Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including nights weekends and Bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 151-ES87
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Resuscitation Practitioner
Band 7
Job overview
Resuscitation Practitioner
Wexham Park Hospital | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Rapid Response Team at Frimley Health is seeking a highly skilled, clinically motivated Resuscitation Practitioner to join the service based at Wexham Park Hospital.
The Rapid Response Team provides expert clinical support to patients at risk of physiological deterioration, acute life-threatening events, or cardiac arrest across the hospital. The team plays a critical role in early recognition, timely intervention, and the delivery of high-quality emergency care.
The successful candidate will have proven experience in the management of medical emergencies and cardiac arrest situations, alongside demonstrable involvement in the development, implementation, and review of resuscitation policies and procedures. Excellent communication skills are essential, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and provide clear leadership in high-pressure situations.
You will join a committed, multi-professional clinical education team that is passionate about delivering excellence in patient care, education, and continuous improvement across the Trust.
This is a clinically focused role encompassing education, research, and clinical leadership, offering the opportunity to influence resuscitation practice and patient outcomes across Frimley Health.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day provision of resuscitation services across Frimley Health.
The post holder will ensure a clinically focused, clinician specific resuscitation and/or emergency care based training as directed by the Rapid Response Team Matron. The post holder will ensure effective day-to-day management of the resuscitation services.
To be a clinical member of the Medical Emergency teams covering Cardiac arrests and emergency calls will require the post holder to work weekends, evenings and night shifts as required for a 24hr seven day service delivery.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified registered healthcare professional (NMC/HCPC) registration
- ALS Instructor or working towards
- APLS/EPLS Provider
- Teaching certificate or mentorship course
Desirable criteria
- ALS Course Director
- APLS/EPLS Instructor
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in acute care (e.g. ICU/ED/CCU/AMU)
- Teaching training and/or experience of adult education
- Experience of course design
Desirable criteria
- Counselling
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to independently assess and plan care / treatment for deteriorating patient
- Ability to interact with a multi-professional team
- Excellent communication skills
- Advocate for best practice around resuscitation and deteriorating patient
- Exposure of working at the inter-face between the hospital and the pre-hospital environment
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Williamson
- Job title
- Rapid Response Team Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385465939
- Additional information
Alternatively contact karen.britton1 @NHS.net
We would welcome interested parties for a chat and informal visits
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