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Job Title: Relief Nurse
Location: St. Francis Gardens, Day Centre, Blackpool, Cork
Reporting to: Nurse Co-ordinator
Hours: Relief Hours covering the service hours of 9.00 am pm (Monday-Friday)
Salary/Hourly rate: €25 per hour
Job Purpose:
To maintain a high standard of nursing care. To continue to develop clinical expertise, leadership and teaching skills through nursing practice. To support, facilitate and manage the delivery of excellent nursing care, and maintain a high standard of professional and ethical responsibility.
Core Duties & Responsibilities:
Professional/Clinical Responsibilities:
To provide and maintain effective, individualised nursing care by:
* Organising the delivery of nursing care through the Primary Nursing approach.
* Pre-admission nursing assessment of all service users to ensure the service can address their identified needs, within the context of the Day Centre Design and Location.
* Assessing, Planning, Implementing and evaluating nursing care by personal involvement and supervising the activities of other staff and volunteers.
* Co-operating fully with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that good teamwork brings about excellent care of the Older Person.
* Communicating effectively with family members/carers to reduce anxiety and ensure positive outcomes for the Day Centre Attendees.
Management Responsibilities:
To ensure effective management by:
* Reflecting on and supporting the philosophy, objectives and goals of the Centre, in line with the ethos of Respond.
* Management of Day Centre waiting list following referral for daycare services.
* Allocation of daycare places in a fair and equitable manner.
* Maintain Day Centre numbers by prompt reallocation of vacancies.
* Delegation of work fairly and competently to the team members.
* Effectively carrying out induction programmes with new staff and volunteers.
* Motivating staff to maintain excellent standards of nursing care.
* Providing support and supportive supervision.
* Leading and implementing change.
* Maintain and develop the volunteer ethos of the centre.
Administrative Responsibilities:
To ensure the Unit runs as smoothly as possible by:
* Ensuring adequate stocks/supplies.
* Maintaining duty rosters effectively ensuring appropriate skill mix.
* Supervision of Centre stocks/supplies to prevent theft/damage.
* Following Centre policies and procedures in all aspects of care, and developing policies where necessary.
* Ensuring equipment is kept in working condition and taking appropriate action to ensure this.
* Attending and contributing effectively to meetings of various committees/groups concerned with improvement in the working of the Centre.
* Submitting a monthly report and client stats to Respond Area Manager and stats to the management committee.
* To maintain the highest standard of confidentiality, and to maintain appropriate records within a 'Freedom of information' and Data Protection' environment.
* To be responsible for overseeing the process of receiving and lodgement of all income for the Centre.
* Ensure all Respond & HSE Health & Safety policies and procedures are complied with.
Person Specification:
Essential
* Applicants must be registered in the General Division of the Register of Nurses maintained by An Bord Altranais.
* Have had at least five years of nursing experience since qualifying as a General Trained Nurse.
* Demonstrate sound knowledge and clinical nursing practice together with future trends in the Care of Older Persons.
* Shows knowledge of current legislative policies pertinent to the Care of Older Persons.
* Excellent organisational and management skills.
* Willingness to share own knowledge with others and accept the contribution of others.
* Ability to deal effectively with complaints.
* Flexibility in adapting to working arrangements.
* IT skills
Desirable
* Experience in the Care of Older Persons.
* Experience in Psychogeriatric Nursing Care.
* Through an appreciation of financial management, has the ability to control costs to budgetary levels.
Closing date for applicants is Friday, 30th January 2026.