Assistant Resuscitation Practitioner

At NHS Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, we’re proud to play a key role in supporting NHS Scotland by delivering high quality, person-centred care. As a modern, national facility with stateoftheart clinical services and specialist teams, we help ensure patients across Scotland receive timely, safe and effective treatment.

At NHS Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, we’re proud to play a key role in supporting NHS Scotland by delivering high quality, person-centred care. As a modern, national facility with stateoftheart clinical services and specialist teams, we help ensure patients across Scotland receive timely, safe and effective treatment.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, highly motivated individual to join the Resuscitation Service as Assistant Resuscitation Practitioner at NHS Golden Jubilee.

As a national resource for NHS Scotland, the Golden Jubilee is home to regional and national heart and lung services, a major centre for orthopaedics and has a national role in reducing waiting times in key elective specialties

Primarily this is a teaching role and you will deliver resuscitation training at a variety of levels to all Golden Jubilee hospital clinical and non-clinical staff.

The post also involves undertaking defined projects related to the service, and routinely attend cardiac arrests to provide clinical input and advice during the event and provide feedback following an arrest. This is a vital role for patient safety and for developing the knowledge and skills of all clinical staff.

You will be a registered nurse (degree or diploma), ODP or paramedic with recent and progressive experience in an acute adult setting e.g. Intensive care, Coronary Care, Emergency Department, anaesthetics or be working as a Resuscitation Officer. You should be willing to work towards Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Instructor status (if not held).

You will have excellent communication, interpersonal, time management and organisational skills, together with an ability to be very self-motivated and also work as part of a team.

The applicant must have a thorough working knowledge of the current resuscitation guidelines.

Please contact Jamie Isaacson, Resuscitation Practitioner for further details or to arrange an informal visit on  ext 4427 or email Jam

NHS Golden Jubilee is open to considering flexible working options for this role.

As a disability confident leader we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term health condition covered by the Equality Act 2010 and need support for any stage of the recruitment process please refer to the job pack for more information.

NHS Golden Jubilee encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Job Pack.