The Kerry Specialist Palliative Care Service (KSPCS) provided is currently led by three consultants, 24/7 on-call service which has proven of immense value to the hospital and community in improving palliative care services.
The service is currently provided in the following settings:
Specialist Palliative In Patient Unit Specialist Palliative Day Care Service Specialist Palliative Community Care Service Specialist Palliative Acute Care Service Specialist Palliative Care In Patient Unit There is currently a 15 bed Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Unit in Kerry which opened in December **** and it is co-located to UHK.
KSPCS is currently in Phase 3 Development building works, including a phase increase bed capacity to 20 beds, building works will be completed in ****.
Patients are admitted to the Inpatient Unit for complex symptom management and end of life care that cannot be met in other settings.
Staffing of the Unit includes a CNM II, CNM Is, RGNs, Healthcare Assistants, Porters, Administration staff, Allied Health Professionals including Pharmacist, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Pastoral Care, Speech and Language Therapy, Medical Social Workers and Dietician.
There is a CNM3 for the IPU and Day Service.
Community Specialist Palliative Care Service The Kerry Community Specialist Palliative Care Service is delivered by one team divided in 2 due to the large geographical spread of the county and its population.
There are 2 bases, one in the Specialist Palliative Care Unit UHK covering North Kerry and the second base in Killarney Community Hospital delivering a service to South Kerry.
The community nursing team includes a CNM3, Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and 2 Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioners (RANPs) whose roles are to support the Residential Care Facilities in the Community Services.
In ****, a new ANP will be recruited to join the community team.
This service delivers a seven day service to patients in their place of residence.
This may be the patients home, community hospital or private nursing home.
In the community, the Specialist Palliative Care Team work closely with the General Practitioners, Public Health Nursing team and Residential Care Facilities.
Specialist Palliative Day Service The Specialist Palliative Day Services Unit is also co-located to UHK and opened in ****.
The service provides a mixed medical/social/supportive model of care.
Staffing of the unit includes a CNM II, CNM1, RGNs, Healthcare Assistants, Porters, Administration staff, Allied Health Professionals including Pharmacist, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Pastoral Care, Speech and Language Therapy, Medical Social Workers and Dietician.
There is a CNM3 for the IPU and Day Service.
Specialist Palliative Day Care offers Complimentary Therapies and Psychotherapy sessions.
Acute Specialist Palliative Care Service- University Hospital Kerry The Acute Specialist Palliative Care Service includes Consultants in Palliative Medicine, SPRs/Registrar, Senior House Officers, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Social Worker and Administration support.
Purpose of the post The Staff Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to the highest professional and ethical standards within the model of nursing care practiced in Specialist Palliative Care.
The staff nurse will provide holistic, person centred care, promoting optimum independence and enhancing the quality of life for service users.
Successful candidates will help ensure that a caring creative environment is achieved within Kerry Specialist Palliative Care Service (KSCPS).
Please note that the initial assignment is to the 15 bed Inpatient Unit of KSPCS (beds will be increased to 20), the nurse may be assigned to other areas of the service dependent upon service needs.
We welcome enquiries about the role.
Contact Liz Reidy, Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Kerry Specialist Palliative Care Services
Tel : *********** | Email: ****** for further information about the role.
Contact Meagan McGlynn at ****** for enquiries relating to the recruitment process.