This post sits with the Trigger Response team at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which uses acutely trained nurses and allied health professionals to provide outreach and resuscitation training. The post holder reviews, investigates and treats deteriorating patients across the hospital, and leads trust-wide clinical practice, training and resuscitation audit. It is a specialist role that also covers cardiac arrest and trauma calls and can be worked part time. Applicants need registration as a nurse or AHP and significant acute care experience.
What the job involves
- Review, investigate and treat deteriorating patients across the hospital
- Attend deteriorating patients, cardiac arrest and trauma calls, leading when required
- Provide clinical guidance and practice to wards and departments on deteriorating patients
- Avert critical care admissions and support staff to reduce length of stay
- Plan, organise and co-ordinate internal and external training programmes and education
- Deliver life support training in line with Resuscitation Council UK guidelines
- Develop trust-wide clinical practice and provide consultation and information resources
- Undertake research and lead clinical audit on resuscitation and care of the deteriorating patient
- Work to the National Outreach Forum operational standards
- Provide specific training on patient assessment and treatment of emergency presentations
- Maintain a professional profile and develop skills and competencies under the Code of Conduct and trust policies
- Obtain and maintain Resuscitation Council UK instructor status
Qualifications
- ALS provider
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a nurse, or HCPC registration as an allied health professional
Experience
- Significant acute care experience
- Management or team leader experience
Other
- Willingness to work towards Resuscitation Council UK instructor status, if not already held
Nice to have
- EPALS provider
- NLS provider
- Resuscitation Council UK instructor
- Consultation and assessment completion
- Non-medical prescriber completion
- Previous resuscitation or outreach experience
- Change management experience
What’s offered
- Opportunities to develop and build a career across the Trust
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
