Resuscitation Practitioner

at  South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Delivering Trust approved level 2 resuscitation training including CPR, the safe use of the AED, managing a choke, recovery position anaphylaxis and ligature injury to all clinical staff and AHPs. The Trust ensures guidelines, policies and procedures around resuscitation reflect the national perspective. To liaise with the resus officer if any reasonable adjustments need to be implemented to allow all staff to have an engaging teaching experience. Adustments that cannot be met will be escalated to the attendees management team.
Assess basic clinical skills and provide remedial training and support to those who fail to meet the required standard. The candidate will inform the resus officer of any training/clinical concerns with an individual staff members competence. The Resuscitation Officer will support the Resuscitation Practitioner to escalate ensuring patient safety. Support the Resuscitation Officer in the provision of current and future resuscitation courses held at SWLSTG.
This includes agreeing the amount and type of training required each quarter and populating the training portal. The candidate will be jointly responsible for quality assurance to ensure all clinical and training equipment is maintained and fit for purpose reporingt any issues to the Resuscitation Officer. Conduct unannounced resus simulations on the inpatient wards with the Resuscitation Officer or independently and provide a hot debrief to the staff post simulation, generating a simulation review document for the team to use in staff relection. Support the Resuscitation Officer in conducting realistic medical emergency simulations focussing on a deteriorating patient developing staff confidence in MDT working, SBAR communication, ABCDE assessment and being confident in the emergency bag equipment and documentation provided on wards.
Train and manage the Trusts CPR Champion role. Provide support and training to identified ward staff to deliver inhouse resus simulations on wards to further enhance the amount of exposure the staff have in delivering resuscitative care. Carry out spot checks on the wards to ensure the emergency bags documentation is being maintaind as per Trust Resuscitation policy and to escalate any concerns/breaches where necessary to the Resuscitation Officer. To support the Resuscitation Officer in refurbishing used or expired medical emergency bags ensuring available stock for wards is maintained.
Liaising with the Medical Device Lead to ensure available stock of clinical consumables is maintained for bag refurbishment

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