Clinical Nurse Manager Night St Finbarrs Hospital, Older Persons Services

St. Finbarr’s Hospital is the largest community hospital in the HSE South. The hospital has 88 beds consisting of continuing care beds for the elderly, a Community Nursing Unit. The Hospital is based on a wider campus site which has many community based services. The Hospital supports the undergraduate BSc nursing programme as a placement site as well as post graduate placements for the Higher Diploma in Gerontology. There is a strong link to UCC on joint research projects in gerontological care.

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 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.

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.

The Purpose of the Post:

This post is central to the provision and management of the continuing care services in SFH. The role is responsible for the day to day organisational management of the services on the St. Finbarr’s Hospital Campus and involves the management of Nursing and Support staff. In addition the post holder is a member of the Senior Nurse Management Team and is expected to function in the wider hospital context. The post holder is also responsible for key aspects of the clinical and educational development of the nursing staff, for the provision of Mandatory training and the collation of records for all members of staff under the management responsibility of the Nursing service.

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We welcome enquiries about the role.

Contact AnnMarie Irwin, Director of Nursing for further information about the role.

Email: AnnMarie.Irwin@hse.ie

Phone: 087 339 3760

Contact Meagan McGlynn, People Resourcing, for enquiries relating to the recruitment process.

Email: Meagan.mcglynn@hse.ie