Staff Nurse

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2023.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Staff Nurse to join our Adult Respite House team in Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

Contract Type: This is a permanent, part time contract.

Contract Hours: 22.5 hours per week (0.6 WTE).

Salary Scale: €31,875 - €46,541 pro-rata per annum.

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2024 in accordance with the recent WRC interim agreement (Ref CAM -100101-22) towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Overview of the Post:

To work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in a community based house providing respite and holiday breaks for adults with physical and/or sensory or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, within a quality framework. The post holder will be responsible for providing excellent professional, skilled and effective person centred, evidence based nursing care.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

· Deliver a high standard of nursing care to service users within a best practice/evidence based framework.

· Day to day management of designated caseload including planning, assessment and intervention using researched based practice.

· Be visible and accessible to service users, families and carers and work in partnership with them to ensure efficient, effective and caring services.

· Develop collaborative, needs based care plans, through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.

· Ability to assess plan and respond to the nursing needs of service users with epilepsy, respiratory difficulties and other relevant presenting conditions.

· To comply with legal requirements for the safe storage and administration of medicines and other clinical products.

· To promote and deliver services within the ethos and philosophy of Enable Ireland.

· To promote the health, welfare and social wellbeing of service users in the service.

· Be aware of, and comply with, the principles of clinical governance including quality, risk, and health and safety.

· Recognise potential risk and risk situations and act accordingly in conjunction with Enable Ireland policies.

· To establish and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, families and other key stakeholders.

· To organise and participate in clinics held by the rehabilitation consultant.

· To establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with other organisations, voluntary agencies etc.

· Participation in regular team meetings and other meetings as appropriate.

· Undertake the key worker role as appropriate.

· Maintain awareness of professional literature, current developments in nursing through self-education, training and professional development.

· Participate in clinical and line management supervision and performance management.

· Maintaining appropriate, accurate and up to date written records and reports regarding care of service users, in accordance with professional guidelines and Enable Ireland information management policy.

· To maintain a high standard of professional behaviour and be accountable for practice.

· To work within the scope of practice and take measures to develop and maintain the competence necessary for professional practice.

· To work collaboratively with the Adult Services Manager and CNMII.

· Development of and participation in training programmes for service user’s colleagues and carers/families, where required.

· To carry out vaccination of both service owners/users and staff as required.

· Perform any other duties appropriate to the position from time to time.

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

· 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).

· 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.

· Eligible to work in the state.

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 Enable Ireland.

Desirable Criteria:

· Experience working with adults with disabilities and their families/carers.

· Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience.

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

· Excellent training opportunities

· Generous annual leave entitlements

· Long service reward scheme

· Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

· Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

· Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

· Wellbeing benefits

· Pension

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click on the Employee Benefits link below:

https://www.enableireland.ie/about-us/careers/employee-benefits

What now?

To apply, please download the job description and person specification below for your information and complete the application form.

For queries relating to the post, please contact Alexandra Swift by email at HRSandymount@enableireland.ie

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Closing date for applications: 19th April 2024

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.

· The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.

· Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.

· Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.

· The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.

· Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available athttps://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and

2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy