First Aid Lead

BTP is the national police force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

As **First Aid Lead, **you** **will be required to:

- Lead, develop, support and motivate trained First Aid Trainers. Ensuring continuous professional development of First Aid Trainers, in line with the emerging field of Emergency/Police First Aid.
- Develop knowledge and skills to support course design; casualty simulation techniques; equipment evaluation and maintenance; operational first aid effectiveness; clinical governance.
- Evaluate the impact of First Aid training design and delivery, identifying areas for improvement which impact on Force performance. Includes the monitoring and feedback of licence compliance and on any factors which impact on effectiveness and efficiency, escalating issues to the L&D Head as required.
- Quality Assurance of all First Aid Training, ensuring compliance with College of Policing, Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Clinical Governance and any other relevant National Guidance. Includes design and development of training material, version control, maintenance of training records, the development of incident reporting and trainer monitoring. Standardisation of training material, assessments and delivery methodology.
- Conduct reviews and debriefs following incidents, ensuring any lessons learned are captured and disseminated. Support the reflective practice process, liaising, where necessary with the Use Of Force Compliance team.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

The successful **First Aid Lead **will be required to evidence the following:

- Independent Quality Assurance award/qualification.
- Proven ability to work on own initiative with recent experience in the provision of accurate data, undertaking problem solving, communicating ideas and information effectively, planning, prioritising and organising workloads with the ability to influence at a senior level to ensure relevant processes are maintained and agreed protocols followed.
- Experience of Emergency Life Support and First Aid training delivery with a proven ability to impart knowledge and give constructive feedback effectively and persuasively.
- Experience in leading, supporting and developing trainers ensuring compliance with Continued Professional Development. Issuing action/development plans to improve performance and delivery where necessary.
- Experience in writing statements/reports for internal investigations/the Judicial system.
- Experience in writing and implementing policies and guidance procedures.

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

- ** £37,269.91 plus £2835.11 London Allowance**:

- Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Flexible agile working approach
- Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
- Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
- Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
- Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
- Pension scheme

BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.

At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect. As ‘One BTP’ across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.