Community Defibrillation Trainer

The post holder must have excellent communication, training and administration skills with an innate ability to engage a range of stakeholders both internal and external to the trust.

Through your work more lives will be saved from pre-hospital cardiac arrest in the communities of Yorkshire.

groups across the Yorkshire network. The post holder will be expected to undertake further training as required.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 5,800 staff, who together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

**Our values**: Compassion, One Team, Integrity, Innovation, Empowerment, Resilience are at the heart of all we do.

Core Responsibilities

Communication and Relationship Responsibilities

Assist in liaising across multi-disciplinary groups in relation to community and first response initiatives.

Maintain and contribute to the operational profile of the service.

Meet with volunteers and schemes to support them with equipment, communication, governance requirements and welfare issues.

Develop working relationships with colleagues within own organisation and other organisations that are productive in terms of supporting and delivering your work and that of the overall organisation.

To ensure that planned organisation changes are communicated positively to appropriate people e.g. staff, patients and carers.

Analytical and Judgemental Responsibilities

Assist in the evaluation and review of resuscitation, first aid and emergency training.

Monitor the progress and quality of the work of individuals and/or teams to ensure that the required standards of performance are met.

Review and update working practices in the light of developments.

Planning and Organisational Responsibilities
Plan, develop and manage community resuscitation initiatives that support delivery of Yorkshire Ambulance community resuscitation strategy targets in schools and communities according to local need.

Policy and Service Development Responsibilities
Assist in the development of further training opportunities

Assisting the Community Resilience Team in the construction of new training packages in support of the development of the departments’ objectives, e.g. construction of course syllabus, lesson plans assessment process etc

Assist in supporting the development and growth of the Yorkshire response network.

Maintain professional qualifications.

To consult with key stakeholders (managers, staff etc) in order to develop ways that the service could be improved.

Financial, Physical and Information Resource Responsibilities
Maintaining equipment in a clean hygienic and serviceable condition with necessary liaison and support from other departments e.g. IT.
Assist with the transport, cleaning and maintenance of training equipment.
Support the department in delivering its key objectives, ensuring all documentation is maintained within Trust guidelines.
Ensure that regular reports are provided on training delivered and the achievement of the learning outcomes.
Ensure that accurate records are kept on the training of attendees.
Assist with administrative tasks regarding issuing of certificates of attendance and maintenance of information required by the department.

Research and Audit Responsibilities
The post holder will keep up to date with advances in techniques and protocols issued by authorities such as NICE, Resuscitation Council (UK), HSE and First Aid organisations.

Leadership, Management, Training and Supervision Responsibilities
Assisting in the development, provision and co-ordination of appropriate and effective resuscitation and emergency care skills training for a diverse cross section of the public.
Work flexibly to enhance training capabilities and deliver training in a variety of formal and informal settings.
The post holder will be required to attend such training/development courses deemed necessary following discussion with the Community Resilience Management Team.

Corporate Responsibilities
It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure that they maintain the confidentiality and security of all information in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the principles of Caldicott.
Managers should also ensure that their staff are aware of their obligations under legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000; Computer Misuse Act 1990, and that staff are updated with any changes or additions relevant to legislation.
Staff must be aware of and adhere to the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act and to ensur