Clinical Nurse Manager, Theatre, General Hospital

Bantry General Hospital (BGH) is a 90 bed rural and remote model 2R Acute General Hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and day patient services.

It provides undifferentiated medical care and day case surgical activity for the people of West Cork and South Kerry.

BGH operates on a 24 hour open access basis for undifferentiated medical intake. The hospital caters for all acute medical emergencies and has a Medical Assessment Unit and a High Dependency Unit. It also has a Rehabilitation and Acute Stroke Unit and a Care of the Elderly Ward.

Bantry General Hospital provides elective Day Case & Minor Procedure surgery in keeping with all Model 2 Hospitals nationally & is under the governance of Acute Surgery in Cork University Hospital. The supporting surgeons rotate to support Day case general, plastics, & Gynae. This is due to expand with the opening of new endoscopy unit which will see endoscopy leave theatre space & allow for full 5 day surgical theatre service going forward from September 2024. It is expected that the post holder will embrace the evolving expansion of the surgical service, consistent with the direction being followed by BGH in the current dynamic & changing operating environment within CUHG.

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination & implementation of theatre nursing care, best practice guidance, care bundle implementation, audit & monitoring process, education & training, incident review process and monitoring practices as appropriate

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BGH is a site for clinical placements for the undergraduate student nurse programme delivered in partnership with the Institute of Technology, Tralee, Co. Kerry.

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 will become part of HSE South West Health Region from 3rd March, 2025, and the transition to the new structures will be taking place throughout 2025.

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 area. The main responsibilities are: quality assurance, resource management, staffing and staff development, practice development, facilitating communication and professional / clinical leadership.

Informal Enquiries

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Contact Assitsant Director of Nursing on Duty, BGH Email: bgh.nursingadmin@hse.ie Tel: 027 52993 or 087 1857628 - for further information about the role

Contact Eimear O’Sullivan- People Resourcing, Eimear.osullivan6@hse.ie – for enquiries relating to the recruitment process