What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialist Biomedical Scientist position at The Royal Marsden?
Job overview
At the Royal Marsden we have a distinct set of values that define what we are and how we behave. Our values encompass showing kindness and compassion and putting our patient care first, offering ideas for improving the quality and safety of services and supporting others in new ways of working, taking responsibility for personal and team performance and priorities and striving to ensure quality of services and make the best use of resources. We strive for excellence in all that we do and encourage professional development for all staff. We are excited to offer an internal secondment opportunity for a dynamic and motivated experienced senior nurse to join our Resuscitation team as a Resuscitation Officer ( Band 6 or Band 7 depending on experience and skills) This part-time role is open to current staff within the Trust only
As a certified instructor in Adult Advanced Life Support (ALS) or Immediate Life Support( ILS), you will bring your excellent clinical skills in resuscitation to this key role, supporting our Trust's patient safety agenda through education, audit, and quality improvement initiatives. Ideally, you will have previous experience in managing deteriorating patients in acute care( e.g : Emergency department) or a critical care background.
Main duties of the job
- To provide Basic, Immediate and Advanced life support training, for adults and paediatrics, within the trust and community, focusing on the Trust staff including medical, nursing, allied health and support staff.
- Employees will need to attend resuscitations whenever possible within the trust.
- To audit and monitor standards of resuscitation within the trust reporting to the Matron Critical Care Outreach & Resuscitation.
- Assist with the procurement and monitoring of clinical equipment used during resuscitation within the trust.
- Planning, organisation and running of nationally recognised courses.
- Within their scope of professional practice they will take a lead role in the management of patients and act as an expert resource for other members of the cardiac arrest team.
- To be able to provide training and support across the Chelsea, Sutton and Sutton Community Services sites in dedicated training centres.
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The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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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.
