Resuscitation Practitioner

Job Summary

The Resuscitation Practitioner will play a crucial role in supporting the recognition and effective response to deteriorating patients of all ages. This will be achieved through clinical, operational, educational, and governance activities throughout the Trust.

We are seeking an experienced, skilled, and enthusiastic health professional with demonstrable involvement and interest in resuscitation practice, education, and/or the care of deteriorating patients.

The successful candidate will contribute to service development and make a difference for patients and staff. They will work in collaboration with fellow practitioners and the senior team to ensure a high-quality Trust-wide service.

Main Duties

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective day-to-day running of a Trust site supported by the Senior Resuscitation Practitioner. They will deliver high-quality clinical care and resuscitation education, providing a highly visible and professional presence.

The Resuscitation Practitioner will support the management of emergency events, debriefing, and learning from resuscitation-related incidents. They will have direct managerial responsibility over a member of the Resuscitation Assistant Practitioner team on one site and support the development of this group.

About Us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Job Responsibilities

The Resuscitation Practitioner will provide a clinical presence and expert support at emergency events, follow up emergency calls, support debriefs, and provide education for staff in key resuscitation skills. They will provide operational support to ensure the safe day-to-day running of the resuscitation service on one of the hospital sites.

The post holder will be supported in development by a friendly, supportive, and experienced team. Please see the job description and person specification for further information.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience in an acute care setting
• Evidence of experience in a supervisory role
• Evidence of teaching experience/providing training in some aspect of acute care
• Ability to deliver resuscitation at an immediate life support level (ILS, PILS, NILS)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Current instructor at Immediate Life Support or Advance Life Support
• Post-Registration qualification in acute care ED, Critical Care
• Ability to deliver resuscitation training to various staff groups
• Evidence of role modelling Trust values