Resuscitation Technician

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Resuscitation Department at a leading NHS Trust in Oxford and contribute to essential training programs for healthcare professionals. As a Resuscitation Technician, you'll ensure that courses are well-organized and that all equipment meets national guidelines. Your role will involve engaging with diverse clinical faculty, providing a chance to make a significant impact in the healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative or technical role (or equivalent).
• Experience in the NHS or a customer-facing role.
• Good organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the running of national resuscitation courses.
• Set up and maintain resuscitation equipment.
• Welcome candidates and faculty to courses.

Skills

Organisational skills

Positive approach to work

Tools

Computer systems

Learning management system

Job description

Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Resuscitation Technician

The closing date is 02 July 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dedicated small team delivering resuscitation training to both Trust staff and as part of national resuscitation course provision, meeting faculty and candidates from a wide range of clinical groups.

The post holder will work with Resuscitation Department colleagues and visiting teaching faculty to ensure maintenance and provision of equipment for resuscitation training courses in keeping with national recommendations. The post holder will ensure all training sessions are set up and organised and support the trainers/ faculty through the provision of support for equipment prior to and during the running of these sessions.

Main duties of the job

Planning for resuscitation courses including national specialist courses with appropriate members of faculty.

Train to ensure familiarity with the working of resuscitation equipment including specialised equipment used on some courses (e.g. trauma, obstetrics).

Maintenance of equipment and the resuscitation training centre, highlighting issues to the management team and seeking support where necessary.

Welcome candidates and faculty to courses, ensuring registration of candidates on the courses

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Job responsibilities

This is the job description and main responsibilities for the post. The key is in supporting the running of national resuscitation courses by setting up and maintaining resuscitation equipment

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

• Previous experience working in either administrative or technical role (or equivalent)
• Good organisational skills
• A flexible and positive approach to work
• Experience in an NHS role or experience in a customer facing role
• Experience with numerous computer systems or a learning management system

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust