Main area Resuscitation Grade AfC Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The successful candidate will be expected to work occasional weekends) Job ref 292-6743633-CORP-B
Employer The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Town Harlow Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus 5% high cost are supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 14/02/2025 23:59
AfC Band 6
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
This post is primarily a training role. The successful post holder will be working within an experienced team of Resuscitation Practitioners and trainers and will be involved in the educational, clinical and research elements of resuscitation. The post will require the candidate to be able to deliver basic to advanced life support to a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff. The successful post holder will also form part of the medical emergency/cardiac arrest team and will be actively involved in deploying advanced resuscitation interventions, e.g. mechanical compressions and intraosseous access. The Junior Resuscitation Practitioner (JRP) will implement and deliver resuscitation training to appropriate groups of staff within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
* Deliver basic/immediate/intermediate life support sessions unsupervised following pre-determined lesson plans, following a period of supervision, in a variety of flexible ways, recording performance.
* Assist in the maintenance of training records and databases as needed by the Service.
* Ensure timely reporting of critical incidents as per Trust policy.
* Report any resuscitation equipment deficits and ensure that appropriate action has taken place.
* Ensure resuscitation equipment in all areas is checked on a regular basis, is regularly appraised and risks assessed.
* Input data to resuscitation databases - resuscitation outcomes, clinical risks, all training programmes and participant attendance.
* Provide and circulate data to relevant stakeholders as directed by the Clinical Lead for Resuscitation.
* Provide guidance, support and supervision to the Resuscitation Service Technician.
* Ensure any requested resuscitation related audits are carried out and reported formally to the LRP and any other committee deemed suitable by the LRP.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.
Person specification
RN/ODP/Paramedica with current registration
* Current registration as an RN/ODP/Paramedic
ENB 998 or Equivalent
* ENB 998 or Equivalent
EPALS/APLS Provider
* EPALS/APLS Provider
EPALS/APLS Instructor
* EPALS/APLS Instructor
Resuscitation Council (UK) pILS instructor
* Resuscitation Council (UK) pILS instructor
Advanced Life Support course Instructor
* Current in-date Advanced Life Support course Instructor
Experience of working in an acute care environment
* Experience of working in an acute care environment
Experience in Clinical Skills /Resuscitation skills training
* Experience in Clinical Skills /Resuscitation skills training
Experience of project management
* Experience of project management
Evidence of successful team working
* Evidence of successful team working
What we can offer you:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite creche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
* Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
* All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months.
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
* Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks.
* Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn.
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.
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