Clinical Nurse Manager Nursing Bank Unit

JOB PURPOSE

The Nursing Bank Unit Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM) 2 is integral to meeting the safe staffing needs of the Mater hospital, and the post holder will be responsible to coordinate the required staff accordingly.

The Nursing Bank Unit (NBU) provides temporary, flexible short-term Nurse and Health Care Assistant (HCA) staffing to the MaterMisericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) on a day to day basis, by maintaining a pool of staff who can be called upon to cover shifts when regular staff are unavailable.

The purpose is to ensure continuity of care, meet unpredictable staffing needs due to illness, increased patient or service demand, and to offer Nurses and HCA’s flexible work opportunities.

The post holder will manage the NBU, supporting both Hours as Required (HAR) staff, and the Nursing Bank Unit team, and will act as a link between the Department of Nursing, and Nursing Bank Services to evaluate the daily staffing needs of the hospital and to ensure appropriate staffing.

For inquiries, please contact

Kelley Nimmo

ADON Lead Workforce Planner

Email: knimmo@mater.ie