Vacancy: Resuscitation Practitioner

Resuscitation Council UK is seeking an experienced clinician to join its Clinical and Service Development Directorate as a Resuscitation Practitioner.

The Clinical and Service Development team supports RCUK’s internationally recognised life support courses, course regulations, clinical enquiries, educational activity and wider clinical workstreams, including ReSPECT and support after cardiac arrest.

As a Resuscitation Practitioner, you will provide clinical and operational support to the directorate. This will include responding to course and clinical enquiries, supporting course centres, candidates, instructors, course directors and medical directors, and contributing to defined course development and service improvement projects.

We are keen to attract candidates from a wide range of professional backgrounds who can demonstrate clinical credibility, sound judgement and a clear commitment to resuscitation practice and education. You do not need experience across all RCUK courses or all age ranges. What matters is that you have strong communication skills, relevant course knowledge and an understanding of RCUK guidance, course regulations and agreed processes.

The role would suit someone who is an active RCUK Instructor and has current involvement in resuscitation practice or education as part of their professional role.

You will work closely with Clinical Leads, Lead Educators and colleagues across RCUK. We are a small, committed clinical team working together to support the resuscitation community and ultimately patients and their families. We would welcome applications from clinicians who can bring sound clinical judgement, strong course knowledge and a collaborative approach to this work.

The position offers hybrid working, with office attendance at RCUK’s London office as required.

For more information on the role or an informal conversation with the clinical team, please call us on 020 7388 4678. Lines are open Monday-Friday 08:00-16:00.  
 

Duties and responsibilities

1. Team support and professional practice

• Support the Clinical Leads, Director of Clinical and Service Development and wider CSD team in delivering the priorities of the directorate.
• Work within agreed RCUK policies, procedures, governance arrangements and organisational positions.
• Contribute to a culture that values respect, teamwork, equality, diversity, inclusivity and excellence.

2. Course and clinical enquiries

• Use expert clinical, resuscitation and course knowledge to provide day-to-day support with course and clinical enquiries received by RCUK.
• Support course centres, candidates, instructors, course directors and medical directors with enquiries relating to RCUK courses, course regulations and agreed processes.
• Respond to enquiries in line with RCUK guidance, course regulations, agreed processes and approved organisational positions.
• Assist with identifying recurring enquiry themes to help inform service improvement.

3. Course development and service improvement support

• Support defined course development and service improvement projects.
• Assist with reviewing course-related materials where requested, within the scope of the role.
• Support the progression of project actions in a timely and organised way.
• Contribute practical clinical, educational and operational insight to defined pieces of work.

4. Governance and assurance support

• Support course governance and assurance processes.
• Assist with reviewing information relating to course delivery, course enquiries and feedback.
• Identify potential areas of concern from relevant work and raise these appropriately.
•  Work within agreed RCUK governance arrangements and escalation routes.

5. Communication and engagement

• Communicate clearly, professionally and sensitively with course centres, instructors, course directors, medical directors, candidates, healthcare professionals, members of the public and internal colleagues.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Use appropriate judgement when responding to enquiries, recognising when to seek advice or support.
• Ensure written communication is accurate, clear and aligned with RCUK’s agreed position.
• Represent the CSD team appropriately in internal discussions where requested, within the scope of the role.

6. Audit and service evaluation support

• Support the Clinical Leads with the coordination, collation and basic analysis of audit, feedback, survey or service evaluation information.
• Assist with identifying themes from enquiries and feedback.
• Support the use of insight from feedback and evaluation to inform service improvement.
• Ensure information is handled accurately, confidentially and in line with organisational requirements.

7. Information management

• Support the ongoing management of documentation and records in line with RCUK processes.
• Handle information appropriately and in accordance with data protection, confidentiality and organisational requirements.
• Support the RCUK team with relevant processes linked to ISO9001:2015 where required.

8. Education and training

• Assist the Clinical Leads and Lead Educators with course-related educational work where requested.
• Use evidence-informed educational practice to support learners and course delivery.
• Contribute to the review of course materials or resources within the scope of the role.
• Maintain active participation in personal continuing professional development.

9. General

• The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well-being and that of work colleagues and visitors, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
• To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Resuscitation Council UK together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
• To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time, and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.

10. Other

• In addition to the duties outlined above, the role may also include any other duties reasonably requested by their line manager.
• It is a requirement of all RCUK staff to take an active participative interest in their own continuing professional development.
• This role may occasionally involve working outside standard hours and involve occasional weeknight/weekend work.  This may include national and international conferences or meetings.

This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time when it was drawn up and will be reviewed from time to time. Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot in themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.
 

Please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@resus.org.uk with 'Resuscitation Practitioner' in the subject line. We would also be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form, which can be accessed here.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12 noon, Monday 10 August 2026.

Interviews will be held in person in our London office on Thursday 20 August 2026.

We welcome and will accept applications using an alternative process (such as video or audio applications). Please contact us by email to discuss this prior to submitting your application.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply.

We appreciate all applications, but we will only be contacting candidates who are shortlisted.

At Resuscitation Council UK, we offer competitive salaries, generous annual leave, and opportunities for professional development. All staff benefit from flexible working hours, and ensuring staff are able to balance their work and personal life is important to us. 

We pride ourselves on our inclusive, friendly staff team, who use their compassion and expertise to support each other. Teamwork and partnership working is at the centre of our mission to save lives. 

When you apply to a job with us, we aim to provide appropriate support every step of the way. Here are some of the ways we can support applicants and potential staff members: 

• Working location: We always seek to balance business needs with a flexible approach to working styles and preferences. We have adopted hybrid working arrangements, allowing staff to balance home and office working. The successful applicant will be required to come into the office for a minimum of 1 day per week. Reasonable adjustments will be made for the successful candidate where this is required.
• Access to work: If you would like to make an Access to Work application for a grant to pay for support tailored to your individual needs, such as a support worker, adaptations to the equipment you use, special equipment, taxi fares to and from work if public transport is not accessible to you, we will support you in this process. 
• Alternative application processes: We are asking for CVs and covering letters so you can tell us how your skills and experience can support and add value to Resuscitation Council UK. However, if an alternative method of applying – such as sending us a video or audio clip about yourself – works better for you, we welcome your application. We want our applicants to shine, so we’re flexible to your needs. 
• Equity for all applicants: when we receive applications, those who shortlist candidates for each role will not have access to your name, age or date of birth. In addition, we ask you to submit a diversity monitoring form. We won’t use the information in the diversity monitoring forms during the recruitment process itself, but the information we receive will help us to understand whether our job advertisements are successfully attracting a diverse range of applicants.