• Job Description

  Req#: B0567-24-0000?language=en&page=661&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The job purpose is to explore and create opportunities for the deployment of virtual reality technologies at EHAAT.

  We are looking for a motivated and talented individual to help us create the new survivors of the future. You'll have a track record in virtual reality in the clinical setting, and a passion for innovation.

  The role will help deliver on a new part of our strategy, focussed upon the use of VR technologies in cardiac arrest care, specifically, improving rates of bystander CPR and defibrillation.

  Virtual reality technology is rarely used in the hyperacute phase of critical illness and injury. We anticipate that this fellowship will help define our organisational trajectory in this area of technological advancement by working closely with our highly experienced clinical leaders.

  The post will be a collaboration with our industry partners, Medical Realities. With opportunities to benefit from the expertise of this leading healthcare organisation, the postholder will spend some of their time working alongside experts in Virtual Reality and the metaverse.

  The responsibilities will evolve during the duration of the post from phases of exploration through to creating a strategy and then delivering in key agreed areas. EHAAT is committed to supporting the postholder in securing further funding for the project via academic routes together with deployment of the expertise of our charity team in applying for specific funding through specialised grants.

  Main duties of the job

  • Place a significant focus of working activity on our clinical community pillar, developing novel approaches to mass CPR and defibrillation education
  • Adopt a structured academic approach to your clinically related work
  • Work alongside our charity team to maximise opportunities for deployment of VR-related technology
  • Maximise the opportunities for EHAAT to collaborate with universities that have a pedigree in this academic area
  • Explore the global resuscitation community, looking for models of excellence in this area and critically evaluating their impact so that the appropriate opportunities can be targeted
  • Attend regular meetings of the clinical and charity teams to embed your work within the day-to-day activity of the service
  • Once your proposed strategy is agreed, progress to the implementation stage of this agreed plan
  • Alongside our research and scholarship lead, provide scholarly descriptions of your activities that will impact widely, enriching the work of the wider medical community
  • Give oral presentations at national and international conferences, symposia, and other events, demonstrating your work on behalf of EHAAT
  • Contribute to our education programme, working closely with our education lead
  • As this role intends to identify novel and innovative opportunities that represent the beginning of a journey for us, further objectives will be agreed throughout the duration of the post

  About us

  It is my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you as you consider 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 threedomains, an active scholarship and academic programme, innovative means to train andeducate ourselves, our partners and our wider community and disseminating and sharing good clinical practice we aim to change the face of prehospital care within the region and beyond.

  Date posted

  26 April 2024

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience Commensurate with grade and experience

  Contract

  Secondment

  Duration

  18 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  B0567-24-0000

  Job locations

  Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust

  Merlin Way

  North Weald

  Epping

  Essex

  CM16 6HR

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Job title: Fellow in Virtual Reality
  • Reporting to: Centre for Excellence Project Lead
  • Based at: North Weald
  • Duration of post: 18-month fixed-term secondment via NHS employer
  • Working pattern: 1.5 - 2 days per week
  • Pay scale: Commensurate with grade and experience
  • Key working relationships: Centre for Excellence Clinical Community Lead, Clinical and Centre for Excellence Team, Charity Team, Regional Clinical Networks
  • Further information: This role is created in partnership with MedicalRealities

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Job title: Fellow in Virtual Reality
  • Reporting to: Centre for Excellence Project Lead
  • Based at: North Weald
  • Duration of post: 18-month fixed-term secondment via NHS employer
  • Working pattern: 1.5 - 2 days per week
  • Pay scale: Commensurate with grade and experience
  • Key working relationships: Centre for Excellence Clinical Community Lead, Clinical and Centre for Excellence Team, Charity Team, Regional Clinical Networks
  • Further information: This role is created in partnership with MedicalRealities

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Either/ Or:
  • MB BS, or equivalent medical qualification
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in paramedic science
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent in nursing
  • Bachelor's degree as an Allied Health Professional

  Desirable

  • University level qualification in a subject related to technology and virtual reality
  • Post graduate clinical qualifications.

  Experience

  Essential

  • A track record demonstrating a passion for innovation.
  • Experience in delivering public, undergraduate, or postgraduate medical education.

  Desirable

  • Examples of Quality Improvement or other projects that demonstrate the implementation of an innovation into clinical practice and/or medical education.
  • A certificate or postgraduate diploma in medical education

  Personal Qualities, Technical Skills & Academic Activity

  Essential

  • A demonstrable track record in successfully working as a team member.
  • A demonstrable commitment to matters related to quality, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Ability to manage time well.
  • Ability to motivate and inspire others.
  • Ability to avoid, mediate and resolve situations potentially leading to conflict.

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate an ability to process complex medical information and medical jargon.
  • Experience of using FIGMA software
  • Experience of project management software
  • Knowledge of Unity and Unreal game engines
  • Knowledge of 2D/3D design software for example Blender/ Adobe creative cloud
  • Evidence of submission of original research into peer reviewed journals
  • Evidence of presentations at national/international meetings
  • Evidence of use of statistical analyses

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Either/ Or:
  • MB BS, or equivalent medical qualification
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in paramedic science
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent in nursing
  • Bachelor's degree as an Allied Health Professional

  Desirable

  • University level qualification in a subject related to technology and virtual reality
  • Post graduate clinical qualifications.

  Experience

  Essential

  • A track record demonstrating a passion for innovation.
  • Experience in delivering public, undergraduate, or postgraduate medical education.

  Desirable

  • Examples of Quality Improvement or other projects that demonstrate the implementation of an innovation into clinical practice and/or medical education.
  • A certificate or postgraduate diploma in medical education

  Personal Qualities, Technical Skills & Academic Activity

  Essential

  • A demonstrable track record in successfully working as a team member.
  • A demonstrable commitment to matters related to quality, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Ability to manage time well.
  • Ability to motivate and inspire others.
  • Ability to avoid, mediate and resolve situations potentially leading to conflict.

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate an ability to process complex medical information and medical jargon.
  • Experience of using FIGMA software
  • Experience of project management software
  • Knowledge of Unity and Unreal game engines
  • Knowledge of 2D/3D design software for example Blender/ Adobe creative cloud
  • Evidence of submission of original research into peer reviewed journals
  • Evidence of presentations at national/international meetings
  • Evidence of use of statistical analyses

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Essex & Herts Air Ambulance

  Address

  Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust

  Merlin Way

  North Weald

  Epping

  Essex

  CM16 6HR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ehaat.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Essex & Herts Air Ambulance

  Address

  Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust

  Merlin Way

  North Weald

  Epping

  Essex

  CM16 6HR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ehaat.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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