Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Injury Unit, Mallow General Hospital

Mallow General Hospital is a Model 2 within the South West Region.

Mallow General Hospital is a 95 bed Acute General Hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and day patient services. The hospital has ongoing planned outpatient infrastructure development for 2026.

The services provided in the hospital include – general medicine, cardiology, respiratory, gerontology and gastro-enterology, In patient medical activity is supported by a Medical Assessment Unit and a High Dependency Unit.

Mallow General Hospital also provides elective day surgery/procedures to include general, vascular ent , urology, and Endoscopy, There is an Injuries Unit, and an Outpatient department, Physiotherapy, and Radiology including CT scanning services and ultra sound scan.

Specialist and Advanced Practice Nursing includes Cardiology, Respiratory, Sleep, Haemovigilance, Infection Control ,Older Adult, Tissue Viability , Obesity, Dementia and Injury

Mallow General Hospital Injury Unit (IU) was established during reconfiguration of hospital services following publication of the Smaller Hospitals Framework (HSE 2013a). The IU Mallow General Hospital is one of 3 Injury Units within the Emergency Care Network (ECN) of Cork University Hospitals Group. The IU is open 8am-8pm 7 days a week.

The RANP (Injury Unit) scope of clinical practice involves the management of non-life and non-limb threatening conditions, commonly known as minor injuries or ambulatory care (HSE 2012; 2013b). The RANP scope of practice directly mirrors that of the Injury Unit scope agreed at national level under the National Emergency Medicine Programme (HSE 2012). The following is an example not an exhaustive list of clinical presentations included in the scope of practice for this role.

Suspected broken bones and/or dislocations to legs from knees to toes

Suspected broken bones and/or dislocations to arms from collar bone (clavicle) to finger tips

All sprains or strains

Facial injuries/problems - minor (including oral, dental and nasal injuries)

Scalds and burns - minor

Wounds, bites, cuts, grazes and scalp lacerations

Splinters and fish hooks

Foreign bodies in eyes/ears/nose

Head injury – minor (fully conscious children, who did not experience loss of consciousness or vomit after the head injury)

Suturing

Purpose of the post

The advanced practice service is provided by nurses who practice at a higher level of capability as independent, autonomous and expert advanced practitioners. The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level. This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care, which includes comprehensively assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating and discharging patients in accordance with collaboratively agreed local policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines and/or service level agreements/ memoranda of understanding.

The RANP (Injury Unit) demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership, and complex decision-making abilities.

The RANP (Injury Unit) practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI 2014), the Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI 2015), Advanced Practice (Nursing)

Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017), and the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland (Department of Health 2016).

The RANP (Injury Unit) service provides clinical leadership and professional scholarship in the delivery of optimal nursing services and informs the development of evidence-based health policy at local, regional and national levels.

The RANP (Injury Unit) contributes to nursing research that shapes and advances nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national and international levels.

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Patricia Moloney

Director of Nursing

Email: patricia.moloney@hse.ie

Tel: 087/1301584 for further information about the role

Contact Meagan McGlynn People Resourcing, meagan.mcglynn@hseie – for enquiries relating to the recruitment process