Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and devoted clinician to lead on the development of a 'precision medicine' approach to patients in cardiac arrest, building our understnading of, and creating opportunities for our patients and their families.
The successful candidate will be an individual who is passionate about potential opportunities for the future of pre-hospital cardiac arrest care.
Main duties of the job
For more details on this role, please visit our website: https://ehaat.org/about-us/careers-employment/
About us
Thank you for considering joining the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) and Centre for Excellence Team. This is an incredibly exciting time at EHAAT as we deliver the vision of the Centre for Excellence, to create a world-leading community through which pre-hospital care is developed to achieve the best possible outcomes for all patients.
There are four pillars to the Centre for Excellence; Research and Scholarship, Innovation, Education and Training, and Community. These pillars will support the three clinical domains of cardiac arrest, head injury and patient experience and outcomes.
Achieving clinical excellence sits at the centre of our ambitions with patient experience and outcomes encompassing all activity. Through a targeted research strategy across all three domains, an active scholarship and academic programme, innovative means to train and educate ourselves, our partners and our wider community and disseminating and sharing good clinical practice we aim to change the face of pre-hospital care within the region and beyond.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead on the evaluation of our current performance for cardiac arrest patients.
- Work with our clinical community lead, to maximise the opportunities during the early vital stage of the chain of survival.
- Working with the East of England Ambulance Service, to ensure that every opportunity for remotely guided CPR and defibrillation is seized for our patients.
- Introduce a system for dispatch death and disability (D and D) meetings focussed on cardiac arrest and interfacing with the work of our head injury team.
- Identify global gold standards for the use of technology in the minutes following contact with the emergency services.
- Lead on a process of continuous monitoring and quality improvement for EHAAT teams as we care for our patients in cardiac arrest.
- Continue to develop our culture of enquiry around the aetiology of cardiac arrest, so that our future treatments are nuanced for each patient.
- Influence the local, national, and international guidance on CPR.
- Work closely with our Patient and Family Liaison Team (PFLT) to build-on our bespoke approach to family members of those affected by this often sudden, and unexpected condition.
- Define and role-model our compassionate approach to cardiac arrest patients, with continuous team reflection and analysis.
- In collaboration with others, identify key qualitative and quantitative data to be presented annually, reflecting our experience of cardiac arrest.
- Ensure that our team has access to information on the specific cause of every cardiac arrest attended by EHAAT.
- Working with pathologists and others in our team, to ensure that our team understands the cause of death in each case of cardiac arrest where resuscitation efforts are unsuccessful.
- With our education lead, introduce a new education programme specific to cardiac arrest management.
- Lead on our academic approach to cardiac arrest management, alongside our research lead.
- In collaboration with the clinical lead, introduce novel approaches that can be delivered to our patients who are in cardiac arrest.
- Attend the relevant meetings and conferences of the UK/ European Resuscitation Councils and others. Financial support will be provided for this activity.
- Take part in a personalised career development plan, aligned with the EHAAT strategy for clinician career development.
- Take part in leadership development activity, supported by the EHAAT team.
- Work closely with our team in aligning your work with the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and other related organisations.
- Engage and work with hospital trusts to influence and optimise onward care for patients conveyed after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead on the evaluation of our current performance for cardiac arrest patients.
- Work with our clinical community lead, to maximise the opportunities during the early vital stage of the chain of survival.
- Working with the East of England Ambulance Service, to ensure that every opportunity for remotely guided CPR and defibrillation is seized for our patients.
- Introduce a system for dispatch death and disability (D and D) meetings focussed on cardiac arrest and interfacing with the work of our head injury team.
- Identify global gold standards for the use of technology in the minutes following contact with the emergency services.
- Lead on a process of continuous monitoring and quality improvement for EHAAT teams as we care for our patients in cardiac arrest.
- Continue to develop our culture of enquiry around the aetiology of cardiac arrest, so that our future treatments are nuanced for each patient.
- Influence the local, national, and international guidance on CPR.
- Work closely with our Patient and Family Liaison Team (PFLT) to build-on our bespoke approach to family members of those affected by this often sudden, and unexpected condition.
- Define and role-model our compassionate approach to cardiac arrest patients, with continuous team reflection and analysis.
- In collaboration with others, identify key qualitative and quantitative data to be presented annually, reflecting our experience of cardiac arrest.
- Ensure that our team has access to information on the specific cause of every cardiac arrest attended by EHAAT.
- Working with pathologists and others in our team, to ensure that our team understands the cause of death in each case of cardiac arrest where resuscitation efforts are unsuccessful.
- With our education lead, introduce a new education programme specific to cardiac arrest management.
- Lead on our academic approach to cardiac arrest management, alongside our research lead.
- In collaboration with the clinical lead, introduce novel approaches that can be delivered to our patients who are in cardiac arrest.
- Attend the relevant meetings and conferences of the UK/ European Resuscitation Councils and others. Financial support will be provided for this activity.
- Take part in a personalised career development plan, aligned with the EHAAT strategy for clinician career development.
- Take part in leadership development activity, supported by the EHAAT team.
- Work closely with our team in aligning your work with the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and other related organisations.
- Engage and work with hospital trusts to influence and optimise onward care for patients conveyed after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration as a paramedic, nurse, or relevant allied health professional.
- Education at BSc, MSc level or a demonstration of equivalence.
Desirable
- PhD in a subject related to the care of critically ill patients.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Quality Improvement Activity (QIA).
- A knowledge of the subject area of cardiac arrest that is first class amongst peers.
- Knowledge of cardiac arrest registries.
- Knowledge of the methods used to create resuscitation guidance by local, national and international bodies.
- To be able to articulate a vision for improvement of cardiac arrest care at EHAAT.
- Demonstration of ability to describe complex topics in an effective way, to a diverse audience, both in written and spoken English.
- To provide examples where a precision medicine approach could be deployed in cardiac arrest scenarios.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of patients in cardiac arrest research and education.
- Experience of working in an EMS dispatch centre.
- Establish a working differential diagnosis for cardiac arrest in a series of simulated scenarios.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration as a paramedic, nurse, or relevant allied health professional.
- Education at BSc, MSc level or a demonstration of equivalence.
Desirable
- PhD in a subject related to the care of critically ill patients.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Quality Improvement Activity (QIA).
- A knowledge of the subject area of cardiac arrest that is first class amongst peers.
- Knowledge of cardiac arrest registries.
- Knowledge of the methods used to create resuscitation guidance by local, national and international bodies.
- To be able to articulate a vision for improvement of cardiac arrest care at EHAAT.
- Demonstration of ability to describe complex topics in an effective way, to a diverse audience, both in written and spoken English.
- To provide examples where a precision medicine approach could be deployed in cardiac arrest scenarios.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of patients in cardiac arrest research and education.
- Experience of working in an EMS dispatch centre.
- Establish a working differential diagnosis for cardiac arrest in a series of simulated scenarios.
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).
Additional information
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).
