety, developing others, and ensuring excellence in resuscitation practice, we would love to hear from you.

The Band 6 Resuscitation Officer supports the delivery of high‑quality resuscitation training and clinical support across the Trust. The post‑holder provides Basic and Immediate Life Support education, assists in maintaining resuscitation equipment, and contributes to audits, data collection, and service improvement, reporting outcomes to Resuscitation Team Lead. Working under the guidance of the Resuscitation Team Lead, the Band 6 officer helps ensure that staff have the skills and confidence to respond safely and effectively to patient deterioration and cardiac arrest.

This is a post with structured opportunities and expectation to build experience towards managing more complex training, teaching advanced courses, and governance responsibilities.

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jen Williamson Job title: Resuscitation Team Lead Email address: [e-mail]