This is an exciting opportunity to join our small & friendly Resuscitation Training Team. The post holder will be required to organise Resuscitation Council courses for the Trust. They will need excellent communication skills as they will be liaising with both internal and external candidates & faculty. Experience working with procurement processes will be an advantage. The suitable candidate will be required to have working knowledge of learning management systems.
The successful candidate will need to have a flexible approach to work and be able to cope with a demanding workload and everchanging priorities.
The ability to use their own initiative will be essential.
All staff within the Resuscitation Team are supported to further develop their knowledge, skills and abilities.
If you feel this is the job for you, we would love to hear from you.
To work closely with members of the Resuscitation Department to produce a comprehensive resuscitation/simulation training programme.
To act as a point of contact for all levels of staff and outside agencies, providing information and advice.
To utilise excellent administrative, organisation and interpersonal skills.
To collate and input data onto Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and Resuscitation Council (UK) Learning Management System, to set up training sessions and record attendance at training sessions .
Produce monthly and ad hoc reports for heads of departments
To collate and input cardiac arrest data from event record forms
Produce reports, tables, charts and presentations of audit data as required.
Assist in the organisation of training events and National courses
Support and assist with general department administration.
At Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients and on the culture we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair inclusive environment for all staff.
We are are aTrust that celebrates diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Responsibility for Patients:
- The post holder will have no direct contact with patients during their duties.Responsibility for Policy and Service Development:
- The post holder is required to adhere to all relevant Trust and local departmental
policies and guidelines at all times.
- The post holder proposes and implements changes to departmental policies &
procedures.
- Continue to develop and maintain working system and procedures.
- All tasks are organised and produced to required standards and within specified
Resuscitation guidelines.
Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources:
The post holder will be required to: -
- Requisition stationary supplies and equipment for the office and training rooms being
mindful of Trust resources, using the Trust’s online procurement system.
- Raise invoices/provide receipts for course training and any
equipment/resources/services supplied to external organisations/individuals and
receive incoming cheques working within an allocated budget.
- Book and plan training programmes including coordinating external agencies as
required, making changes/adjustments as necessary.
- Arrange and book Pool cars as required for off-site training
- Demonstrate a duty of care to the equipment within the resuscitation department.
Responsibility for Staff:
- Support and assist other members of the Resuscitation Team.
- Assist in the training of new/temporary clerical staff.
Responsibility for Information Resources:
- Make efficient and effective use of the various computer systems to ensure the
accurate recording of training information and record-keeping functions. This to
include the monitoring of attendance and non attendance at all in house training
events. Record the information on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and
Resuscitation Council (UK) Learning Management System (LMS) .
- Produce letters, reports etc using a variety of clerical skills.
- Maintain filing and documentation using established Trust/departmental system.
- Provide support to the resuscitation committee compiling agenda, minute taking/
typing/distribution, maintain action log.
- Liaise with Committee members
- Produce statistical reports for the Resuscitation Committee.
- Produce audit reports for Clinical Audit Committee
- Draft ad hoc letters for the resuscitation committee Chair.
- Draft for the resuscitation committee chair, a report for the Clinical Governance
Committee after each Resuscitation Committee meeting.
- Post Committee minutes and agendas on Resuscitation Department intranet pages.
- Collate all course documentation.
- Handle incoming mail, distributing appropriately and dealing with matters of routine
correspondence.
- Deal with enquiries via the telephone, email, personal callers to the department and
act accordingly.
- Arrange meetings and appointments for resuscitation officers and maintain diary.
- Maintain and develop own knowledge and skills through appraisal, participating in
further training when necessary to provide a high quality administrative role.
- Assist in the development of information resources including training programmes
and related information, policies and protocols, handouts, evaluation forms,
questionnaires and leaflets.
Responsibility for Research and Development:
- The post holder maybe required to participate in departmental audits or Trust
surveys.
- Liaise with Resuscitation Officers on the interpretation of cardiac arrest event forms.
- Input data from cardiac arrest events into the National Cardiac Arrest Audit (NCAA)
and the Trust cardiac arrest database.
- Represent the Trust at NCAA participants meeting in the absence of an attending
RO.
- Answer enquiries regarding NCAA and produce ad hoc statistical reports and
distribute NCAA reports.
- Assist with ad hoc cardiac arrest studies.
- Submit data on a monthly basis to key personnel within the Trust.
- Assist the Resuscitation Lead in the review of the cardiac arrest event form and
ensure information is in line with NCAA data requirements, amend and organise
printing and distribution as necessary.
- Register audits with the Clinical Audit Department as required.
- With the Chair of the Resuscitation Committee, Resuscitation Officers, Clinical Audit,
and others, develop methodology, sampling and data collection tools for DNAR
audits.
Physical Skills:
- The post holder will be required to use a VDU/Word Processor for a large proportion
of their shift that is in excess of 80% of the time. Lifting of training materials box files,
chairs, tables and the setting up of training rooms.
- Use a variety of office equipment including printer, photocopier, laminating machine
etc.
Analytical & Judgement Skills:
- Liaise with Resuscitation Officers on the interpretation of cardiac arrest event forms.
- Answer enquiries regarding NCAA and produce statistical reports and distribute
NCAA reports.
- Assist the Resuscitation Lead in the review of the cardiac arrest event form and
ensure information is in line with NCAA data requirements, amend and organise
printing and distribution as necessary.
- Handle incoming mail, distributing appropriately and dealing with matters of routine
correspondence.
- Deal with enquiries via the telephone, email, personal callers to the department and
act accordingly.
- Arrange meetings and appointments for resuscitation officers and maintain diary.
Planning & Organisational Skills:
- Able to work autonomously, managing and prioritising own workload.
- Book and plan training programmes including coordinating external agencies as
required, making changes/adjustments as necessary.
- Arrange and book Pool cars as required for off-site training.
