CHE: Director Of Nursing, Older Persons Services

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Location of Post:

St. Colman’s Residential Care Centre, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow

There is currently 1.0 permanent whole-time vacancy available in St. Colman’s Residential Care Centre in Community Healthcare East (CHO6)

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Director of Nursing Band 3 from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

Purpose of the Post:

The focus of the Director of Nursing 3 role is on improving resident and service experience, quality of care and resident and service user outcomes, in the context of developing a culture of performance improvement within the allocated resources.

The Director of Nursing 3 will be responsible for the delivery of a high level of effective clinical care and support to residents in a residential care setting and to manage and develop nursing education and training. The persons appointed will also be required to register with HIQA as the designated centres Person in Charge as set out in Regulation 14 of the Health Act (2007).

The Director of Nursing 3 will be responsible for providing strong strategic, professional and clinical leadership for all aspects of Nursing and Health Care Assistant staff within the context of working within a multidisciplinary team within the hospital and in supporting the implementation of the changes in service delivery structures into HSE Health Regions as these evolve.

The Director of Nursing 3 will be accountable for the development of staffing structures, staffing skill-mix and for the clinical and operational competence for all staff under his/her authority.

The Director of Nursing 3 will manage and be accountable for human and financial resources within defined resources.

The Director of Nursing 3 will provide leadership and demonstrate the core values of care, compassion, trust and learning in the delivery of high quality resident care.

Quality and Resident Safety will be to the forefront of the post and the post-holder will play a key role in working with the National Clinical Care Programmes and the development and implementation of Quality & Resident Safety initiatives for their areas of responsibility.

The Director of Nursing 3 is a member of the Hospital Management Team and will have a key role in creating an atmosphere and culture where excellence can flourish with strong multidisciplinary collaboration across the Hospital.

Key Performance Criteria

· The quality and standard of nursing care.

· The extent to which there is resident satisfaction with nursing care.

· The extent to which good working relationships are fostered and maintained throughout the nursing service and between nursing, other disciplines.

· The effectiveness of performance in relation to personnel management and development.

· The extent to which service plan objectives have been achieved.

· The effectiveness of financial management, in particular, ability to operate within budget.