Clinical Nurse Manager

The newly established HSE West & North West Health Region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services for Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway and Mayo. The redesign of services will allow new pathways to be developed between acute and community services, primary care, health and wellbeing, and voluntary sectors to create more integrated, person-centred care. HSE West and North West include all the region's community healthcare, hospitals, primary care, and public health services.

The Clinical Nurse Manager 2 – Resuscitation training will co-ordinate and deliver the resuscitation service in Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan & South Donegal.

The CNM2—Resuscitation Training Officer will coordinate and manage the resuscitation service within Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan, & South Donegal. This will involve planning, organisation, implementation, and evaluation of all Basic and Advanced life support/resuscitation training programmes for appropriate personnel.

A core responsibility will be supervising and training of staff in all levels of resuscitation training and in particular training on identifying and responding to clinically deteriorating patients to prevent cardiac arrest, and on general resuscitation issues in line with national and local strategy and service priorities.

The post holder will act as an expert in resuscitation, where appropriate, providing advice on all aspects of resuscitation training, education, and practice.

The post holder will be responsible for the supervision, review and audit of resuscitation procedures.

The post holder will work with colleagues to create good working relationships that promote teamwork and innovation and encourages motivation, high standards of resuscitation practice, and high-quality care and patient safety.

The CNM2 Resuscitation Training Officer will facilitate education and training of resuscitation and clinical skills to relevant healthcare professionals in accordance with existing guidelines, and reflecting changes in guidelines as they arise.