Resuscitation Officer York

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced healthcare professional to join our Resuscitation Training Team as a Band 6 Resuscitation Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving patient outcomes through the delivery of high-quality resuscitation training and clinical support across the entire organisation. This role is ideal for a Registered Nurse/ODP/Paramedic with a passion for education, patient safety, and quality improvement.

As a Band 6 Resuscitation Officer you will have significant post-registration clinical experience in an acute healthcare setting, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to confidently teach and support staff in a wide range of professional roles. This role provides ample opportunities for continuing professional development with the successful candidate being supported in completing the Resuscitation Council UK's Generic Instructor Course and becoming a confident and competent instructor in all levels of Resuscitation Training including the Advanced Courses. This is a part-time position based at York Hospital with an expectation to occasionally travel to work and provide training in other locations across the Trust.

If you are passionate about improving patient safety, developing others, and ensuring excellence in resuscitation practice, we would love to hear from you.

The Band 6 Resuscitation Officer supports the delivery of high-quality resuscitation training and clinical support across the Trust. The post-holder provides Basic and Immediate Life Support education, assists in maintaining resuscitation equipment, and contributes to audits, data collection, and service improvement, reporting outcomes to Resuscitation Team Lead. Working under the guidance of the Resuscitation Team Lead, the Band 6 officer helps ensure that staff have the skills and confidence to respond safely and effectively to patient deterioration and cardiac arrest. This is a post with structured opportunities and expectation to build experience towards managing more complex training, teaching advanced courses, and governance responsibilities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence. Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Essential Experience and Knowledge:

• At least 3 years of working within an acute healthcare setting (for example ED, ICU, theatres, acute medicine, CCU, paramedicine)
• Relevant clinical teaching experience
• Direct involvement in responding to patient deterioration, medical emergencies, and/or cardiac arrests.
• Familiarity with ABCDE assessment, early warning scores (NEWS2), and escalation pathways
• Experience with airway management, safe defibrillation, use of emergency equipment and strong resuscitation knowledge.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary emergency teams and interprofessional decision-making

Desirable:

• Evidence of active/ current involvement in clinical simulation activities in resuscitation practice & education.
• Governance and audit experience.

Essential Qualifications and Trainings:

• Registered Health Care Professional (Nurse, ODP, AHP, Paramedic)
• RCUK Advanced Life Support Provider - adult or paediatric (ALS/EPALS)
• Education certification or equivalent teaching qualification/experience

Desirable:

• ALS/EPALS Instructor or nomination of instructor potential from provider course
• GIC-certified Instructor
• Teaching qualification (PGCE or similar)

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.