Resuscitation Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and clinically focused individual to join the busy and highly respected Resuscitation Service at Whittington Health, working across both acute and community settings.

We provide a comprehensive resuscitation service, offering expert support and leadership during emergency calls across all specialties. As part of the deteriorating patient pathway programme, we are committed to delivering high-quality training and patient care to help reduce in-hospital mortality.

The post holder will contribute to the delivery and coordination of a wide range of resuscitation training programmes, including Basic Life Support (BLS), Immediate Life Support (ILS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Newborn Life Support (NLS), Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS), Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS), and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). The role will include coordinating ATLS courses and supporting multidisciplinary simulation training for nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals.

The successful candidate will attend the Trust Resuscitation Committee, providing professional advice on resuscitation practice, policy development, training, clinical governance, and equipment. They will also develop and maintain professional links within the Trust, across clinical networks, and nationally to support continuous improvement in resuscitation practice., To provide Whittington Hospital NHS Trust with the highest possible level of specific training and education in resuscitation thus, enabling practitioners to perform effectively therefore improving patient care and reducing clinical risk.

To undertake risk assessments to provide the Trust and lead Resuscitation Officer with accurate information regarding resuscitation related risks.

To undertake trust wide audit of resuscitation training, practice and equipment to highlight areas for service improvement.

To assist on the development of resuscitation related policies in conjunction with the resuscitation committee and the Lead Resuscitation Officer.

Raise the profile of resuscitation issues amongst all staff caring for patients within the Trust.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.