Clinical Nurse Manager, Allocations Liaison Officer, Specified Purpose Contract, University Hospital

Details of Service

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has approximately 800 beds and this will increase further to 1,000 beds on completion of the transfer of additional services to the CUH campus. CUH currently employs approximately 4,571 (WTE) staff of multiple professions and is the primary teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health and Science in University College Cork (UCC). UCC is the Academic partner of the South/South West Hospital Group. CUH has very strong relationships with each of the six schools within the Science Faculty of UCC and this is a key area for future development to maximise the opportunities for both the service and academia.

CUH is a recommended Major Trauma Centre for the Republic of Ireland due to the wide range of specialties delivered by the hospital – including Neurosciences, Cardiac Services, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Renal, Internal Medicine, Vascular, Ophthalmology, Urology, Plastic Surgery, Maxillary-Facial, Paediatrics, Intensive Care, Oncology, Haematology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatology and Emergency Medicine.

CUH is the tertiary referral centre for the HSE Southern area, and the supra regional area of Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny. CUH therefore acts as a regional centre for secondary and tertiary care for the catchment population of approx. 550,000 served by the HSE Southern area and a supra-regional centre for a total a population of 1.2 million.

Purpose of the Post

The purpose of the Allocations Liaison Officer (ALO) post is to establish, organise and co-ordinate multiple core and specialist clinical placements for undergraduate and Internship nursing students in partnership with Higher Education Institutes thereby ensuring each nursing student meets the Requirements and Standards for Nurse Registration Education Programme set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2016).

The ALO will also participate in practice development and auditing conducive to a clinical learning environment, as directed by the ADON Nurse Practice Development Coordinator

Informal Enquiries

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Contact Ann Marie Galvin – Assistant Director of Nursing (Nurse Practice Development Coordinator), annmarie.galvin@hse.ie 087 7987145 - for further information about the role

Contact Tamara Broderick - People Resourcing, Tamara.broderick@hse.ie – for enquiries relating to the recruitment process