Resuscitation Practitioner

Birmingham Women’s and Children; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Resuscitation Practitioner role at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust involves delivering high-quality resuscitation education and patient safety training across the Trust. The post holder promotes best practice, supports mandatory training, and helps ensure staff have the skills to provide safe, high-quality care.

Key duties include supporting educators, coordinating learning events, and collaborating with clinical teams to address learning needs and maintain clinical

Qualifications

• Registration with NMC/HCPC or registered healthcare practitioner.
• Experience in resuscitation education and patient safety.
• Ability to support and deliver education across the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support resuscitation and patient safety education programs.
• Support compliance with national resuscitation standards and training requirements.
• Provide specialist advice to multidisciplinary teams on resuscitation matters.
• Contribute to planning and evaluation of education programs and events.
• Support quality improvement, audit and governance within the Resuscitation Service.
• Collaborate with ward managers and clinical teams to identify learning needs.
• Contribute to course faculty, simulation, emergency response, and equipment assurance.

Skills

Excellent telephone manner

Interpersonal skills

Prioritise and plan work

Job description

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This is YOUR place

• To be at the heart of brilliant care for women, children and young people.
• Where innovation, compassion, and opportunity meet to help transform lives.
• To make a unique impact from day one. As one of only two centres in the UK for women, children, and young people, this is where you can help bring prize-winning discoveries and game-changing innovations to life.
• To grow a thriving career and unlock your potential. Our unique and vast specialisms provide opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. No matter the career path you choose – you’ll have unwavering support for your ambition and a real investment in your learning.
• To discover a community of support. Where our strength comes from our people, who come from every walk of life and who work shoulder-to-shoulder across every discipline. Here, you’ll find a deep camaraderie and the support to take control of your career and find your passion – on the best days, and the toughest.

This is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust.

This is your place, our place, the place.

Main area Resuscitation Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term Contract or Secondment) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week Job ref 284-26-8281889-CONH

Site Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (Cross site) Town Birmingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 10/11/2026

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

The Resuscitation Practitioner will work as part of the Trust-wide Resuscitation Service, supporting the delivery of high-quality resuscitation education, simulation, patient safety initiatives and clinical skills training across Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will promote best practice in resuscitation and patient safety, contribute to statutory and mandatory training, support clinical teams, and help ensure staff have the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver and support a wide range of resuscitation and patient safety education programmes across the Trust.
• Support compliance with national resuscitation standards, Trust policies and mandatory training requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support to multidisciplinary teams on resuscitation and patient safety matters.
• Contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of education programmes and learning events.
• Support quality improvement, audit, governance and service development activities within the Resuscitation Service.
• Work collaboratively with ward managers, clinical teams and key stakeholders to identify and address learning needs.
• Contribute to course faculty, simulation activity, emergency response support, resuscitation equipment assurance and other operational functions of the Resuscitation Service.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current NMC/HCPC registration or registered healthcare practitioner
• Generic Instructor Course or willingness to undertake
• Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) or willingness to undertake
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Instructor or European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) Instructor or willingness to undertake
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) Instructor or willingness to undertake

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Commitment to practicing, monitoring and teaching to a high standard of clinical care
• A knowledge of and practical use of information technology
• An understanding of current issues in education and practice including trust initiatives, knowledge of NMC/HCPC developments and their implications on practice
• Evidence of experience in patient safety and investigations including report writing
• Knowledge of technology used in patient care that is relevant to post

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

• Ability to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.
• Values accuracy and attention to detail
• Methodical and well organised and willingness to enhance knowledge and skills
• Ability to understand and respond in emergencies

Professional/ Managerial/ Specialist Knowledge

• Awareness of current research, development and evidence based practice
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and application in clinical practice and education
• Evidence of ability to manage challenging issues, undertaking a problem solving approach
• Ability to produce clear, accurate, written, verbal and electronic records and reportsAbility to apply current evidence and research into practice and influence improvements

PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

• Excellent telephone manner
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and plan work streams in-line with the service and organizational needs
• Information technology knowledge and skills
• Treat all service users and colleagues with respect and dignity in accordance with the Trust policy
• Flexible and adaptable approach

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

• Awareness of current research, development and evidence based practice.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and application in clinical practice and education.
• Evidence of ability to manage challenging issues, undertaking a problem solving approach.
• Ability to produce clear, accurate, written, verbal and electronic records and reports.
• Ability to apply current evidence and research to practice and influence improvements.

Sponsorship:

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments:

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.