Location of Post: There are currently one 0.5 WTE permanent, whole-time vacancies available in the Cavan Monaghan Public Health Nursing Services, Liaison Department, Cavan General Hospital, Cavan.
These posts are allied to Public Health Nursing Department, Primary Care Services Cavan Monaghan.
A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for CNM2 Community Liaison Nurse, Cavan Monaghan Public Health Nursing (PHN) Services from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.
Informal Enquiries: Edel McAweeney, Director of Public Health Nursing
Tel: 049 4353747 Email: ****** Details of Service: The Public Health Nursing (PHN) Service is delivered by registered public health nurses and registered general nurses/registered midwives, and is a major provider of nursing care in the community.
Services are provided at the level of the individual, the family and the broader community and in addition to delivering personalised care to individuals, account is taken of the collective health, well-being, social and nursing care needs of the population.
The Services has a broad remit with multiple client groups and the focus of care incorporates primary, secondary, tertiary and end-of-life care.
PHN Staff work as part of a broader multidisciplinary team and have interdisciplinary relationships with therapy staff, social workers, practice nurses and GPs.
The vision for the PHN Service is that of a service delivered with and to individuals, families and communities which is integrated with primary healthcare for the purpose of achieving a high quality, safe, seamless and client-centred holistic service.
Public Health Nurses and Registered General Nurses are involved in delivery of nursing care to service users of all ages and form an important link between primary and secondary care settings.
The focus of the service is to promote health and well-being, protect the public and provide clinical nursing care to the population through the delivery of high quality evidence-based nursing care in the HSE Community Health Care Networks.
Eligibility Criteria Qualifications and/ or experience. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc (a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(i) Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered.
And (ii) Have at least 5 years post registration experience (or an aggregate of 5 years fulltime post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the speciality or related area.
And (iii) Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
And (iv) Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.
And (b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
Annual registration (i) On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the relevant division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
And (ii) Confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient
Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
Health Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
Character Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.
Post Specific Requirements: Demonstrate depth and breadth of nursing experience in a Health and Social Care Model delivering nursing care to Service Users with increasing complexities, acuity and diversity in a community setting.
Other requirements specific to the post: Will require access to transport.
The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to them from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office. For further information on this post, please view the attached job specification . ***CV's not accepted for this campaign*** Please submit application form for this exciting role through the Rezoomo website (Using Google Chrome) Only fully completed application forms submitted via Rezoomo will be accepted.
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Applications will not be accepted after this date and time, no exceptions will be made*