Senior Nurse Specialist for Resuscitation & Deteriorating Patients

• Support the strategic and operational leadership of the Trust's Resuscitation and Deteriorating Patient Service
• Lead multidisciplinary approaches to the recognition and management of deteriorating patients and medical emergencies.
• Line manage and support Resuscitation Nurse Specialists and the Resuscitation Clinical Skills Tutor.
• Deliver Trust-wide resuscitation and deteriorating patient training, competency programmes and simulation-based education, improving compliance with mandatory requirements.
• Provide expert advice on resuscitation, deteriorating patients, DNACPR decisions and ReSPECT processes.
• Ensure the governance, standardisation and availability of resuscitation equipment and AEDs across the Trust.
• Maintain compliance with Resuscitation Council UK standards, national guidance and regulatory requirements.
• Lead audits, quality improvement initiatives, service evaluations and patient safety reviews to improve outcomes and embed organisational learning.
• Analyse service performance, training compliance and resuscitation activity, reporting findings through governance processes.
• Work with clinical teams, Learning and Development, senior leaders and external partners to promote best practice and workforce capability.
• Maintain clinical credibility through practice within professional scope where required.
• Support wider Physical Health Team objectives and organisational priorities.

Essential

• Current knowledge of the Resuscitation Council UK guidelines.
• Demonstrate the ability to educate both in the clinical and classroom setting
• Able to mentor and assess students and other health care staff
• Demonstrate ability to promote best practice and apply evidence-based practice
• Demonstrate experience of report writing and presentation skills.