Clinical Nurse Manager, University Hospital

Details of Service

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has approximately 800 beds and this will increase further to 1,000 beds on completion of the transfer of additional services to the CUH campus. CUH currently employs approximately 4,571 (WTE) staff of multiple professions and is the primary teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health and Science in University College Cork (UCC). UCC is the Academic partner of the South/South West Hospital Group. CUH has very strong relationships with each of the six schools within the Science Faculty of UCC and this is a key area for future development to maximise the opportunities for both the service and academia.

CUH is a recommended Major Trauma Centre for the Republic of Ireland due to the wide range of specialties delivered by the hospital – including Neurosciences, Cardiac Services, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Renal, Internal Medicine, Vascular, Ophthalmology, Urology, Plastic Surgery, Maxillary-Facial, Paediatrics, Intensive Care, Oncology, Haematology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatology and Emergency Medicine.

CUH is the tertiary referral centre for the HSE Southern area, and the supra regional area of Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny. CUH therefore acts as a regional centre for secondary and tertiary care for the catchment population of approx. 550,000 served by the HSE Southern area and a supra-regional centre for a total a population of 1.2 million.

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

• Midlands Louth Meath Community Health Organisation

• Community Healthcare Organisation Dublin North City and County

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.

Purpose of the Post

The CNM2 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.

Emergency and Acute Care (EAC) Directorate

The Acute Floor currently comprises of the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Assessment Unit and the Acute Medical Decision Unit. The EAC Directorate is managed operationally and professionally by the Assistant Directors of Nursing in collaboration with the Clinical Nurse Manager 3 and the Emergency Department Consultants. The management of the Directorate is overseen by the Clinical Operations Group (COG). There is a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary team work within the department and throughout the Acute Floor with a strong focus on safe and compassionate care.

The post holder will work with the Nursing team to ensure that staff have the required and appropriate clinical care skills and competencies to effect timely patient care and intervention, and will provide professional and clinical leadership and vision and facilitate staff team building to provide planned care and develop educational strategies and service goals.

Clinical Skills Facilitator

The role of the Clinical Skills Facilitator is to deliver education, training, support and mentorship to nurses and the multidisciplinary team within one of the largest Emergency Departments in the country.

EMEWS

The Emergency Medicine Early Warning System (EMEWS) has been developed in response to concerns that Emergency Department (ED) patients are at risk of clinical deterioration between the time they are triaged and the time they are assessed by a Treating Clinician. The EMEWS guideline has been designed to interface seamlessly with the Manchester Triage System which is the nationally recommended ED triage approach for adult patients.

Informal Enquiries

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Contact Siobhan Scanlon – Assistant Director of Nursing, siobhan.scanlon@hse.ie/086 7872209 - for further information about the role

Contact Ann-Marie O’Keeffe- People Resourcing, Annmarie.okeeffe2@hse.ie – for enquiries relating to the recruitment process