Sister/Charge Nurse, Cardiac Arrest Prevention Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join the Cardiac Arrest Prevention (CAP) Team as a Sister/Charge Nurse. The role involves providing a comprehensive service, including a significant training program for clinical staff, and focusing on eliminating avoidable cardiac arrests through audit, rapid case reviews, teaching, and professional support. The post holder will deliver cardiac arrest prevention and resuscitation training and assist in developing strategies for high-quality resuscitation care. This position plays a significant role in patient safety and proactively managing risk.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver effective cardiac arrest prevention training programs across the organisation.
- Assist the Lead Nurse with duties that will enable the effective running of the cardiac arrest prevention service.
- Contribute to the development of projects and strategy by leading on an identified aspect of cardiac arrest prevention or resuscitation practice.
- Identify and proactively manage cardiac arrest prevention related risk.
- Act as an expert resource for cardiac arrest prevention and resuscitation related issues.
- Review any unexpected deaths within the organisation to identify learning opportunities and potential patient safety concerns, providing necessary support to relevant care groups.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1 Qualification required.
- Degree in a health related subject or significant progress towards this
- Advanced life support provider
- EPALS provider or willing to work towards
- Effective communication skills and evidence of team work.
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team / patient and their cares.
- Prioritisation of workload effectively.
- Capable of working in a demanding environment.
- To take on additional responsibilities in department area of speciality.
- Ability to travel frequently between hospital sites
- Relevant experience in a critical care environment (A&E, ITU, CCU, Anaesthetics) including significant exposure to cardiac arrest prevention/resuscitation.
- Full NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification (ENB 998, cert ed desirable) or significant teaching experience
- ALS Instructor or instructor candidate desirable
- Teaching qualification (998 or C&G) or relevant teaching experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Sister/Charge Nurse, Cardiac Arrest Prevention Team
The closing date is 13 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to
join the Cardiac Arrest Prevention (CAP) Team in a Sister/Charge Nurse capacity. The cardiac arrest prevention team provides a
comprehensive service for the organisation including a significant training
program for all clinical staff from basic through to advanced courses.
The teams main focus is to eliminate avoidable cardiac
arrest through extensive audit programmes, rapid case reviews of any unexpected
death or potential failure to rescue, teaching and providing professional support to clinical
areas and individuals.
In addition to this the team provides
professional advice in relation to cardiac arrest prevention and resuscitation,
coordinates the procurement of equipment and organization of the hospital
emergency teams.
Main duties of the job
The
team plays a significant role in patient safety and is involved in proactively
managing risk in relation to cardiac arrest prevention & resuscitation. The
post holder will be responsible for the delivery of cardiac arrest prevention
& resuscitation training across the organisation and will assist with the
delivery of a strategy that will enable staff to deliver high quality
resuscitation care
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