Resuscitation Practitioner

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
The post holder will be required to provide appropriate and effective resuscitation training to all grades and disciplines of staff throughout the Northern Care Alliance and in line with the current Service Level Agreement.

**Main duties of the job**:
Successful applicants will be supported to complete further Resuscitation courses and to undertake Instructor training if not already an established instructor. A current ALS Provider certificate would be an advantage.

Applications are welcome from professionals with a recognised statutory qualification. You will have experience working in acute or critical health care and have a keen interest in education and in Resuscitation. If you are keen to develop personally and professionally and want to be supported within a dynamic team we can offer an interesting, challenging development opportunity.

You will be based Oldham Royal Hospital, but will need to travel to throughout the Northern Care Alliance sites to work with departmental colleagues. A current driving licence is essential.

This post will require applicants to work occasional long days so flexibility is essential.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Teaching experience
- Evidence of recent CPD

**Desirable criteria**:

- Teaching qualification
- Provider status in any of the following - ALS, APLS, EPALS
- Instructor status in any of the following - ALS, APLS, EPALS, GIC, ILS, PILS

**Registration**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Registered healthcare professional: 1st level nurse, ODP, Paramedic.

**Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- 2 years post basic experience in an acute setting with experience in resuscitation practice and procedures.
- Advanced airway skills (sub-glottic)
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.