Clinical Nurse Manager, Endoscopy, General Hospital

Mallow General Hospital (MGH) is a Model 2 hospital as defined by the Acute Medicine Programme. MGH serves a population of North Cork and surrounding area with a population of circa 90,000.

Mallow General Hospital is a 95 bed Acute General Hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and day patient services. The services provided in the hospital include general medicine, cardiology, respiratory, gerontology, gastroenterology, dermatology and palliative care. Inpatient medical activity is supported by a Medical Assessment Unit and a High Dependency Unit.

Mallow General Hospital also provides elective Day Surgery, and Endoscopy. There is an Injuries Unit, Outpatients Department, Physiotherapy and Radiology department.

Specialist nursing includes Cardiology, Respiratory, Diabetes, and Tissue Viability, Care of the Older Adult, Haemovigilance and Infection Control.

Surgical planned procedures include General Surgery, Urology, ENT, Vascular (open, laser/radio frequency) and Dental Special Needs Adult.

A Pre-Assessment Clinic supports the surgical day service.

The hospital is currently undergoing major infrastructural development with new inpatient accommodation under construction.

Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE, on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they have been operational since 2024.

Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance, while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.

Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:

• Integrated, locally planned and delivered
• Easier to access and navigate
• Available closer to home

Health Regions are geographically based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation, with more service provision developed at a local level.

The HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.

This includes:

• South/South West Hospital Group S/SWHG
• Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH

The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region.

Services in the South West health region:

HSE Services working within this region include:

• Acute Hospitals
• Primary care services
• Community services
• Social care services
• Health and social care professionals
• Voluntary sector services

South/South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare became part of HSE South West health region on 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will continue throughout 2026.

Purpose of the Post

The post of CNM 2 has a pivotal role in service planning, co-ordinating, and managing activity and resources within the clinical and decontamination areas. The main responsibilities are: quality assurance, resource management, staffing and staff development, practice development, facilitating communication and professional / clinical leadership.

The post holder will lead and coordinate decontamination practices within the endoscopy unit in accordance with HSE Standards and Recommended Practices.

The CNM2 will play a central role in shaping the improvement of endoscopy services for patients and staff. The CNM2 will act as Nurse Lead for the JAG accreditation process.

Please ensure you download, save and read the Job Specification, as well the Applicant Information Document. These documents are located at the bottom of this Rezoomo advertisement. We strongly recommend that you read the Job Specification associated with this post before completing your application.

For any technical difficulties, contact Meagan McGlynn, Campaign Lead, at meagan.mcglynn@hse.ie