About this role
Job summary
Join our Learning and Development Team and help shape the future of safe, high quality patient care.
Life Support and Essential Skills Facilitator
Full time & flexible hours considered
St Andrews is a charity specialising in complex mental health. Its mission is to help people with complex mental health needs transform their lives.
With its history dating back nearly two centuries, St Andrews today is undergoing significant change to deliver on its mission for years to come.
St Andrews has hospitals in Birmingham and Essex, with its base in Northampton. It delivers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as dedicated care services for adults.
St Andrews Birmingham is a 125 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport
At St Andrews, we are committed to patient safety, workforce development and ensuring all registered clinicians remain current in medical emergency management training, including Immediate Life Support (ILS). To support this, we are excited to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled professional to join our Practice Development Team as a Life Support and Essential Skills Facilitator.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the L&D Team, you will play a vital role in ensuring our registered staff are confident, competent and up to date with mandatory training requirements. This position directly supports our charitys commitment to delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality care
Key responsibilities include
Achieving accreditation in Immediate Life Support with the Resuscitation Council (UK). The successful candidate will be supported to attain this. Delivering, assessing, and evaluating training in ILS, Basic Life Support, medical emergency management and clinical skills. Supporting the delivery of educational programmes and courses, including teaching and mentoring pre-registration nurses. Delivering non-registered essential skills including such topics restraint training, clinical manual handling and induction. Focusing on learner experience, knowledge retention, and behaviour change to ensure training truly makes a differenceEssential
A registered nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) with at least three years post-registration experience. Confident in presenting to and engaging with diverse groups. Knowledgeable about equality issues and committed to embedding these principles in employment and patient care. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Positive, proactive, and enthusiastic about learning and development. Dedicated to maintaining clinical currency and contemporary practice. Aligned with our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
About us
Desirable:
Experienced in delivering high-quality ILS and medical emergency management training in line with Resuscitation Council (UK) standards (desirable) Skilled in training design, delivery, and evaluation.Why Join Us?
This is more than a training role; its an opportunity to make a lasting impact on patient care and staff development. Youll be part of a supportive team, working locally and regionally whilst contributing to a culture where learning truly changes lives
Rewards
We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 41 after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications;
Closing date: Sunday 2nd August
Interview Date: Monday 10th August
Job description Job responsibilities
The person in this post will play an important role in ensuring our staff are confident, competent and in date with key areas of their mandatory training. Working closely with colleagues locally, the successful individual will plan, deliver, assess and evaluate learning in Immediate Life Support, Basic Life Support and Safety Intervention Training. We want to be sure that the training people receive really is changing lives so theres a strong emphasis on learner experience and measuring both knowledge retention and behaviour change. The individual in this post will promote a culture of learning and practice development, ensuring skills are accessible to all.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
A registered clinical professional; such as a Registered Nurse, Qualified Paramedic IIHCD qualified Emergency Medical Technician with at least one year post qualification experience Immediate life support instructor certification (Resuscitation UK) Learning and Development Qualification (PTTLS or equivalent) Experience of working in a mental health or a health and social care setting Training, design and evaluation experience, delivering to a wide range of groups Able to demonstrate an awareness of equality issues and commitments to the aims and objectives of the policy in employment and patient care Skilled in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Positive attitude towards learning and development and high customer care. Highly developed facilitation and presentation skills Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrews CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name St Andrew’s Healthcare
Address St. Andrews Healthcare
Stirchley
Birmingham
Midlands
B30 2XH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)