MWCH Clinical Nurse Manager

The Primary Care Drug Assessment Unit (PCDAU) provides a Tier 3 methadone programme

The PCDAU works with clients from across the Mid-West region in relation to opiate dependence and related addiction issues

The PCDAU multi-disciplinary team includes GPs, Clinical Nurse Specialists, nurses and MTAs and works in conjunction with the broader service team of psychologist / clinical lead; on site- pharmacists; occupational therapists; national liaison pharmacist; counsellors and outreach workers. Additionally, this team has close interagency links with other HSE services, voluntary and community services and community based GPs and pharmacies

The service works with clients in CHO3, Limerick City and County; Clare and North Tipperary

The Clinical Nurse Manager 1( Opiate Substitution Clinic) will play an active role in relation to the management of the PCDAU; the multi-disciplinary team; partners in the delivery of the Opiate Substitution Treatment (OST) programme including level one GPs and community pharmacists and client work (including assessment, initiation, stabilisation, care planning, management of waiting lists; case load management on-going care and transfers to community / other services.

· The Primary Care Drug Assessment Unit (PCDAU) provides a range of interventions in relation to opiate misuse as part of the broader suite of harm reduction services offered by the service.

· The PCDAU is based in Corporate House, Limerick, with clinics running every day of the week and satellite clinics based in the service’s Nenagh office and in Clarecastle which run once a week.

· Walk-in screenings for the OST programme are carried out by members of the outreach team; with all clients in the Mid-West being supported by the specialist team (multi-task attendants, CNM1/staff nurses and GPs) from the clinic in Corporate House.

· The programme in the Mid-West is delivered in partnership with community pharmacists throughout the region, with over 40 pharmacies involved in OST dispensing.

· Additionally, the Mid-West has 12 community based GPs who worked with OST clients in their own practices, once they are stable enough to be transferred out from the clinic

· The PCDAU is committed to working within the highest standards in healthcare provision. Consistent with relevant codes of ethics, the service is firmly rooted in our values and ethics as healthcare professionals to ensure the provision of practical therapeutic interventions which are person-centred and tailored to each individuals needs within a general ethos of harm reduction.

Primary Care, Mid West Community Healthcare, CHO Area 3

There is currently one specified purpose (12 months) and whole-time vacancy available in Social Inclusion, Corporate House, Mungret Street, Limerick (Satellite Clinics - Clare & North Tipperary)

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Primary Care, Social Inclusion, Corporate House, Mungret Street, Limerick from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

Informal Enquiries:

Sarah Oakley, Assistant Director Public Health Nursing for Social Inclusion

Email: sarah.oakley@hse.ie

Tel.: 087 1251494