Assistant Resuscitation Practitioner | Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Assistant Resuscitation Practitioner - Band 6
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic person who has a strong interest in resuscitation training to join ABUHB Resuscitation as a band 6 Assistant Resuscitation Practitioner.
The post requires a motivated individual who has a demonstrable interest in resuscitation, cardiac arrest prevention and teaching. You should be able to work independently and have a flexible approach to work within a small team. Teaching resuscitation to all members of Health Board staff is a primary requirement of the post.
The post holder will be a registered nurse/ODP with extensive acute care experience and management of acutely unwell patients in acute clinical environments, ideally within adultlevel 2 or level 3 care environments; and will adhere to their Professional Code of Conduct.They will ideally be an Immediate and/or Advanced Life Support Course instructor, or willing to undertake ILS instructor training within the first 3 months in post. Relevant resuscitation experience is essential.
The successful candidate will be based at St. Woolos Hospital, however they will be required to work across other Health Board sites. This will require the ability to transport training equipment between sites in a timely manner.
Responsible to support the Resuscitation team in the delivery of resuscitation training programmes to organisational staff to ensure they are trained to a level that meets mandatory Basic Life Support training requirements whilst also delivering Immediate and Advanced Life Support courses (adult, paediatric and neonatal). This will include training medical, nursing, allied healthcare professionals and other organisational employees who are required to have resuscitation skills as part of their employment within ABUHB.
Undertake audit relating to resuscitation, completing with a high level of rigor, and the ability to utilise electronic methods of data input with a high degree of accuracy and detail.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The Health Board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Apr 2024