Assistant Resuscitation Trainer

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Are you interested in developing your teaching and assessment skills to support improving resuscitation skills for front line clinical staff and nominated non- clinical staff ?

We are seeking a motivated and confident individual to support the Health Board Resuscitation & Clinical Skills Team in the provision of the Level Two Basic Life Support and First Aid at Work courses.

The team also support the Rapid Response to Acute Deterioration programme and opportunities will be provided to develop quality improvement and clinical audit skills.

Our Health Board Resuscitation and Clinical skills team are a dynamic and enthusiastic team who are passionate in supporting our clinical teams to improve patient outcomes. They all have a wealth of clinical experience and actively support all members within the team to support continuous professional development.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the provision and development of cascade trainers to deliver Level 2 Basic Life Support.

Excellent organisational skills are required to both develop and re accredit our cascade trainers.

They will also be developed to train in the First aid at work course, and support the quality improvement and clinical audit programme that the team is responsible for.

You must be working towards or hold a level 4 qualification and have experience in delivering skills training and assessment.

Other duties include to provide reports on training provision and attendance and to Support data collection for the Acute Deterioration Quality Improvement programmes and the Medical Emergency and Cardiac Arrest databases.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 07/08/2023