Job summary
An exciting opportunity has emerged for a Resuscitation Practitioner
to join the InHealth Team. Reporting to the Group Resuscitation Lead and
collaborating closely with learning and development and clinical governance colleagues
you'll become an integral part of our dedicated team committed to delivering
comprehensive, efficient, and effective services across the InHealth Group.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Resuscitation Practitioner involves delivering
clinical education sessions, facilitating deteriorating patient and cardiac
arrest simulations, and undertaking audit activities at InHealth locations
across the UK. You will directly support the Resuscitation Lead and deputise in
their absence. Opportunities exist to practice clinically within InHealth
alongside the Resuscitation Practitioner role.
About us
As the UKs largest specialist provider of diagnostic and
healthcare solutions, we make healthcare better by working with hospitals and
commissioners across the NHS and independent sector. With more than 30 years
experience, this approach is helping to meet some of healths most pressing
challenges reducing waiting times, speeding up diagnoses, saving money and
improving the overall patient experience.
We work collaboratively with NHS and private sector
referrers to improve access, affordability and timely diagnosis and treatment
for patients, providing tests, scans and examinations for more than 4 million
patients a year, across the UK.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What you will do:
Teach on RCUK Immediate Life Support (ILS), RCUK
Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS), Acute Illness Management (AIM), Basic
Life Support (BLS) and Moving and Handling (MH) courses.
Take on the role of Course Director for RCUK
Immediate Life Support (ILS) and/or RCUK Paediatric Immediate Life Support
(PILS) courses.
Facilitate deteriorating patient and cardiac
arrest simulations in-situ at InHealth sites.
Conduct clinical audit, lead resuscitation
debriefs and handle administrative tasks.
Coordinate and advise on emergency equipment
provision across all InHealth services.
Create inspiring and educationally credible
learning materials in response to learning from incidents to improve patient
safety.
Support and deputize for the Group Resuscitation
Lead.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- You will be a Registered Nurse, Operating Department Practitioner, or registered Paramedic.
- Significant post-registration within acute or critical care environments
- Experience within a deteriorating patient, clinical education, or resuscitation education role.
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS or PILS Instructor
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS or EPALS Instructor
- Acute Illness Management Instructor (Desirable)
- Moving and Handling Patients Instructor (Desirable)
- Hold a teaching/assessing qualification (ILSi/GIC/ENB 998/ CertEd)
- Genuine passion for patient safety to make healthcare better.
- Experience within clinical audit i.e. NEWS2, cardiac arrest, sepsis, deteriorating patients etc.
- Valid UK driving licence and ability to travel for business purposes.
- Flexibility to travel to InHealth locations across the UK to provide training to our stakeholders.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
InHealth Group
Address
Beechwood Hall
Kingsmead Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 1JL