Resuscitation Officer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blue Sky Marketing; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated professional to join their resuscitation team. This role focuses on enhancing patient outcomes through effective teaching and training in resuscitation practices. You will work collaboratively to ensure that the delivery of training is evidence-based and aligns with national guidelines. The position also involves monitoring resuscitation equipment, participating in emergency responses, and contributing to audits that improve clinical practices. If you are passionate about patient care and education, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Passion for improving patient outcomes through education and training.
• Expertise in resuscitation techniques and clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate teaching and training in resuscitation for all staff levels.
• Monitor and maintain resuscitation equipment to ensure safety and standards.
• Respond to cardiac arrest calls as part of the Crash Team.

Skills

Teaching and Training

Resuscitation Techniques

Clinical Practice

Audit and Benchmarking

Education

Relevant Clinical Qualification

Tools

Simulation Equipment

Resuscitation Equipment

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated resuscitation team. This role is for anyone with a passion for using education to improve patient outcomes across our Trust. The postholder will work with the Resuscitation Lead to facilitate teaching and training in Resuscitation within the Trust, focusing on the delivery of adult & paediatric related courses, in line with current national guidance, ensuring that related clinical practice throughout the trust is of high quality, evidence-based, patient-focused, and safe. The post holder would also be expected to contribute to the management and maintenance of training and simulation equipment.

The post holder will also act as an expert resource for Resuscitation issues across the Trust, particularly those in relation to the care of deteriorating patients in both adult and paediatrics, with responsibility for ensuring that cardiac arrests, resuscitation equipment, and other processes are appropriately managed and audited and that trust policies, procedures, competencies, and guidelines are current and effectively communicated. In addition, the post holder will attend cardiac arrest calls when possible and provide feedback to team members at an appropriate time following the event.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Co-ordinate and facilitate teaching and training in Resuscitation for all levels of staff within the Trust in line with current national guidance.
2. Ensure resuscitation equipment in clinical use is monitored and maintained to an appropriate standard, advising on replacement and procurement as required.
3. Ensure that all training and simulation equipment is maintained and fit for purpose.
4. Respond to 2222 calls as part of the ‘Crash Team’ when possible.
5. Constantly seek opportunities to increase awareness of resuscitation issues within the Trust.
6. Ensure that the process and outcome of all resuscitation attempts are appropriately recorded, audited, and benchmarked with other similar departments using a standardised method.
7. Contribute to the input of arrest data for the National Cardiac Arrest Audit (NCAA).
8. Promote clinical practice in resuscitation and life support as being research and evidence-based.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represents the interests of their constituencies and influences the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

This advert closes on Friday 2 May 2025.