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Job summary

Main area
Surgery
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
162-7764-SURG
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cross Site
Town
Romford
Salary
£63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/06/2026 23:59

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Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Band 8a Lead Resuscitation Practitioner

Band 8a

 

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Job overview

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our otherwise fully complemented Resuscitation services as part of BHRUT.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a small, specialist, cohesive group of under the guidance of both the medical clinical lead and divisional director of nursing for the service.

The role is a mixture of clinical responsibilities with managerial responsibility with a strong focus on delivering first class resuscitation training and ensuring the quality and safety of effective resuscitation and escalation of some of our most dependent and vulnerable patients.

This role will focus upon both the day to day delivery of services as well as the strategic delivery of a sustainable training programme and staff for the expansion of the Trust sites.

If you possess excellent communication and leadership skills we welcome the opportunity to discuss this further with you by contacting Liam Edwards on extension 6788 for informal discussions

Main duties of the job

To strategically lead and direct the Trust-wide Resuscitation Service. The Resuscitation Officer will work closely with the Trust to deliver a programme of resuscitation training to all 
Trust clinical and non-clinical staff.  

The post holder will act as subject matter expert in the field of resuscitation and promote the actions pertaining to the resuscitation policy.  

The post holder will support organisational wide responsibility for the design, implementation and monitoring of resuscitation service. 

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. 

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional Registration (RGN, ODP, Paramedic)
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to or working towards Masters level
  • RCUK Instructor status

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Working at Band 7 level in resuscitation services or other relevant acute care setting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Liam Edwards
Job title
Director of Nursing
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000
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