Resuscitation Training Officer

Reporting to the Lead Resuscitation Officer, the post holder will provide delivery of the resuscitation training programmes and the statutory First Aid training and guidance within the Trust.

This will involve personal and professional development to attain the necessary skills, qualifications and experience. This post will focus primarily on delivery of training in resuscitation, first aid, anaphylaxis, and related clinical skills.

Work with the Lead Resuscitation Officer to offer a comprehensive and realistic resuscitation training and development work-plan, developed and delivered in line with the mandatory training planning cycle for resuscitation and first aid training.

Deliver to Resuscitation Council (UK) standards for ILS/BLS/PBLS and bespoke events dependent on organisational or individual needs.

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Lead Resuscitation & First Aid Training Officer and working closely with the Trust Medical Director the post holder will lead and manage resuscitation training and guidance within the Trust. This will involve the co ordination of successful training strategies and the liaison with resuscitation officers in Acute Trust and other partners.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Training
- Work with the lead resuscitation training officer to offer a comprehensive and realistic resuscitation training and development work-plan, developed and delivered in line with the mandatory training planning cycle for resuscitation and first aid training
- Work with the lead resuscitation training officer to Plan, implement and evaluate training programmes at basic (adult and paediatric), immediate and advanced levels in accordance with Trust policies.
- Deliver to Resuscitation Council (UK) standards for ILS/BLS/PBLS and bespoke events dependent on organisational or individual needs.
- Assess the competence of staff and students performing resuscitation procedures using current Resuscitation Council (UK) assessment criteria.
- Assist with the training of anaphylaxis across the Trust and the Epipen (Administration of Adrenalin)
- Implement courses for role expansion in advanced resuscitation procedures as required by the Trust based on individual and organisational needs analysis.
- Integrate evidence into training practice, developing evidence based programmes.
- Facilitate training in resuscitation by other appropriately trained staff while ensuring key trainer standards are maintained by monitoring efficacy and training records.
- Monitoring the compliance to standards of outside agencies who deliver resuscitation training within the trust.
- Ensure that accurate records of staff receiving resuscitation training are passed to the Department administrators
- Assist with regular reports for the Resuscitation Committee outlining resuscitation training activity.
- Assist with the planning and delivery of First Aid Training
- Assist with clinical skills training, including clinical risk management training.

Advice and Guidance to Service
- To act as a resource and provide debriefing following such events whenever required
- Assist with investigations and support services to introduce procedures to reduce risk to service users and staff in life support incidents across the Trust.
- Participate in investigating incidents, contributing to complaints and risk management events around resuscitation events.
- Attend the Resuscitation Committee (deputising for lead resuscitation and first aid training officer)

Clinical audit and researc