DML-- - Staff Nurse, Theatre

Staff Nurse -Operating Theatre

(Grade Code: 2135)

There is currently 2 permanent whole-time vacancies available in Regional Hospital Mullingar.

A Regional panel will be formed as a result of this campaign for Staff Nurse Emergency Department from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled in the below locations:

• Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore
• Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise
• Naas General Hospital

Purpose of the Post

The provision and delivery of effective quality assured and patient centred care in the Operating Theatre as a member of the Multidisciplinary team.

Eligibility Criteria

Qualifications and/ or experience

Candidates must have at the latest date for receipt of applications for the post:-

1. Professional Qualifications, Experience etc.

· Be registered, or be eligible for registration, in the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses kept by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

· Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, (including a high standard of clinical and administrative capacity), for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

2. Annual registration

· On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

· Practitioners must confirm annual registration with the NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

4. Health

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

5. Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Post Specific Requirements

Demonstrate depth and breadth of recent* post registration nursing experience in an acute hospital setting in Theatre Nursing, Scrub, Circulating, Anaesthetics, Post Anaesthesia Care Nursing as relevant to the role.

(*recent - within the last 2 years/24 months)