Clinical Nurse Manager, HR Allocations University Hospital

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

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

University Hospital Kerry is the second largest of the Health Service Executive –South/South West seven acute hospitals.

With a catchment area of Kerry, North Cork & West Limerick it services a population of approx. over 180,554.

In addition, the Kerry area has quite a large visiting population – Bord Fáilte/Shannon Development estimate there are approximately 2 million tourists visiting this region annually, principally during the summer months.

The 24/7 Emergency department cares for 36,000 emergency presentations. The average annual activity levels of approximately 13,000 Inpatient discharges, 11,000 Day Cases Presentations and 54,000 Outpatient Attendances.

The hospital has 275 acute general beds; 50 Acute Psychiatric beds, and an Annual Budget of approximately 70 million.

University hospital Kerry has a directorate management structure and is educationally affiliated to Institute of Technology Tralee and University College Cork.

University Hospital Kerry’s range and scope of services provided.

• Emergency Medicine.

• Ear nose and Throat Services.

• General Medicine including Medicine of the Elderly& Endocrinology.

• General Surgery.

• Endoscopy.

• Adult Intensive Care.

• Oncology

• Orthopaedics.

• Paediatrics

• Audiology.

• Palliative Care

• Psychiatry

• Radiography, including C.T. Scanning Service

• Renal Dialysis Satellite Unit.

Purpose of the post:

The post of CNM2 HR/Allocations has a pivotal role in supporting and assisting the nurse management team in areas of human resource management, service planning, rostering and recruitment.

The CNM2 HR/Allocations will have responsibility for the delivery and implementation of a range of generalist HR services and the provision of advice and guidance for all grades of staff under the remit of the Director of Nursing.

We welcome Informal enquires about the role

Name: Joanne Evans

Job Title: Clinical Nurse Manger 3 HR UHK

Tel: 087 4006751

Email: joanne.evans@hse.ie