The Rapid response Team is seeking a highly skilled and clinically motivated Resuscitation Practitioner to join our service at Frimley Health.
The Rapid Response Team team supports the clinical care of all patients who are risk of deterioration or other immediately life threatening events or risk of, suffering a cardiac arrest.
As the successful candidate you will have experience in the management of medical emergencies and in the development and implementation of resuscitation policies and procedures. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills
The successful candidate will join a multi-professional clinical education team who are committed and passionate to delivering excellence in the trust.
Trust-wide role providing resuscitation expertise, advice and training to all grades of clinical staff (as identified by trusts training policy and other appropriate staff members). Therefore, the post holder must be able to respond to emergencies (as designated). Audit standards of emergency care and ensure up-to-date evidence-based practice throughout the Trust. This is a clinically orientated role that will require the post holder to complete shifts as the Resuscitation practitioner of the day, working weekends, evenings and night shifts as required for service delivery
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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• Provide evidenced based training for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals and clinical support groups within the field of Deterioration, Resuscitation and Emergency Care.
• Facilitate the Resuscitation Council (UK) Immediate Life Support Course.
• Support the Senior Resuscitation Practitioner in running the Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Course
• Provide training for medical ‘on-call’ groups part of a rolling programme
• Support the education of Foundation Doctors with Simulation Training
• Support the Senior Resuscitation Practitioner in running ward based cardiac arrest simulation
• Undertake clinical audit as directed by the Matron to maintain a database of in-house NEWS and Cardiac arrest calls.
• Undertake the annual audits as directed by Matron and feedback results to the Cross site Deteriorating patient and Resuscitation Committee
• Follow up on cardiac arrest calls and input information onto a database to assist with the annual Cardiac Arrest report and NCAA data.
• Actively partake in local, national and international research projects as appropriate
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This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jan 2025