Resuscitation and Clinical Simulation Education Facilitator Band 6

Job overview

We are looking for a registered professional, adult or paediatric nurse, allied health professional, or midwife looking to work as a member of our Resuscitation and Clinical Simulation Services Team. You must have current experience working in an acute hospital setting and have evidence of recent clinical experience with acutely unwell patients/deteriorating patients on a frequent and regular basis.

You will then proceed to develop as an Advanced Life Support (ALS) provider. There is an 18 month training period to achieve advanced course provider status which is required for this role.

You will also be involved in patient safety improvements and initiatives and clinical audit programs across the different Trust sites. You must be an enthusiastic teacher and prepared to work in a small dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

Attending and following up 2222 calls ensuring that best practice guidelines have been followed and supporting junior members of the team who attend these calls. Delivering or working towards delivering on intermediate level, nationally accredited and governed resuscitation courses, such as Immediate Life Support, Paediatric Immediate Life Support and Advanced Life Support, ensuring quality standards are achieved, having difficult conversations when standards have not been met and creating action plans to rectify this.

This will include and is not limited to; adult, paediatric and newborn basic life support, automated external defibrillation, urgent treatment of patients in adversity (UTOPIA) and respiratory UTOPIA,

Delivering presentations, analysing and summarising resuscitation audit data and best practice guidelines, in an accessible and understandable format. Supporting the Resuscitation Operational Lead and carrying out line management duties for junior members of the team.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and specification for further details and an overview of the role.

Person specification

Professional registration

• Registration body

Teaching and assessing qualification

• Completed a post graduate Teaching and Assessing module or equivalent teaching certificate
• Demonstrable experience teaching - facilitating and mentoring

Resuscitation Council UK, intermediate resuscitation provider status

• Current RCUK provider status, ILS, PILS, NLS or higher

Significant experience working in an acute care setting

• Number of years and location of experience

Curent knowledge of resuscitation, clinical skills, simulation-based education and human factors.

• Give examples of training or experience

Experience of managing projects and/or planning and organising activities or events.

• Examples of experience

Data analysis

• Can interpret and apply data analysis

• Experience of analysing data and developing narratives

Competente use IT systems and databases

• Level of competence demonstrated

Role model the Trust values

• Demonstrates understanding of Trust values
• Demonstrates inclusive and compassionate approach

Excellent presentation skills

• Examples of experience
• Effective presentation (Scored during interview)