Staff Nurse - Infection Prevention & Control

The post-holder will work as a member of the Intravenous Cannulation Audit and Training (IVCAT) Team under Infection Prevention and Control Team providing specialist IVCAT service to all healthcare staff. The post holder will participate in staff education programmes encouraging staff to develop clinical expertise for the benefit of staff and users of the service. The post holder will be responsible for the implementation of the peripheral venous catheter/central venous catheter (PVC/CVC) best practice guidance, care bundle implementation, monitoring process for CVC and PVC insertion practices as appropriate, education and training and incident review process. Responsibilities include, audit, monitor and evaluation of IVCAT team metrics and KPI data and support for insertion of difficult PVC.

Informal inquiries to

Thressia Devassy

Assistant Director of Nursing

Infection Prevention and Control

Email: thressiadevassy@mater.ie

and

Iris Agreiter

Clinical Nurse Manger 3

Infection Prevention and Control

Email: IrisAgreiter@mater.ie