Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join the resuscitation services team, taking on new challenges and opportunities as a band 6 resuscitation officer.

Are you enthusiastic, patient about patient care and enjoy teaching? This post may be for you. Full training and support will be given.

Main duties of the job

Improve the quality of care and reduce morbidity and mortality of 
patients needing resuscitation and emergency medical or trauma care 
by training delivery, assessment and support for health care 
professionals, to ensure they have the knowledge and skills necessary 
to manage patients of all age groups in accordance with national and 
international guidelines, and relevant local policies and procedures.

The post holder will work independently with discretion to work within 
broad occupational policies regarding the delivery of Resuscitation 
training.

Attend resuscitation, medical and trauma emergencies providing 
support and guidance to the team leader, also ensuring audit of the 
event and providing feedback to team members.
Audit resuscitation calls, activities, outcomes and assist with the 
development of training programmes, which reflect audit information.
Assist Resuscitation Practitioner & Clinical Skills Manager in the 
provision of a flexible and fully comprehensive resuscitation services 
to all Service Level Agreement contractors.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.