Resuscitation Associate

**Interview date**

20/04/2023
- 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**:
Within the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Resuscitation Associate to join an established and dynamic Resuscitation team.

To support the provision of 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 to GMMH. Assist with data collection and audit in relation to equipment provision/compliance. Maintaining emergency devices and equipment, advising and supporting trust staff accordingly.

Your normal place of work will be the Resuscitation Training Department, Dinwoodie Clinical Skills Centre, L Block, Royal Oldham Hospital or such other location within The Northern Care Alliance, where you may reasonably be required to work for the proper performance and exercise of your duties.

**Main duties of the job**:
To support the provision of 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 to GMMH. Assist with data collection and audit in relation to equipment provision/compliance. Maintaining emergency devices and equipment, advising and supporting trust staff accordingly.

**Working for our organisation**:
**Northern Care Alliance NHS FT**

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**:
**Essential Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Health care Assistant / Assistant Practitioner with appropriate experience
- NVQ level 3 in healthcare
- Prepared to work towards recognised teaching qualification

**Desirable criteria**:

- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification i.e. level 3 or above

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

- Experience in a clinical setting with knowledge in resuscitation
- Computer Literate - MS Outlook / Word / PowerPoint / Teams
- Ability to work remotely and / or move between sites as required by the role

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of supporting learners / students / new staff
- Some knowledge of Adult / Paediatric BLS
- Presentation skills teaching / mentoring experience
- Resus Link trainer

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