Clinical Nurse Manager II (CNM2) - ICU Temporary 1 Year Contract, Full Time Hours The post-holder reports to the Assistant Director of Nursing - Divisional Lead ICU / Theatres and is professionally accountable to the Director of Nursing.
Responsibilities include: Provide specialist, knowledge, expertise, and care for critically ill patients using their specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
Act as positive and accountable role model in providing direct patient care.
Assess, evaluate, and review the requirements of individual patient needs.
Manage patient care to ensure the highest professional standards using an evidence-based care planning approach.
Identify objectives, evaluate, and manage the implementation of best practice, policies, and procedures.
Develop leadership skills to create a suitable environment and effective team working.
Foster positive working relationships between colleagues and other staff.
Ensure new members to the clinical area are made feel welcome and a have adequate support.
Engage in continuing professional development by keeping up to date with nursing literature, recent nursing research and new developments in nursing management, education and practice and to attend staff study days as considered appropriate.
Provide a high level of professional and clinical leadership.
Provide supervision and assist in the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes of staff and assigned students.
Ensure that modern standards of clinical nursing care are in operation and that regular monitoring of Nursing and nursing support staff care is undertaken through audit.
Use the outcomes of audit to develop action plans and support their implementation.
Educate all nursing and nursing support staff including orientation of new staff to develop excellent work practises.
The extent to which there is patient satisfaction with nursing /Para nursing care.
The extent to which good working relationships are fostered and maintained throughout the nursing service and between nursing and other disciplines.
The effectiveness of performance in relation to Human Resource management and development.
Eligibility Criteria:
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition: Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI/Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na hEireann) or entitled to be so registered.
Have at least 5 years post registration experience (or an aggregrate of 5 years fulltime post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the speciality or related area.
Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.
(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
(c) Post graduate specialist qualification in critical care nursing (desirable).
Closing date for applications is 1pm on Wednesday, 11th February ****.
MUH reserve the right to create a panel for this post from which permanent, fixed term and specified purpose vacancies of a full or part time duration may be filled.
Mercy University Hospital (MUH) MUH is a growing voluntary hospital in the heart of Cork City.
We have over 1,500 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care through our inpatient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services.
We are a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services.
Providing 24/7 acute surgical, acute medical and critical care, MUH now has multiple sites across the city and continues to expand.
We recently opened our Blarney Rehabilitation Unit, a post-acute care specialist rehabilitation unit with 50 beds in Blarney, County Cork.
We support staff development with approx.
100 promotions annually.
We prioritise work life balance with 28% of our team working part time hours.
We offer nationally agreed enhanced Salary Scales, Pension Scheme, excellent holidays, canteen, and Study Leave and Assistance.
From Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team.
For fully registered NMBI recognised nurses, we offer a generous relocation package (if coming from abroad).
We live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Team Spirit.